Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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MusicScottish New Music Round-up: March 2022
It's as overwhelmingly busy for releases this month as it is for, well, everything, but we'll do our best to highlight some of the best music coming out of Scotland Read more »| 02 Mar 2022 -
BooksScottish Poetry News: March 2022
Open mics, charity anthologies and the return of StAnza poetry festival all feature in March's spoken word and poetry round-up Read more »| 02 Mar 2022 -
MusicCharlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
On Topical Dancer, Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul prove themselves a force to be reckoned with Read more »| 02 Mar 2022 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: March 2022
March is hella busy for gigs and we're actually feeling pretty queasy at the thought of it all. Here's an attempt to highlight everything we wish we could go to Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
ArtScottish Art Events and Exhibitions: March 2022
This month sees the return of longstanding milestones on the Scottish art calendar with RSA New Contemporaries and Sonica Festival, with some wild cards thrown in for good measure Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: March 2022
This month we've got birthdays, B2Bs and beginner DJ workshops, with the likes of Nene H, Mechatok, UNIIQU3, Jasmine Infiniti, Gracie T and DJ Priya all making their way to clubs across Scotland Read more »| 01 Mar 2022
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FilmScottish Film Events: March 2022
New film festivals in St Andrews, check! Provocative art films with banging scores (two Peter Greenaway-Michael Nyman collabs), check! A season of films from amazing women filmmakers, check! It's all part of this month's busy film schedule Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2022
Spring at Scotland's theatres brings a barrage of new shows at Traverse, The Tron and Dundee Rep, as well as the return of Dance International Glasgow Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
FilmLizzie Mackenzie on The Hermit of Treig
We meet up with documentarian and Oban native Lizzie Mackenzie ahead of the Glasgow Film Festival premiere of her debut feature The Hermit of Treig to find out about her fascination with outsiders and rebels Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmThe Skinny on… Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci returns to his hometown this month for an on-stage talk at Glasgow Film Festival; ahead of that chat, we asked Iannucci to fill out our Q&A Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmSean Baker on Red Rocket
With Red Rocket, Sean Baker has once again turned his camera on a corner of the US rarely represented in American cinema. Baker introduces us to the concept of the 'suitcase pimp' and explains why he's happy working outside the Hollywood mainstream Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
MusicNilüfer Yanya – Painless
The follow-up to Nilüfer Yanya's debut album, Painless finds the London-based artist exploring more ethereal territory Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
BooksHex by Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan balances magic and realism perfectly in her new book, reframing the story of Scotland's witch trials Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
MusicCMAT – If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
On her near-perfect debut, CMAT proves she's a pop tour de force who knows exactly who she wants to be and has all the talent to deliver it Read more »| 28 Feb 2022 -
FilmAli & Ava
The latest from Clio Barnard, the director of The Arbor and The Selfish Giant, follows two lonely, damaged souls as they begin a tender, tentative romance Read more »| 28 Feb 2022