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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ArtSharon Hayes @ The Common Guild
Sharon Hayes makes a touching and complicated exhibition from extended engagement with different lesbian archives, including those at the Glasgow Women's Library. Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
ArtJacky Sheridan: The Skinny Showcase
Jacky Sheridan is an Irish illustrator originally from Dublin currently working and based in Belfast. She graduated from Belfast School of Art in 2014 and ha... Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
ComedyFamily Matters: Romesh Ranganathan interview
Ahead of his tour dates, we catch up with Romesh Ranganathan about Irrational, the changing political times and sharing the spotlight with his family. Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
MusicExploring the British Music Collection
Whether you're a music-maker, researcher or just curious about music history, the British Music Collection is a state-of-the-art resource offering a world of... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: Consent in Theatre
Dearest Trash, In the wake of Donald Trump's comments about women, I was wondering how important consent is to actors on the stage? As an aspiring actor, ca... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
Art
This Week in Scottish Art: 8-14 Nov
Get ready for seven days of discussion, journal launches, artist talks and readings. The main event however, is the jam-packed Friday ahead with a new show in Edinburgh and seven in Glasgow. Read more »| 08 Nov 2016
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Music
Indigo Velvet @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 5 Nov
The nights may be growing darker, but inside The Hug & Pint there's a jubilant vibe in the air. Edinburgh four-piece Indigo Velvet are bou... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
Music
PJ Harvey @ SECC, Glasgow, 2 Nov
A Wednesday evening at the SECC. Is there a less appealing prospect in live music? Perhaps a Monday morning concert at a recently closed branch of BHS. The c... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
Music
Be Charlotte, Fatherson join Edinburgh Hogmanay line-up
Be Charlotte and Fatherson have been added to the bill for this year's Hogmanay Street Party in Edinburgh. Dundee pop ace Charlotte Brimner and the Kil... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
Music
Lucy Dacus @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 3 Nov
Restraint? What's that? There are times when nought but an all-action approach will do, and that's exactly what Wrexham's Baby Brave supply. T... Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
Music
All Ears: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
At this year's Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, you can don a pair of headphones and listen to the train station with White Cane – a... Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
Clubs
Christmas clubbing: Manchester, Liverpool & Leeds
OK, there's more than 12 parties here but who can resist a shit headline? Never us. Here's our guide to Chrimbo clubbing Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
Film
Paul Schrader interview: “Movies aren't going away”
After a bruising experience on his last film, Dying of the Light, which was taken off him on completion and re-cut, Paul Schrader is back with full artistic control for wild crime caper Dog Eat Dog Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
BooksLost for Words: What future for our libraries?
Libraries across the country are struggling to survive in a climate of budget cuts. Our writer reports from Warrington, where her childhood library faces an uncertain future Read more »| 07 Nov 2016 -
Music
Anna Meredith @ Beacons Metro, Leeds, 1 Nov
Edinburgh native Anna Meredith storms Belgrave Music Hall with highlights from her SAY Award-winning Varmints LP XAM Duo open tonight’s Beacons M... Read more »| 07 Nov 2016