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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ComedyFringe fave Rob Auton on poetry, comedy and magic
Walking the line between comedy and spoken word, Rob Auton is a unique performer who’s won our hearts with his capacious and emotive shows. As he prepa... Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
MusicEliza and the Bear / Into the Ark / Michael Cassidy @ Electric Circus, 11 Feb
It’s hard to say whether Electric Circus being almost at capacity by 7pm is testament to the keenness of the headliner’s fans, or to the respecti... Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
FilmDiscovering Julien Duvivier
Julien Duvivier was a celebrated auteur in his day, but the Frenchman's work and reputation has slipped from our view. Glasgow Film Festival's mini-retrospective hopes to give a boost to this filmmaker ripe for rediscovery Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
FilmÉvolution
Uncanny horror from Lucile Hadžihalilović with shades of HP Lovecraft and David Cronenberg. Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
Film
The Brand New Testament
Whimsical comedy imagining God as a misanthropic oaf living in Belgium. Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
Music
PINS @ The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 13 February
If you’ve ever wondered how Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit in the Sky would sound gone deliciously wrong, Manchester’s leather-clad urchins Peac... Read more »| 16 Feb 2016
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Film
Arabian Nights
Miguel Gomes's three-part remix of Scheherezade’s classic tales explores a contemporary Portugal post-financial crash Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
Brendon Burns: Comedy Spotlight
Brendon Burns is known for his taboo-busting stand-up, having won the Edinburgh Comedy Award's Main Prize in 2007. Before his arrival at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival he agreed to an interview with Fringe Dog. Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
Film
How to Win Enemies
Meta mystery movie from Argentina that looses its charm in its final act Read more »| 16 Feb 2016 -
TheatreAnd Then You Kissed Me @ Lowry Studio
Few subjects are more sensitive than domestic abuse. With a recent change in the law to protect victims and and increased media coverage of the issue, domest... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
Art
British Art Show 8: Our Top Seven
British Art Show 8 is a consistently high quality artists' survey; here are seven artists from this year's exhibition to get you started. Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
Music
Floating Points @ The Ritz, 12 February
Beneath the truly gorgeous spirographic neon display looming over the packed-out Ritz, a slow exposition of eastern-influenced electric piano and warm, melli... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
Music
NZCA Lines @ Soup Kitchen, 10 February
For second album Infinite Summer, Michael Lovett fleshes out his electro stratagem with creative support way beyond off-the-shelf hired hand input. To his ri... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
Comedy
Amy Gledhill: Comedy Spotlight
Influenced by gin – aren't we all – and peer pressure, comedian Amy Gledhill has moved to Manchester and intends to find a whale to fight. Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
Music
Suede @ Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 8 Feb
“I don't have the means of expression/to explain my obsessions” bemoans Brett Anderson in sonorous, spine-tingling fashion during the Bowie-esque... Read more »| 12 Feb 2016