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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FilmScotland on Screen: Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan
We sit down with Will Hewitt and Austen McCowan, the duo behind production company Melt the Fly, at their studio in Leith to discuss the formation of their partnership, their recent Scottish BAFTA success and what we can look forward to next Read more »| 20 Jan 2022 -
BooksAndrés N. Ordorica on his debut poetry collection
Poet and fiction writer Andrés N. Ordorica discusses his debut collection, At Least This I Know, from his earliest memories of poetry to the ongoing journey of the self Read more »| 19 Jan 2022 -
MusicPan Daijing – Tissues
Pan Daijing’s follow-up to last year’s Jade is a grander, even more effecting work Read more »| 19 Jan 2022 -
MusicYard Act – The Overload
Yard Act live up to the hype on their surprisingly versatile debut album, The Overload Read more »| 18 Jan 2022 -
MusicYears & Years – Night Call
Olly Alexander's first solo release as Years & Years, Night Call too often leans into pop music clichés and feels disappointingly dated Read more »| 18 Jan 2022 -
FilmNightmare Alley
The cast and sets are the main selling point in this thrillingly tawdry film noir from Guillermo del Toro Read more »| 18 Jan 2022
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TheatreManipulate 2022 preview: The Chosen Haram and Eat Me
Manipulate's 2022 programme tackles folk-myth, identity, taboo and desire; Sadiq Ali and the Snap-Elastic collective discuss how these ideas surface in their shows Read more »| 18 Jan 2022 -
MusicHidden Door reveals new venue for its 2022 festival
After staging a festival at Granton Gasworks in 2021, Hidden Door returns to transform another abandoned Edinburgh location – this time the former Royal High School on Calton Hill Read more »| 17 Jan 2022 -
MusicEurosonic 2022: Preview
With the pandemic still causing disruption across the music industry, we take a closer look at this year's digital Eurosonic festival and pick out five acts you can watch online Read more »| 14 Jan 2022 -
MusicThe Skinny On... Sacred Paws
Eilidh Rodgers and Rachel Aggs from Sacred Paws take on our Q&A this month where they let us in on a secret involving a fiddle Read more »| 12 Jan 2022 -
ArtDesign for Our Times explores sustainable design
Design for Our Times at V&A Dundee is a design exhibition featuring a variety of installations and objects from seven designers, exploring sustainable solutions to overconsumption and material waste Read more »| 12 Jan 2022 -
BooksI Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness blurs the lines of fiction, non-fiction, what we leave behind and what travels with us Read more »| 12 Jan 2022 -
ComedyICYMI: Sam Lake on Ellen (The Sitcom)
Previous winner of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Award, and a now-familiar face on the Scottish comedy scene, Sam Lake gives us his take on ground-breaking Ellen DeGeneres sitcom, Ellen Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
MusicFickle Friends – Are We Gonna Be Alright?
The Brighton band’s second LP is a retro rewind to a party you won’t want to forget Read more »| 11 Jan 2022 -
MusicVLURE – Euphoria
VLURE embrace a more electronic sound on their debut EP Euphoria, and it presents an interesting new direction for the Glasgow-based five-piece Read more »| 11 Jan 2022