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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Theatre
Pinocchio, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh (paper version)
Robert Hopkin's set – a tribute to Spanish proto-surrealist De Chirico's stark village squares with inky black archways - was a nicely atmospheric start... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Theatre
Pinocchio, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh (web version)
The Lyceum puts on a good show, puts on a good show. Robert Hopkin's set – a tribute to Spanish proto-surrealist De Chirico's stark village squares with... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Theatre
All My Sons
Action and humanity, suffering and its causes: these are the intensely dramatic themes in All My Sons, a family drama set against the backdrop of World War I... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Comedy
Health is no laughing matter - or is it?
Despite ill health there is always room for some laughs, some learning and some creative expression. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Comedy
Glenn Wool - The Stand, Glasgow, 24 Nov
Wool begins by gauging the supposed intellectual capacity of the audience Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Clubs
Surface Emp, Celtic Connection, The Hold, Glasgow, Feb 8
This is a night of EXCLUSIVELY homegrown joints, from the best that Scotland and Ireland have to offer. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007
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Clubs
6 of the Best Clubs: Glasgow & Edinburgh
GLASGOWNumbers @ The Brunswick Hotel, Jan 12, £tbcThe French kings of booty - Goon & Koyote (Arcade Mode / Diamond Grills) fuse filth with dirty south, ba... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Clubs
Faithless - To All New Arrivals
It follows their last release, Forever Faithless àThe Greatest Hits, in 2005 and the title was originally conceived when Rollo had just had a baby and Sister Bliss was due in the next few days Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Music
The Inbreds - Party Like It's 1985
When we started out... it was to rock out, and get absolutely blind drunk in the process Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Music
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
dismiss these girls and boys as just another gang of angst-ridden crybabys and you know not what you do Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Clubs
Egebamyasi has Acid Indeggestion (USE ME)
Leader line: Please bear with us as we enter the eggstremely strange and acidic world of Egebamyasi. Normal English will return in a few minutes.
Pull quote: ""What is missing is more records decks to eggsplode when bad records come on, or maybe the DJ could just blow up instead."" Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Music
Zaimph @ Captian's Rest
Definitely a true free folk spirit Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Film
The Last King of Scotland
A riveting political thriller. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Film
Richard Donner Returns - Superman II: The Donner Cut
Ever watched Superman II and had the nagging feeling that you were watching two clashing versions of the same movie woven together? If so, pat yourself on th... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Film
Hellzapoppin'
The special effects are brilliantly innovative for their time, challenging the idea of the audience as 'fourth wall' Read more »| 11 Jan 2007