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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ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Master of Fine Art
The MFA programme offers an expansive and ambitious cohort of young artists who look primed to push boundaries in Scotland’s creative sphere and beyond Read more »| 01 Jun 2026 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: June 2026
It's another packed month in Scotland's gig venues, which spills over into outdoor shows in Glasgow, and the returns of Hidden Door, Eden, and Glasgow Jazz Festival Read more »| 01 Jun 2026 -
MusicRatboys @ Mono, Glasgow, 28 May
Artfully tapping into the rise of authentic American songwriting, alt-country connoisseurs Ratboys radiate humour and humility at Glasgow’s Mono Read more »| 01 Jun 2026 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: June 2026
Scottish theatre in June includes stories that reckon with history and memory, while dance and opera offer several opportunities for escapism Read more »| 01 Jun 2026 -
BooksNymph by Sofia Montrone
An idyllic childhood is shattered in Sofia Montrone's languid, queered coming-of-age tale set in the Italian mountains Read more »| 01 Jun 2026 -
ArtCity Links: Helen Nisbet on Glasgow International 2026
Scotland’s biennial of contemporary art is back under the community-driven vision of its new director, Helen Nisbet. We highlight the must-sees of this expansive programme, featuring the likes of Aqsa Arif, Cathy Wilkes and Michelle Williams Gamaker Read more »| 01 Jun 2026
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TheatreGame On: Joe McCann on his new play The Corinthian
As Scotland prepares for the World Cup, Joe McCann's new play restores Andrew Watson – the world’s first Black international footballer – to Scottish history Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ArtÅsa Johannesson: The Queering of Photography @ Stills, Edinburgh
At Stills in Edinburgh, Åsa Johannesson's photography exhibition reconfigures the queer gaze and plays with the relationships between sitter, photographer and viewer Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
FilmErupcja
Charli xcx stars in this wry indie as a woman whose city break to Warsaw goes awry when she reconnects with an old friend in Pete Ohs' intimate slice-of-life drama Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
BooksScottish Books Events: June 2026
Book launches, zine making and a fantasy and sci-fi festival are here to meet all your literary needs this month Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: June 2026
Ah, June. The sweet calm before the almighty Fringe storm – drink it in with WIPs from Kate Hammer, Sam Lake, Eva Peroni, MC Hammersmith and more... Read more »| 29 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Heads Up
The Degree Show isn’t the only event to look forward to at the GSA this summer. Here are some events, exhibitions and talks to keep an eye on Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Architecture
From the conceptual reimagination of the Highlands to an analysis of the city of Copenhagen, the MSA Degree Show covers the breadth of the built environment today Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: Design
Together, these emerging designers are challenging conventional boundaries while proposing thoughtful responses to contemporary life Read more »| 28 May 2026 -
ArtGSA Degree Show 2026: MDes Communication Design
For students on the MDes Communication Design programme this year, location and surroundings appear as a framework exploring how images, narratives and landscapes shape, fix, or unsettle the ways in which people are defined Read more »| 28 May 2026