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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MusicD.D Dumbo – Utopia Defeated
Sometimes true originality takes a while to click. On a first listen, the debut effort from D.D Dumbo, aka Oliver Hugh Perry from Castlemaine, Australia, is ... Read more »| 03 Oct 2016 -
BooksFrom pulp to corsets: lesbian literary stereotypes
Vita Sackville-West was a writer who happily shunted the boundaries of literary form, along with the imposed norms of gender and sexuality. As her granddaugh... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Film
Best Film Screenings in the North (30 Sep-7 Oct)
The best film events happening in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds this week, including HOME's Artist Film Weekender and screenings of classic Highsmith adapt... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
MusicDo Not Miss: Future Echoes, Leith Theatre, 1 Oct
Lost Map are throwing an entire day of revelry in the Leith Theatre on Saturday, 1 Oct Future Echoes is a "space-warped cosmic party" which will celebrate t... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
TheatreAkram Khan's Giselle
For his first full-length ballet, choreographer Akram Khan has found alchemy in his collaborators Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
Bargain Huntin' with C Duncan
We took a trip through Glasgow's West End to learn how we can all emulate C Duncan's thrifty style. The musician was once slated to put his skills to the tes... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016
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Music
Natural Phenomenon: C Duncan Interviewed
We catch up with C Duncan to talk about the pressure of perfection and his low-budget ethos Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Art
16 Nicholson Street Curators on Their Inaugural Show
New 16 Nicholson Street curators talk about their big plans for the space and the artists for their inaugural show describe what they've planned. Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Film
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Following 2014’s Big Eyes, Tim Burton returns to the director’s chair with an adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ creepy time travel tale, Mis... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Theatre
Julia Taudevin on Blow-Off and Dario Fo
Returning to Edinburgh with her ‘guerrilla gig theatre’ piece Blow Off as part of a political theatre season to mark Dario Fo’s 90th birthday, Julia Taudevin talks to The Skinny about domestic terrorism, female rage and music Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
Crowning Glory: Introducing Spring King
The ever-restless Manchester band tell The Skinny about the community and competition behind their success Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Fortunate Son: Jasper James interview
Glasgow DJ royalty Jasper James talks touring and accolades ahead of his SWG3 appearance this month Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
Phantogram – Three
Difficult to argue with Three's convincing lead track, the radio-friendly extravagance that is You Don't Get Me High Anymore. How it whips itself into a dizz... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Music
C Duncan – The Midnight Sun
2015 was a time of reckoning for C Duncan; his debut record Architect was swallowed by critical acclaim, headline tours and a Mercury Prize shortlist media f... Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Clubs
Club nights in Liverpool this week: 29 Sep - 6 Oct
The Red Bull Music Academy tour touches down in Liverpool this week with a focus on soul and hip hop, while a new series of electronic experiences, ENRG, kicks off at Invisible Wind Factory. Plus, two of techno's best come to 24 Kitchen Street. Read more »| 30 Sep 2016