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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ComedyPaddy Young and Dan Tiernan on Success in Comedy
Both nominated for Best Newcomer by The Edinburgh Comedy Awards, northern lads Paddy Young and Dan Tiernan are taking their hit debut hours on tour Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicZara Larsson – Venus
Out of step with the current pop landscape, Larsson’s fourth studio album is something Capital FM would’ve eaten up ten years ago Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicHelado Negro – PHASOR
PHASOR is a rich and absorbing record that truly transports; placing the listener in a languid, half-lit morning where you’re never quite asleep and never fully awake Read more »| 05 Feb 2024 -
MusicSlowdive's Simon Scott on their return to touring
Ahead of shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh as part of a tour celebrating their fifth studio album, Everything Is Alive, we catch up with Slowdive drummer Simon Scott Read more »| 02 Feb 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Silvi
Ahead of releasing her latest single Visions, we catch up with West Lothian alt-pop artist Silvi to find out more Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: February 2024
We are so ready for February – there's great new music this month from Savage Mansion, George Demure, Aurora Engine, El Ghoul and more Read more »| 01 Feb 2024
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TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2024
Manipulate Festival is an early highlight for the theatre scene in Scotland - but there's also great shows to see later in February too Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
TheatreScottish Opera explore Marx's years in London
We speak to director Stephen Barlow about the great thinker’s ‘fascinating’ years spent in London – and why they were great source material for a new comic opera produced by Scottish Opera this month Read more »| 01 Feb 2024 -
MusicMargo Price @ Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 27 Jan
Nashville singer-songwriter Margo Price is caught between two worlds in her show at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: February 2024
February’s another stellar month for comedy across Scotland with big names and award-nominated comedians aplenty Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: February 2024
February brings a new Andy Warhol exhibition, the return of Manipulate Festival, and exciting new exhibitions in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: February 2024
February brings shows from Alison Goldfrapp, Slowdive, Zara Larsson and billy woods, as well as a clutch of exciting local gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
FilmScottish Film Events: February 2024
It's rubbish outside, so head to your local cinema in February for Buster Keaton, romantic movies, films from Japan, and a load of cool animation Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
ComedyUrooj Ashfaq @ Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Mumbai comedian Urooj Ashfaq, winner of 2023's Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer Award, makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh Read more »| 30 Jan 2024 -
MusicThe Orb @ La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 26 Jan
The nostalgia goggles are firmly fixed for an evening pitched halfway between the rave and the comedown Read more »| 29 Jan 2024