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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ComedyDream Gig: Ignacio Lopez
Spanish-Welsh comic and Live at the Apollo star Ignacio Lopez delivers a dream gig with a surreal edge Read more »| 06 Nov 2023 -
TheatreThe Present Is Not Enough @ CCA, Glasgow
Take Me Somewhere festival presents a celebration of queer desire which will get pulses racing Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
MusicMaria BC @ The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 30 Oct
Maria BC is on haunting, revelatory form on their Glasgow debut Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
MusicBroken Records @ Tunnels, Aberdeen, 27 Oct
Five albums in and Edinburgh's Broken Records still hold their own, undoubtedly bringing a little light to a dark Aberdonian night Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
TheatreEHF: Sycamore Grove @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
This new suburban horror four-hander challenges norms of domesticity, but lacks clarity in key areas Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
MusicScottish New Music Round-up: November 2023
Winter is creeping in, but alongside some great releases – this month a creative coven of Scottish songwriters give us records exploring love, loss, reality, dreams, and even magick Read more »| 03 Nov 2023
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MusicTALsounds – Shift
TALsounds returns, delving deeper into the ephemeral, and bringing a further beauty to their work Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
ArtScottish Art Events & Exhibitions: November 2023
New exhibitions across Scotland this month explore social class, institutional power and colonial legacies Read more »| 03 Nov 2023 -
MusicSpotlight On... Eyve
Ahead of releasing Um, Indecisive – the lead single from her new project – we shine a spotlight on Glasgow-based Zimbabwean songwriter, singer and rapper Eyve Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicMandy, Indiana @ The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 28 Oct
Thanks to Manchester outfit Mandy, Indiana, tonight, The Hug & Pint basement rings out to the sound of synths and guitars being tortured into new and unusual shapes Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
ComedyScottish Comedy Highlights: November 2023
The clocks have gone back and there's no escaping the dark. Good job we've got a stellar selection of November comedy to keep you cosy Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
BooksPraiseworthy by Alexis Wright
In a small Aboriginal town called Praiseworthy, locals confront the dust cloud of their ancestors and looming climate collapse in Alexis Wright's extraordinary experimental novel Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicENOLA - All Is Forgiven
ENOLA conveys post-punk grunge for new audiences in their own distinct styling on their searing debut EP, All Is Forgiven Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicLaura Veirs – Phone Orphans
The prolific Portland songwriter mines eight years' worth of voice memos for this sparse collection of sketches Read more »| 02 Nov 2023 -
MusicLol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee – Los Angeles
Together on Los Angeles, Lol Tolhurst, Budgie and Jacknife Lee celebrate their respective musical legacies and take post-punk to new, experimental places Read more »| 02 Nov 2023