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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Books
Grace by Linn Ullmann
This short book is an excellent read Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Books
Dear Olivia by Mary Contini
Contini's mix of reminiscence and opinion is moving and honest Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Comedy
Out to Lunch (anyone who can come up with a better title is welcome - I'm trying to think of one)
Calling all team-building tearaways and workforce wasters: establishedEdinburgh venue, the Stand, is set to be the place to liven up your lunchhour. Starting... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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
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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 -
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