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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MusicDie Spitz @ King Tut's, Glasgow, 19 Feb
Hyped-up Austin-based foursome Die Spitz dish out mighty hard rock riffs but a mouthy crowd and muddy sound smother their war cry Read more »| 23 Feb 2026 -
MusicBelle and Sebastian @ Troon Concert Hall, 20 Feb
Warming up for a summer celebrating thirty years of their first two albums, Belle and Sebastian present an energised, exultant take on If You're Feeling Sinister at the Ayrshire seaside Read more »| 23 Feb 2026 -
MusicBill Callahan – My Days of 58
Veteran singer-songwriter Bill Callahan returns with a personal yet approachable masterwork Read more »| 23 Feb 2026 -
MusicGorillaz – The Mountain
Gorillaz explore life, death and what comes next on their ninth album The Mountain Read more »| 23 Feb 2026 -
FilmOliver Laxe on survivalist road movie Sirāt
Sirāt takes audiences on a wild, nerve-jangling journey through the Moroccan desert. Its director, Oliver Laxe, tells us that it was important that his survivalist road movie provided an existential trip as well as an intensely physical one Read more »| 23 Feb 2026 -
MusicMaria BC – Marathon
On Marathon, ambient musician Maria BC excavates fragile hope from unsettling soundscapes Read more »| 23 Feb 2026
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TheatreThe Great Wave @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
A visually mesmerising premiere from Scottish Opera, The Great Wave paints a portrait of Hokusai that never quite reaches an emotional high tide Read more »| 20 Feb 2026 -
MusicSpotlight On... Drexler
Ahead of releasing his latest body of work, Olympia-5, we catch up with Edinburgh-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Adrian Leung, aka Drexler Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
BooksSophie Robinson on her debut novel Prairie Oyster
Acclaimed poet Sophie Robinson chats to us about her debut novel Prairie Oyster, and why poetry wasn't enough to tell this particular story Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
FilmGlasgow Short Film Festival reveals 2026 programme
The much-loved GSFF returns for its 19th edition with a spotlight on Iranian filmmaker Gelare Khoshgozaran, an archive programme celebrating the Clyde, and the festival’s usual expert curation of shorts from across the world Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
FilmNew GFF head Paul Gallagher on the future of Glasgow Film Festival
Paul Gallagher, the long-time programmer at Glasgow Film Theatre, recently took over as Head of Programme for all of Glasgow Film's operations, which include the annual festival. We chat to him about his hopes for GFF ahead of his first edition in charge Read more »| 19 Feb 2026 -
MusicHen Ogledd – DISCOMBOBULATED
Hen Ogledd's latest album, focused on life, death and rebirth sways more into the meandering rather than the conclusive, leaving things feeling somewhat stunted Read more »| 18 Feb 2026 -
MusicDanny L Harle @ The Art School, Glasgow, 15 Feb
Celebrating the release of his latest album Cerulean, Danny L Harle seems genuinely happy to be at The Art School tonight, and the crowd has come prepared to move Read more »| 17 Feb 2026 -
MusicDeftones @ OVO Hydro, Glasgow, 13 Feb
There's a sense of the lineage and modern history of heavy music tonight as Deftones return to Glasgow for a massive show at the Hydro Read more »| 17 Feb 2026 -
ComedyRoger O'Sullivan on Fekken and the Edinburgh Fringe
Irish stand-up Roger O’Sullivan talks tone, tension and Metallica as he brings his award-winning debut back to Edinburgh Read more »| 17 Feb 2026