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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MusicDivorce @ Stereo, Glasgow, 5 Apr
Showcasing their debut album, Divorce deliver a joyous performance in Glasgow fuelled by a mutual respect and affection between audience and musicians Read more »| 17 Apr 2025 -
ClubsProper Techno: Slam on returning to the Arches and their new LP
We catch up with Glasgow clubbing veterans Slam on their future at The Arches, and upcoming new album Dark Channel Read more »| 16 Apr 2025 -
MusicFather John Misty @ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 12 Apr
Josh Tillman considers his career to date in a set filled exclusively with diamonds Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
TheatreAll Guns Blazing: Scottish Opera's The Merry Widow
We speak to John Savournin, director of Scottish Opera's new productions of The Merry Widow and Trial by Jury, on the updating of classic operetta for modern audiences and the experience of translating a piece through time Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
FilmAlchemy 2025: Maxime Jean-Baptiste on Kouté vwa
Maxime Jean-Baptiste returns to Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival with Kouté vwa, a hybrid documentary concerned with familial grief, coming-of-age and the shadow of colonialism in French Guiana. He talks to us about blending fact and fiction Read more »| 15 Apr 2025 -
ArtFarm to Plate: MOSS restaurant and ViViVi Studio
Our design writer speaks to Akiko Matsuda and Henry Dobson about their collaboration for new restaurant Moss and their plans for their future in Scotland Read more »| 15 Apr 2025
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MusicLambrini Girls @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 9 Apr
The line between the stage and the crowd is entirely blurred at tonight's Lambrini Girls show as the pair have the Saint Luke's crowd in the palm of their hands Read more »| 11 Apr 2025 -
MusicDua Lipa’s domination: understanding a specious superstar
We hold a magnifying glass up to parenthetical pop star Dua Lip and ask, is her heart even in it? Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
MusicCounterflows 2025: The Report
Counterflows returns to Glasgow and remains one of the finest festivals the UK has to offer Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Pippa Blundell
Following the release of her latest single, wasted, and the announcement of her debut album, we catch up with Glasgow singer-songwriter Pippa Blundell Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
ComedyBehind the Mic: Hot Comedy
We shine a light on one of Edinburgh's newest regular comedy gigs, Hot Comedy, brought to you by stand-ups Nicholas Elliott and Eva Peroni Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
BooksNiamh Ní Mhaoileoin on her debut novel Ordinary Saints
We chat with Edinburgh-based Irish author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin about her debut novel Ordinary Saints, about a family who try to get their son canonised in the church Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
MusicThe Skinny on... Hannah Laing
Dundee DJ and producer Hannah Laing has a busy 2025 coming up as she brings her Doof events to stages across Europe. As her hometown festival Doof in the Park sold out in a matter of hours, we set her against the Q&A Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
ArtActs of Creation, and motherhood in the art world
This month, Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, arrives at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). We talk to curator Hettie Judah on the importance of making space for motherhood in the art world Read more »| 10 Apr 2025 -
TheatreNessie @ The Studio, Edinburgh
New musical Nessie is a beautifully made, child-centred look at climate breakdown and our relationship with the animal world Read more »| 09 Apr 2025