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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ComedyKieran Hodgson's 75 tackles Britain's history with Europe
We speak to Kieran Hodgson as he brings ’75 – his 2018 Fringe show about Britain's initial forays into Europe – back to Scotland Read more »| 01 Apr 2019 -
FilmAgnès Varda's curious mind will be deeply missed
The great French director Agnès Varda has passed away at the age of 90. Her long career was full of surprise, and brilliant from the off (and she probably kick-started the French New Wave) Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicNoname @ SWG3, Glasgow, 25 Mar
Noname commands attention in her radiant Glasgow debut Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
TheatreThe Girl on the Train @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This stage adaptation of Paula Hawkins' bestselling thriller The Girl on the Train struggles to build tension Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicTy Segall and the Freedom Band – Deforming Lobes
Deforming Lobes sees Ty Segall infallibly cement himself as a tyrant of stoner rock: it excites in its furious passion Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicJoni Void – Mise En Abyme
Jean Cousin's sophomore album as Joni Void, Mise En Abyme is a lot to unravel, but that disentanglement is its own reward Read more »| 29 Mar 2019
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BooksScottish Poetry News: April 2019
April brings with it a slew of new poetry collections alongside live highlights including multimedia show Drone and Hollie McNish back on tour Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicWill Burns & Hannah Peel – Chalk Hill Blue
On Chalk Hill Blue Hannah Peel and Will Burns manage to balance a terrible sadness with moments of absolute beauty Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
ArtAndrew Kerr @ The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Andrew Kerr's solo show at The Modern Institute showcases his complicated semi-abstract landscapes Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
FilmHuge Stanley Kubrick retrospective comes to Glasgow Film Theatre
This spring, the GFT will be crowning the great Stanley Kubrick their latest CineMaster with a season that includes nine of the American director’s features Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicEla Orleans introduces Movies for Ears
We catch up with Ela Orleans about finding inspiration in escaping reality and discuss her upcoming collection of work, Movies for Ears: An Introduction to Ela Orleans Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
MusicLa Dispute – Panorama
Michigan post-hardcore band La Dispute are titans of their scene, but on Panorama they also prove to be lyricists of the highest calibre Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
BooksDamian Barr: "Fiction shows us other lives"
As his much-anticipated debut novel You Will Be Safe Here is published, Damian Barr discusses the empathy of reading, modern day masculinity and the history of colonial brutality Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
TheatreJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Edinburgh Playhouse
The new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph is an exciting, energetic blast of colour, dance and action Read more »| 28 Mar 2019 -
Tv RadioFleabag: Series Two
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s anti-heroine is back with more angst and postmodern confessionalism. This series she has her eye on a cool priest, played with both smarm and charm by Andrew Scott Read more »| 28 Mar 2019