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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ArtUncertain Times: The impact of Creative Scotland's funding delays
As Creative Scotland's big decision on Multi-Year Funding is delayed once again, we talk to arts organisations and unions about where this leaves the Scottish arts community Read more »| 09 Oct 2024 -
MusicLawrence Power on the viola and performing with the SCO
Ahead of his appearance at the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's Borealis shows, part of their New Dimensions series, we chat with world-class violist Lawrence Power Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
MusicThe Skinny on…Tricia Reid from Sophisticated Boom Boom
80s Glasgow band Sophisticated Boom Boom – a favourite of John Peel's – are reuniting to support the release of Carla J. Easton and Blair Young's doc Since Yesterday. Ahead of that gig, the band’s guitarist, Tricia Reid, takes our Q&A Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
ComedyTwo for Joy: Spencer Jones on his debut tour
We meet Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated prop comic Spencer Jones, who's driving all the way from Torquay for his first Glasgow show Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
MusicThe Linda Lindas – No Obligation
With a clearly defined sound and unapologetic enthusiasm, The Linda Lindas are absolutely a group to watch Read more »| 08 Oct 2024 -
BooksJourneys and Flowers by Mercè Rodoreda
Brought to life in English for the first time, this translated collection of stories by Catalan writer Mercè Rodoreda is beautifully rendered Read more »| 08 Oct 2024
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ArtSummerhall: Tax dispute puts Edinburgh arts venue in jeopardy
HMRC have hit the company which manages Summerhall with a 'winding-up petition', claiming the Edinburgh arts organisation owe unpaid corporation tax. Summerhall are disputing the claim, but their programme of events will be disrupted Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
TheatreEthical Escape and Unethical Institutions
This month, we look at Edinburgh's post-festival theatre landscape, conscious of its ties to genocide and oppression Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
MusicSans Soucis – Circumnavigating Georgia
Sans Soucis' voice is the guiding light through the tales of Circumnavigating Georgia, lending the album a warmth and humanity that never fails to endear Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
MusicBABii – DareDeviil2000
Building on her 2022 mixtape SCREAMER, DareDeviil2000 sees BABii stepping towards something greater Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
FilmInto the Ghibliverse: Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham on their new book
Michael Leader and Jake Cunningham have spent the last six years celebrating Studio Ghibli with their podcast Ghibliotheque. Their new book, Ghibliverse: Studio Ghibli Beyond the Films, dives even deeper and wider Read more »| 07 Oct 2024 -
FilmScotland's Film Festival Scene: Vibrant but Running on Fumes
Scotland has a plentitude of film festivals but there's an increasing scarcity of funding available to support them. In a month overflowing with film events, we take the temperature on this vibrant but precarious scene Read more »| 04 Oct 2024 -
FilmTrue Stories: Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival preview
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival returns with the new film from Duncan Cowles, and a trio of intriguing and personal documentaries Read more »| 04 Oct 2024 -
MusicScottish Album of the Year: 2024 shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2024 SAY Award has been announced, featuring former nominees like Arab Strap and Becky Sikasa alongside new names like Theo Bleak and Barry Can't Swim Read more »| 03 Oct 2024 -
FilmRoad Trip: Queer East On The Road preview
Queer East, the festival of Asian LGBTQ+ cinema, heads on a UK tour this month – we look at the programme ahead of a batch of Edinburgh screenings Read more »| 03 Oct 2024