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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ComedyBig Life Stuff: Felicity Ward on her new standup tour
Comedian Felicity Ward returns to Scotland after a six-year hiatus, bringing raw humour and life lessons to her new show I'm Exhausting! Read more »| 12 Nov 2024 -
BooksSavage Theories by Pola Oloixarac
Argentinian writer Pola Oloixarac’s controversial and acclaimed debut novel, published in the UK for the first time, is a wild treatise on historic violence Read more »| 12 Nov 2024 -
MusicElori Saxl – Earth Focus
Ambient composer Elori Saxl returns with an album that aims to foster harmony between technology and nature Read more »| 12 Nov 2024 -
MusicMichael Kiwanuka – Small Changes
Michael Kiwanuka's fourth album, Small Changes, is a boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them Read more »| 12 Nov 2024 -
MusicBarry Can't Swim @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 9 Nov
Edinburgh native Barry Can't Swim's performance at the Barrowlands serves as testament to the unifying power of music itself Read more »| 12 Nov 2024 -
Musickitti – Somethin' In the Water
On Somethin' In the Water, Glasgow neo-jazz artist kitti offers sinuous and glistening reflections on love and the self Read more »| 11 Nov 2024
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BooksSet My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki
The thrill of the Tokyo music scene of the 1970s meets the ennui of a protagonist getting through their 20s in this existentialist exploration of the modern condition Read more »| 11 Nov 2024 -
MusicFazerdaze – Soft Power
Soft Power shows artistic progression from Amelia Murray as Fazerdaze, with occasional sleepy songwriting its only let down Read more »| 11 Nov 2024 -
ClubsWallace on tartan, techno & too much clubbing
Meet Jimmy Wallace – Shropshire’s most Scottish DJ. With a string of releases on Studio Barnhus, Rhythm Section, and CWPT in his wake, we sit down to discuss the next in his tartan-clad studio Read more »| 11 Nov 2024 -
FilmHow The Family Comedy Can Get Its Groove Back
A genre that once offered sharp wit and genuine invention now has Ryan Reynolds and the Minions at the wheel – here's our cri de coeur for a beloved film genre Read more »| 11 Nov 2024 -
![Ice Spice @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 31 Oct [supplied by PR for review]](https://images.theskinny.co.uk/assets/production/000/149/537/149537_widescreen.1.jpg "Ice Spice @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 31 Oct [supplied by PR for review]")
MusicIce Spice @ Barrowlands, Glasgow, 31 Oct
Ice Spice's Y2K! World Tour brings a short but sweet set to the Barrowlands in Glasgow with stylish flourishes and a magnetic star at its centre Read more »| 08 Nov 2024 -
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MusicThe House That Biffy Built
Across three nights at the iconic Barrowland Ballroom, Biffy Clyro's homecoming is a convergent nexus of nostalgia, community and catharsis Read more »| 08 Nov 2024 -
TheatreKaty Nixon and Brian Logan on A Play, A Pie and A Pint's Jellyfish
We speak to Katy Nixon (winner of the David MacLennan Award), and A Play, A Pie, and A Pint Artistic Director Brian Logan about their forthcoming play, Jellyfish Read more »| 08 Nov 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Constant Follower
Ahead of a third album next year and with a new single and video out now, we catch up with Stephen McAll of Constant Follower Read more »| 07 Nov 2024 -
MusicJill Lorean Wants You to Join Their Peace Cult
Ahead of releasing her second album as Jill Lorean, we catch up with Glasgow-based Chicagoan Jill O'Sullivan and find out why you should join her peace cult Read more »| 07 Nov 2024