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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ComedyWhen Flight of the Conchords Played a Plague Pit
With Flight of the Conchords landing at the SSE Hydro, we take a look back at when the duo were playing to only the people they could fit into an eighteenth century vault Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
Theatre
Baba Yaga @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Windmill Theatre and Imaginate's new take on the classic Slavic fairytale is bright, colourful and totally absurd Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
Film
Watch the first trailer for Scottish thriller Calibre
Matt Palmer’s Highland-set thriller starring Jack Lowden and Martin McCann gets its first trailer Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
TheatreSunshine on Leith @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
This new revival of the Edinburgh-set, Proclaimers-scored musical is an infectious and joyous production, featuring illuminating performances and very familiar tunes Read more »| 08 Jun 2018 -
MusicSuperchunk @ Stereo, Glasgow, 27 May
After a 17-year absence, legendary 90s pop-punk rockers Superchunk return to Glasgow with a triumphant show off the back of their most explicitly political album Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Music
Courtney Barnett @ Albert Hall, Manchester, 4 Jun
The Australian DIY poster girl brings her scintillating second LP to Manchester in its entirety Read more »| 07 Jun 2018
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Clubs
Theo Kottis discusses his debut LP Beautiful Strangers
Edinburgh DJ and producer Theo Kottis talks us through the making of his dance floor-focused debut album, Beautiful Strangers Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
FilmHereditary
Ari Aster's occult tale centred on a family in mourning is artfully visualised but let down by its farcical conclusion [contains spoilers] Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Film
The Happy Prince
In his directorial debut, Rupert Everett creates a poignant portrait of the turbulent last few years of Oscar Wilde’s life Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Art
Alice Rawsthorn on Scotland's design policy
It’s becoming a persistent question as Scotland’s design sector thrives and evolves: do we need a national design policy? This month, Local Heroes founder Stacey Hunter asks design critic Alice Rawsthorn for her opinion Read more »| 07 Jun 2018 -
Art
A Barrage of Talent: GSA Degree Show 2018
At GSA, the 2018 cohort make a virtue of diversity and distinction, as The Skinny struggles to muster up some thematic patterns, before indulging in the barrage of talent in all its many forms. Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
Laura Jean – Devotion
Memories of adolescence radiate in the dreamy, synth-pop sunshine on Laura Jean’s latest album, Devotion Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Music
LUMP @ The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, 2 Jun
Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay hand an assured debut to their ambitious new project in the Calder Valley Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Film
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom attempts to rethink this 25 year old franchise, but forgets what made Spielberg's original so special Read more »| 06 Jun 2018 -
Art
Jonas Staal's plea for utopian realism
Jonas Staal's The Scottish-European Parliament sets out to address some of the most pressing political problems in Scotland today. We talk to the artist abou... Read more »| 06 Jun 2018