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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ArtArika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist @ Tramway, Glasgow
A quickfire run-through of the many events that formed Arika Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist. Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
ArtUnderstandable Artwork at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Artists Kate V Robertson and Andrew Lacon will show this month in Dundee Contemporary Arts, and they share a commitment to engaging non-art audiences that's shared by new Dundee Contemporary Arts curator Eoin Dara Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
Music
Alex Cameron @ Gorilla, Manchester, 6 Dec
Sydney's Springsteen is joined by his business partner, the self-appointed Marvelous Crane, for a fun-but-slight run through recent hits Read more »| 07 Dec 2017 -
MusicAlternative Peers' Ball @ Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, 25 Nov
Django Django, Siobhan Wilson, Pictish Trail and Meursault feature at Assembly Rooms' Alternative Peers' Ball Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Destroyer @ CCA, Glasgow, 5 Dec
Dan Bejar delivers his complex, highly literate ramblings with the fiery conviction of a hobo preacher Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
FilmPaul Thomas Anderson films returning to the big screen on 35mm
To coincide with the release of Phantom Thread, five great Paul Thomas Anderson joints are returning to the big screen on 35mm Read more »| 06 Dec 2017
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Comedy
CHUNKS' Alternative Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas shopping just became a lot easier thanks to Glasgow comedy collective CHUNKS curating a unique gift guide Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Fuzzystar – Superhero (Video Premiere)
Watch the new video for Edinburgh-based Fuzzystar's new single, Superhero Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Music
Scottish Music Highlights: 6-11 Dec
There's everything from tropical pop to thrashcore hip-hop this week in Scotland's central belt – plenty to get your teeth sunk into and then some! Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Comedy
2017: The Year in Comedy and Humour
A round-up of the best comedy of 2017 from across the arts Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: How to Survive Christmas
Our resident agony aunt helps a reader who's struggling at the thought of getting through the festive season Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Books
Paper View: Stephen King's Novels on Screen
Few authors have seen as much of their work take the page-to-screen path as Stephen King; we assess the best and worst King adaptations, and look at what could be in store in the future Read more »| 06 Dec 2017 -
Art
Scottish Design Gift Guide 2017
We've brought together some of our favourite Scottish designers (and a handful from further afield) for the 2017 Christmas gift guide Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Tv RadioWhy do Westerns keep failing their female characters?
The new Netflix limited series Godless is a bloody western set in La Belle, a town where most the menfolk have been killed in a mining accident. But is Godless the feminist western we’ve been waiting for? Read more »| 05 Dec 2017 -
Film
Lu Over the Wall
Sweet boy meets mermaid love story with an environmental message Read more »| 05 Dec 2017