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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TheatrePaul Auster's City of Glass: Behind the Scenes
They've turned water into stone and 70,000 people into pixels: now, groundbreaking visual design company 59 Productions are bringing Paul Auster's debut nove... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
MusicLost In France @ O2 ABC, 21 Feb
In 2015 a group of scene-defining Scottish musicians escaped from the present to travel almost two decades back to their past. With the space and distance to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 24 Feb-2 Mar
Theo Kottis rounds out FLY's 4th birthday celebrations this weekend, plus techno prodigy Happa and French producer UVB also feature in Edinburgh's highlights Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Art
Conor Kelly @ Queenspark Railway Club
Glasgow-based painter and installation artist creates an elegantly cluttered meditation on art-making as a parent and a middle-managed employee. Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
ClubsRecipe For Success: Eats Everything Interview
We catch up with Dan Pearce, aka Eats Everything, to chat about his Fabric mix, inspirations and his busy 2017 touring schedule Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Comedy
Fringe Dog on Kellyanne Conway's Stand-up
When Fringe Dog was asked to critique President Trump's strategist Kellyanne Conway's brief 1990s foray into stand-up, the happy canine critic finally discovered his dark side Read more »| 24 Feb 2017
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Film
Oscars 2017: Predictions in the main categories
And the Oscar (should) go to... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 24 Feb-2 Mar
Sub Club is the place to be in Glasgow this weekend, with a hard-hitting trifecta featuring Aussie wunderkid Mall Grab, a live show from deep house veteran Henrik Schwarz, and an all-night-long affair with Bristol's Eats Everything Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Comedy
Please Release Me: Hidden Comedy Classics Online
It's never been easier to find your favourite niche comedy on the net, but many cult series remain obscure or crying out for further development – and in many cases lack any official release at all. We unearth some comedy treasures buried online... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
BooksThe Book That Changed Me
Spring is book-ended by two celebrations of reading: World Book Day on 2 March, and World Book Night on 23 April. We asked The Skinny team to name the books ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
Introducing the Glaswegian Record Fair
With the Glaswegian Record Fair All-Dayer coming to city-centre venue The Old Hairdresser’s on 4 March, we sat down with organizer Elina Lin to find out exactly what the inaugural event has in store Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
Sleaford Mods – English Tapas
As British society sails into increasingly perilous waters, Sleaford Mods have somehow positioned themselves in the last few years as music’s most cutt... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
Blanck Mass – World Eater
The third album from Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power is as dark and brilliant as we've come to expect. In an interview with The Skinny last year, ... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
The Little Kicks – Shake off Your Troubles
For some, 'inoffensive' is the most scathing insult you can hurl at a band, but Aberdeen’s Little Kicks are proof that there can be dignity in making m... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Music
Ibibio Sound Machine – Uyai
Ibibio Sound Machine’s first record, which introduced mainstream dance music to the language and folk culture of the Ibibio people of southwest Nigeria... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017