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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FilmSometimes I Think About Dying
Daisy Ridley gives a superbly understated performance in this wry, wistful drama about a character discovering meaning in life Read more »| 08 Mar 2024 -
MusicSpotlight On... Josephine Sillars
Following the release of her latest EP, The Loveliest Thing Change, we shine a spotlight on Josephine Sillars Read more »| 07 Mar 2024 -
ComedyDream Gig: Lindsey Santoro
Brummie gal and Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee Lindsey Santoro designs a belter of a Dream Gig Read more »| 06 Mar 2024 -
MusicPekka Kuusisto and Aidan O'Rourke on SCO's Time and Tides
Ahead of the SCO's forthcoming Time and Tides performances, we catch up with fiddle players Pekka Kuusisto and Aidan O'Rourke to discuss the marriage between traditional and classical styles Read more »| 06 Mar 2024 -
MusicTackling Misogyny In Scottish Music
In light of the recent Misogyny in Music report, to give a snapshot of the music industry at play in Scotland, we chat to six women and nb people about their experiences navigating this so-called 'Boys’ Club' Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
TheatreEscaped Alone @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
The Scottish Premiere of Caryl Churchill’s 2016 play is exquisitely controlled and shrewdly simple – allowing the writing to truly shine Read more »| 05 Mar 2024
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MusicML Buch & Astrid Sonne @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow, 2 Mar
The joint show of Denmark's finest finds ML Buch and Astrid Sonne on strong form, both showcasing new experiments to a crowd that absolutely gobbles it down Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
FilmLa Chimera
Josh O’Connor plays a grave robber in the ethereal new film from Happy as Lazzaro director Alice Rohrwacher Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
MusicMoor Mother – The Great Bailout
From the voice and vision of an artist working on every fringe of the underground, Moor Mother’s latest is her most idiosyncratic to a fault Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
FilmIo Capitano
Two Senegalese teenagers embark on a treacherous migration to Europe in Io Capitano, the latest film from Italian director Matteo Garrone Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
TheatreFlavia D'Avila on La Niña Barro
Our Theatre editor speaks to Fronteiras Theatre Lab's Flavia D'Avila about La Niña Barro, a daring and intimate piece of physical theatre Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
BooksMartyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel paints grief as an indelible, oddly-shaped stain. There forever, but funnier the longer you stare Read more »| 05 Mar 2024 -
MusicReneé Rapp @ O2 Academy, Glasgow, 25 Feb
Hot on the heels of her starring role as queen bee Regina George in the Mean Girls musical reboot, Broadway sensation Reneé Rapp brings her first solo show to a packed out O2 Academy Glasgow Read more »| 04 Mar 2024 -
BooksK Patrick on debut poetry collection Three Births
We chat to K Patrick, named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists last year, about their debut poetry collection Three Births and queer bodies in and of nature Read more »| 04 Mar 2024 -
MusicThe Jesus and Mary Chain – Glasgow Eyes
While Glasgow Eyes is no Psychocandy, it is without doubt a true-to-form The Jesus and Mary Chain record Read more »| 04 Mar 2024