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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Music
Scottish Live Music Highlights: March 2024
March's gig guide includes a batch of International Women's Day shows, two all-dayers in Edinburgh, and an exciting new programme of gigs in Stirling Read more »| 01 Mar 2024 -
Music
Scottish New Music Round-up: March 2024
March into March with excellent new music from Stephanie Lamprea, Dancer, Siobhan Wilson, EYVE and more Read more »| 01 Mar 2024 -
Art
Scottish Art Events & Exhibitions: March 2024
New exhibitions from Martin Boyce, Matthew Arthur Williams and Nicole Wermers, and the return of Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival – it's our March Art guide Read more »| 01 Mar 2024 -
Books
Scottish Books Events: March 2024
StAnza takes over St Andrews with a long weekend of all things poetry, while Lighthouse hold a climate activism evening and Glasgow Zine Library launch a new reading group Read more »| 01 Mar 2024 -
Music
Spotlight On... Stephanie Lamprea and Tom W. Green
Glasgow-based soprano Stephanie Lamprea and composer Tom W. Green team up on an adventurous new album, Don’t Add To Heartache Read more »| 29 Feb 2024 -
Film
Love Lies Bleeding
Kristen Stewart stars in Rose Glass's grungy neo-noir Love Lies Bleeding, which is darkly funny, deeply gross, weirdly sexy and totally propulsive Read more »| 29 Feb 2024
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Music
Slowdive @ The Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 24 Feb
Thirty years on from their 90s glories, Slowdive are surfing a wave of interest in everything shoegaze Read more »| 28 Feb 2024 -
Music
NewDad @ Saint Luke's, Glasgow, 26 Feb
Papa was a rolling drone... Galway indie-poppers NewDad come to life when they stop the shoegazing as they bring their debut album to Glasgow Read more »| 28 Feb 2024 -
Comedy
Ian Smith @ Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
Goole's own Ian Smith delves into funny mundanity in this steady, Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated hour Read more »| 28 Feb 2024 -
Music
Nils Frahm – Day
Despite recent stints of experimentation, the prolific Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm showcases a love for simplicity on new album Day Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
Film
Scottish Film Events: March 2024
We couldn't squeeze every film festival happening in March into our film issue – so here's everything else worth watching this month Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
Art
Above & Beyond: Martin Boyce at Fruitmarket
Fruitmarket celebrates its 50th birthday this year – their first major show is a solo presentation by Martin Boyce, with his first exhibition in the gallery since 1999 Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
Art
'Women from the outside': Elisa Giardina Papa at Collective
Collective open their 40th birthday year with the Scottish premiere of Elisa Giardina Papa’s video installation “U Scantu”: A Disorderly Tale Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
Music
Mannequin Pussy – I Got Heaven
On I Got Heaven, Mannequin Pussy's universal howl looks for a split in the darkness Read more »| 27 Feb 2024 -
Film
Radu Jude on Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Romanian firebrand Radu Jude talks to us about his potty-mouthed new provocation Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World – essential viewing for all of us caught in the net of late capitalism – ahead of its screening at Glasgow Film Festival Read more »| 27 Feb 2024