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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TheatreManipulate 2016: The first timers
First time Manipulate performers Blind Summit, Sita Pieraccini and Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane talk homecoming and what we can expect to see from their shows at Manipulate 2016. Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
MusicPresident Sweetheart – I Play My Shadow
Lost and found and looking back; the first outing for President Sweetheart, the latest vehicle for (Neil Halstead collaborator) Nick Holton and friend/foil T... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Film
The Assassin
With The Assassin, Hou Hsiao-Hsien's enigmatic martial arts tale, we find a director at the peak of his powers How good is Hou Hsiao-Hsien? In his... Read more »| 13 Jan 2016 -
Music
Mogwai announce new album Atomic
Glasgow post-rock quartet Mogwai have announced details of new album Atomic, their first studio project following the departure of guitarist John Cummin... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
Comedy and spoken word: Clowns at the poetry slam
There's an increasing overlap between comedy and spoken word nights – we speak to some of the scene's key players across the Northwest to help us investigate Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Music
Darkness Visible: Daughter on Not to Disappear
Second album Not to Disappear is a vivid re-scoping of Daughter's artful melancholy. Elena Tonra tells us why the search for truth remains at the heart of her lyrical design. Read more »| 12 Jan 2016
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Music
David Bowie – Blackstar
None of us knew that Blackstar was to be the epitaph. Objectively speaking, Monday morning’s desperately sad news shouldn’t impact upon... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
ArtThis Week in Scottish Art: Embassy & GSA Openings
It's the first of the new year's art roundups, with new exhibitions in Edinburgh and Glasgow, performance events and the screening of a new work by Rachel Maclean. Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Art
Evening & Weekend Courses, Scotland 2016
It's time to learn something new, and there are many, many opportunities to do so across the country. Try a new language, make jewellery, or find out exactly what Jahrobics is Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Music
Saul Williams – MartyrLoserKing
2015 was the year hip-hop grew up… again. But ever since 2001’s Amethyst Rock Star (even five years prior, during his time as a slam poet of som... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Music
Cross Record – Wabi-Sabi
Two years ago, husband and wife team Dan Duszynski and Emily Cross, otherwise known as Cross Record, decamped to rural Texas, where Cross, emboldened by the ... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
MusicMONEY – Suicide Songs
2013's The Shadow of Heaven saw MONEY become a worthy addition to Manchester’s rich bloodline of musical mavericks. Bewitching melodies, lyrical dexter... Read more »| 12 Jan 2016 -
Art
What Next! 2016 in Scottish Contemporary Art
Christen your new diary with all the latest plans for the year ahead in Scottish contemporary art. It's a blockbuster year with exceptional festivals Glasgow International and British Art Show 8 of particular note Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Comedy
New Year, New Comedians
We talk to Alex Boardman, one of Manchester's finest promoters, and the man responsible for giving pretty much every comedian in our Spotlight section their break Read more »| 11 Jan 2016 -
Music
The Altered Hours – In Heat Not Sorry
Debut albums, however raw (and sometimes that’s very raw indeed) are as much about future promise as the here and now. Take Irish five-piece The Altere... Read more »| 11 Jan 2016