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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TheatreEHF: Tarmac Lullaby @ Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh
Erin Elkin's monologue tells spooky stories with magnetic energy, but some elements of its staging let it down Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
BooksScottish Books Events: November 2023
Two big book festivals take place in Edinburgh next month, with book launches, poetry nights, and spoken word everywhere from Glasgow Women's Library and The Stand Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicScottish Live Music Highlights: November 2023
November is studded with stars from the Scottish music scene bringing live performances across Edinburgh and Glasgow, from Cloth, Brooke Combe, Malka, Theo Bleak and many more Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
BooksThe Coiled Serpent by Camilla Grudova
Queen of the grotesque Camilla Grudova returns with a true-to-form collection of disgusting short stories Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicThe Skinny On... David Duchovny
Best known for playing FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder in The X-Files, David Duchovny is also a musician. Ahead of his forthcoming European tour, we catch up with him over Zoom as he takes on our November Q&A Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
MusicActress – LXXXVIII
The latest album from Actress sees producer Darren Cunningham apply game theory and deep strategic thinking to his unique brand of experimental techno Read more »| 01 Nov 2023
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FilmNot Your Usual: Adura Onashile on her path to filmmaking
Not Your Usual is a new series from The Skinny and Glayva highlighting innovative artists from across the Scottish scene. For our fourth instalment, we chat to actor-writer-director Adura Onashile over a warming Gallavant glocktail Read more »| 01 Nov 2023 -
Musicbar italia – The Twits
bar italia's second album on Matador this year is at its best where the individual ideas of its three members intersect Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
TheatreApphia Campbell on new play Through the Mud
Apphia Campbell speaks about her upcoming show, Through the Mud, an intergenerational story about the struggle for civil rights Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
FilmMolly Manning Walker on How to Have Sex
Perhaps the strongest British debut of the year, Molly Manning Walker's How to Have Sex is a tale of liberating holiday shenanigans that descends into an ever-buzzing, neon-soaked hellscape of pressure to have more fun, more booze, and more sex Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
ClubsScottish Clubbing Highlights: November 2023
November brings darker nights and DJ debuts across the country, amongst a plethora of birthday celebrations. Top picks include Hamdi, Joy Orbison, Clara! and DJ Stingray Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
MusicJockstrap & Taylor Skye – I<3UQTINVU
I<3UQTINVU is a beautifully werd mish-mash of sounds that typifies Jockstrap's experimental aesthetic Read more »| 31 Oct 2023 -
TheatreTreason: The Musical @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Ricky Allan and Charli Eglinton's Gunpowder Plot musical Treason is all tell, no show Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
TheatreScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2023
November offers a wide range of ambitious new work and classic favourites across Scotland's theatres Read more »| 30 Oct 2023 -
FilmScottish Film Events: November 2023
November sees a glut of film festivals including Scotland Loves Anime, the French Film Festival and Inverness Film Festival, plus the BFI's Powell and Pressburger season Read more »| 30 Oct 2023