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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FilmLesser-spotted Altmans: seven underrated films from Robert Altman
Inspired by the upcoming DVD release of Ron Mann's documentary on Robert Altman, The Skinny's film team suggest some of the maverick director's most undervalued films Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
MusicGrey Hairs – Colossal Downer
Always a blast when the clever kids play dumb, and plenty have done just that over the years: from Iggy to Mudhoney to METZ, there’s few greater thrill... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
BooksRap Lyrical: Word Up! on LightNight
This Friday, as part of LightNight, Liverpool’s Writing on the Wall festival (WoW) invites two artists from different sides of the Atlantic to perform under the stars in a celebration of spoken word. The Skinny talks to Shayshahn MacPherson and Blue Saint Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Clubs
Juice: Daniel Avery @ Sneaky Pete's, 30 April
A cosy, methodical BPM reigns tonight, from both the headliner’s set and the atmosphere of the room. Sneaky Pete’s is, of course, a small venue, ... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Music
Live at Glasgow @ Various Venues, 3 May
The choose-your-own-adventure format of a day-festival like Live at Glasgow presents almost too many options. Having so much on offer can turn a person into ... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Music
Purity Ring / Born Gold @ The Art School, 28 April
Brush your teeth; tonight’s a double helping of sugary, Canadian electro-wizardry, and the Art School’s bustling crowd is hungry for it. The bill... Read more »| 12 May 2015
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Art
Severed Heads, Psychosculpture and Pilgrimage: This Week in Scottish Art
This week, art news covers ground from Livingston to Venice, with a bumper week of events across Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond. Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
Film
Mad Max: Fury Road
In a cinematic landscape where every movie series of notable mainstream or cult popularity is being resurrected instead of left for dead, one figure has emer... Read more »| 12 May 2015 -
TheatreThe Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
Adapting one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous works was never going to be an easy task, but Morna Pearson’s reimagining of his classic sto... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
TheatreMental Health Awareness in Performance
Fiona Geddes and Francisca Morton talk to The Skinny about their upcoming shows dealing with mental health, loss and attachment Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
Books
BBC Scotland launches Poet In Residence search
The Scottish Poetry Library and BBC Scotland have teamed up to search for an upcoming poet to take on a three month paid residency at the BBC. The residency... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
Clubs
When the Sun Goes Down: Riverside Festival Preview
We take a look at this month's Electric Frog and Pressure Riverside festival, with a particular focus on the brand new Sunset Stage Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
Art
Northern Greats: Summer in the Square
This month, we take a quick break from meeting the residents of the Great Northern to check back in with its programmers, Future Artists, who had so many summer events to tell us about they needed a whole column Read more »| 10 May 2015 -
Film
The Tribe
The Tribe, Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s devastating ensemble piece, is told entirely in Ukrainian sign language, with no dialogue and no subtitles. Rather... Read more »| 07 May 2015 -
Music
Northwest Music News – 7 May: Africa Oyé Full Line-Up, Liverpool International Music Festival + more
Further Liverpool festival announcements Undeniably one of Liverpool's biggest summer parties, Africa Oyé (20-21 Jun) has revealed the rest of its li... Read more »| 07 May 2015