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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ClubsJoy Orbison joins new Edinburgh clubbing series, Nightvision
UK favourite joins the likes of Nina Kraviz and UK drum n bass duo Chase & Status Read more »| 18 Jul 2014 -
Music
T in the Park 2014: Saturday 12 July
Despite the forecasts of heavy rain, the positive mood of Saturday’s festival crowd never dampens. It's the day of the Scottish heavyweights on the mai... Read more »| 17 Jul 2014 -
FilmDawn of the Planet of the Apes
Set ten years after 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a global pandemic has all but wiped out humanity, and a San Francisco colony, led by Gary Ol... Read more »| 16 Jul 2014 -
Theatre
War Horse @ The Lowry, Salford, until 20 Sep
Galloping onto The Lowry stage last November, War Horse proved the most successful show in the centre’s 13-year history, obliterating previous box offi... Read more »| 16 Jul 2014 -
ComedyRobin Ince (with Michael Legge) @ The King's Arms, Salford, 7 July
Robin Ince pulls a double shift at Greater Manchester Fringe as he both previews his solo Edinburgh show Blooming Buzzing Confusion and then returns for his ... Read more »| 15 Jul 2014 -
Music
Guardian Alien / Horrid / The Osiris Club @ Islington Mill, Salford, 10 July
Following a well received weekender in May (headlined by Melt-Banana), Fat Out Till You Pass Out – seasoned promoters specialising in the ser... Read more »| 15 Jul 2014
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ComedyHigh Achiever: Rhys Darby is Mr Adventure
In October, Rhys Darby will be performing for climbers at Base Camp on Everest. We spoke to arguably the fittest man in comedy about explorers, difficult summits, and his new show, Mr Adventure Read more »| 15 Jul 2014 -
Music
Blues Pills – Blues Pills
Once upon a time, you could get away with this sort of histrionic blues-rock. Back then, of course, it was a logical progression from the hip-shaking immedia... Read more »| 15 Jul 2014 -
Film
Hollywood Car Chases Just Got... Safer
Ever wish your life was more like an action movie? Of course you don’t. Think about it: it would be exhausting, not to mention life-threatening. But ... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Film
I Am Divine
When Glenn Milstead died from a heart condition in 1988, he was just hours away from shooting his first episode of Married... with Children, the hit Fox sitc... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Film
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Following the smash success of How to Train Your Dragon, this sequel – part coming-of-age tale, part family drama, part aerial war movie – fast-f... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Film
Grand Central
Nuclear radiation provides the unusual backdrop for a love affair in Grand Central. Tahar Rahim plays Gary, a man with an unclear criminal background who beg... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Film
Norte, the End of History
Filipino director Lav Diaz has been working consistently since the late 1990s but, with most of his films running for anything up to nine hours, the rel... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Film
Harold and Maude
Wes Anderson fans who aren’t familiar with the quirk-fueled pleasures of Harold and Maude should remedy that post-haste, considering the filmmaker&rsqu... Read more »| 14 Jul 2014 -
Clubs
DJ Chart: Lazare Hoche
A rising star of the Parisian scene, Lazare Hoche delivers seven tracks that have helped to shape the sound of his eponymous label Read more »| 14 Jul 2014