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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ArtYoung Team: RSA New Contemporaries 2025 preview
With over sixty exhibitors on display, here’s The Skinny’s take on the up-and-coming artists to look out for at RSA New Contemporaries Read more »| 11 Mar 2025 -
TheatreInside the Scottish Casting Network
A new series of casting workshops hopes to connect more actors with casting directors and theatre companies Read more »| 11 Mar 2025 -
Musicclipping. – Dead Channel Sky
Dead Channel Sky – clipping.’s fifth studio album – is a mess of brilliant ideas and conceptual overreach Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
MusicKelly Lee Owens @ SWG3, Glasgow, 7 Mar
The multi-hyphenate talents of Welsh producer-DJ-musician Kelly Lee Owens are in sharp focus tonight, as she takes us to her dreamstate Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
FilmSister Midnight
Sister Midnight is a picaresque horror comedy about a newlywed who marches to the beat of her own drum Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
BooksUniversality by Natasha Brown
In her follow-up to the acclaimed Assembly, Natasha Brown investigates the banal evil of modern British politics and the shaping of national discourse Read more »| 10 Mar 2025
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BooksStag Dance by Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters returns with Stag Dance, another stunning, genre-defying exploration of the nuances and intimacies of trans identity Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
MusicNubya Garcia @ Òran Mór, Glasgow, 3 Mar
Camden saxophonist Nubya Garcia is an all-timer in the making, putting a modern twist on classic jazz sounds Read more »| 10 Mar 2025 -
FilmGFF 2025: Baby Assassins: Nice Days
Coming across like an anime leaping to live-action, Yugo Sakamoto's latest entry in his Baby Assassins series is an infectious and silly delight Read more »| 07 Mar 2025 -
TheatreA View From The Bridge @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Jemima Levick’s inaugural production as Artistic Director of the Tron Theatre brings a fresh energy to Arthur Miller’s classic Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
MusicSpotlight On... Cowboy Hunters
With their latest single Mating Calls out now, we catch up with Scottish punks Cowboy Hunters Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
ArtEdinburgh Art Festival & The Skinny Emerging Writers' programme returns
Our Emerging Writers programme with Edinburgh Art Festival returns for 2025 with a new longform commission Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
ArtSay No! Art, Activism and Feminist Refusal @ Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews
In St Andrews, an exhibition stands firm against exclusionary and oppressive feminisms, defying transphobic and anti-sex work backlash Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
FilmGFF 2025: Went Up the Hill
This ghost story suffers from heavy-handed symbolism and a script full of exposition, but the quality of the lead actors – Dacre Montgomery and Vicky Krieps – make up for some of these issues Read more »| 06 Mar 2025 -
FilmThe Skinny On... Shaun Williamson
Star of Extras, Life's Too Short and the iconic role of Barry from Eastenders, Shaun Williamson has been taking the clubs of the music festivals circuit by storm with his BARRIOKE karaoke night. He brings his gripes with the tax man to the Q&A Read more »| 06 Mar 2025