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Alma Mater @ St George's West
The concept of theatre as a communal and inclusive art form is turned on its head in Fish and Game’s Alma Mater. Dubbed as ‘a filmic journey for ... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Magazines
The Animals and The Children Took to the Streets
The spirit of bloody and devastating revolution by the overlooked and undervalued children against the rich forms the basis of this unsettling production, Th... Read more »| Updated over 12 years ago -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: How do I get into Theatre?
Dear Auntie Trash, How do I get into theatre? Yours, Inexperienced Innie. Hey there, Innie, Your letter isn’t very clear about what it is that you... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
Theatre
Jo Clifford on War in America
The Skinny chats to the leading playwright and performer about the long road to staging her 1996 play, War in America Jo Clifford has stepped back in time. ... Read more »| Updated almost 7 years ago -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: How do I say "No"?
Dear Auntie Trash, I’ve been helping a friend with the marketing materials for their Fringe show and I now regret being involved. I’m a freelan... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Festivals
Fringe on a Theme: 5 theatre shows on grief
Bright Colours OnlyReturning to the Assembly Rooms after a long absence, Pauline Goldsmith’s Bright Colours Only takes the form of her own, now legenda... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Festivals
Zinnie Harris on her three EIF shows
Is Zinnie Harris the most in-demand playwright in Scotland right now? With three plays in this year's Edinburgh International Festival programme, Harris's ti... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Theatre
Scottish Panto Season: Battle of the Dames
Do you like your chips with salt and sauce, or salt and vinegar? How about panto dames? Do you want one dame or two? Well, this Christmas, you can choose one... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Theatre
Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival turns 10
Later this month, the Scottish theatre calendar is set to wake up and kick off once more, after a brief period of traditionally-imposed panto hibernation, wi... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Theatre
Ask Auntie Trash: R U Gettin' Enough
Hi Auntie Trash, I’m not an actor, I’m not really involved with theatre in any way, but recently I’ve been wondering: just how incestuous ... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Theatre
Made in India @ Traverse
Made in India, Satinder Chohan’s new play, directed by Katie Posner, begins in a surrogacy clinic in Gujarat, western India, where rich and professiona... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Theatre
4point3 collective on debut show Pylon
Inspiration, it is often said, comes at the strangest of times, and for Graeme Cameron, a dedicated runner and musician, a succession of injuries lead to an ... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
Music Previews: The rest of the Edge
Amy Macdonald Three years ago, Bishopbriggs born singer-songwriter Amy Mcdonald made her T on the Fringe debut as an unknown artist, but returns this year w... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Festivals
We Are Together
This documentary follows the lives of the children in the Agape orphanage in South Africa, who, under “Grandma” Zodwa Mqadi’s guidance, ha... Read more »| Updated over 16 years ago -
Sexuality
A Spot of b)other
There is already a wealth of material for artists to address on issues surrounding the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, but GoMA's upcoming ... Read more »| Updated over 14 years ago -
Festivals
Music Previews: Homegrown talent
Amy Macdonald Three years ago, Bishopbriggs born singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald made her T on the Fringe debut as an unknown artist. She returns this year ... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Festivals
Music: Edge picks
Dizzee Rascal Dizzee Rascal returns to Edinburgh to play the biggest venue at this year’s Edge. The last two years have been kind to the British hipho... Read more »| Updated over 13 years ago -
Film
Junebug
Previously well-received when shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival last year, 'Junebug' returns for a wider release, backed up by a string of award... Read more »| Updated almost 18 years ago -
Film
BAFTAs 2017: La La Land leads nominations
But two Amy Adams vehicles (Arrival and Nocturnal Animals) aren't far behind. Damien Chazelle's musical also comes up against the grit of Ken Loach's I, Dani... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Festivals
Behaviour Festival Launch: Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel and Sister @ The Arches
Behaviour Festival 2014 launches with Bryony Kimmings' Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel (****) and Rosana and Amy Cade's Si... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Film
La La Land leads Golden Globe nominations
Awards season heats up as La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea lead the pack. More surprisingly, Deadpool receives a brace of nominations... Awar... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Music
A Decade in Pictures: The Skinny at 10
Issue One: Our debut issue, released in October 2005 and featuring chats with Edwyn Collins' Orange Juice, and Chicago house legend DJ Funk. Our Glasgow Lau... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago -
Film
Oscars 2017: La La Land equals nomination record
The Oscar nominations are in, and effervescent musical La La Land joins Titanic and All About Eve as the most nominated film in the history of the award... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Film
BAFTA Scotland New Talent nominees announced
The shortlist for this year's British Academy Scotland New Talent Awards – the annual awards that aim to shine a spotlight on emerging talent from acro... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
Film
BAFTAs 2017: La La Land wins big, Ken Loach slams Tories
...but nothing for La La Land's closest Oscar best picture rival, Moonlight, which walked away empty handed Each year the BAFTA awards feel less and less li... Read more »| Updated about 7 years ago -
Books
Scotland's top writers among Saltire nominees
The shortlists for this year’s Saltire Society Literary Awards, Scotland's premiere literary prizes, have been announced, with household names and... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Film
At Home in The Dark: FrightFest at GFF14
There’s an overriding air of the macabre to the festival’s final weekend this year, with Jonathan Glazer’s nightmarish vision of Glasgow, U... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
Festivals
SFTOCSkinny photo competition: the shortlist!
At this year's Sounds from the Other City festival, The Skinny ran a photo competition to win a big bunch of prizes. To enter, all you had to do was sha... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
Festivals
Bryony Kimmings: Fake It 'til You Make It
"I don’t write fake stories for fake people to perform in fake kitchens," says performance maker Bryony Kimmings, calling The Skinny on her drive into ... Read more »| Updated over 8 years ago