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Latest Reviews
music
film
art
Jeremy Deller @ The Venice Biennale
Andrea Cotton and Naomi Lethbridge @ Paper Gallery, Manchester, until 15 Jun
Carol Bove @ The Common Guild, until 29 Jun
Realism: An Exhibition @ The Gallery, Liverpool, until 28 Jun
Stephen Sutcliffe @ Tramway, until 30 Jun
85A: Chernozem and Renegade Maskerrade
Raqib Shaw @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 26 May
Michael Landy: Four Walls @ Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, until 16 Jun
James McLardy @ The Royal Standard, until 28 Apr
Cough em if they can't take a choke @ Verge
books
All the Birds, Singing
Evie Wyld
All The Little Guns Went Bang, Bang, Bang
Neil Mackay
Here and Now: Selected Letters 2008-2011
Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee
The Folded Man
Matt Hill
Dirty Work
Gabriel Weston
The Professor of Truth
James Robertson
Unhappy Go Lucky
Ian Pattison
A Wolf in Hindelheim
Jenny Mayhew
Anywhere's Better Than Here
Zöe Venditozzi
Best of Young British Novelists 4
Various
clubs
Ital & Aurora Halal @ The Dancehouse Theatre, Manchester, 24 May
Beats @ The Arches
Mike Slott: Live Soundtrack to The Return
Electric Frog Summer Festival
Confusion
The Traveller
Shed
I Stole Some Thunder
Esa & Mervin Granger
Fabric 52
Optimo (Espacio)
Justus Köhncke @ Cottoncake, 15 Jan
The free party people don't mind paying for...
theatre
Arika 13: 20 & 21 Apr, Tramway
Arika 13: 18 & 19 Apr, Tramway
Running on the Cracks @ Tron
Dirty Dancing @ The Playhouse, 5 December
My Shrinking Life @ Tron
Closer @ The Old Hairdresser's
The Great Disappointment Of Santa Muerta @ Oran Mor
Arches Live: Gelatin (Solo) / Update
Whatever Happened to Harry @ Arches Live
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut @ The Macrobert
comedy
Edinburgh University Revue Comedy Championships 2013
Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life
Ray Bradshaw: I Dare Ray To @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 24 March
David Kay @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 24 March
Steffen Peddie: Best Intentions @ Glasgow Comedy Festival, 23 March
Tig Notaro – Live!
The Boy With The Cuckoo Clock Heart @ Pleasance
Slapdash Galaxy @ Underbelly
Totally Ninja
Parris & Dowler Know What They're Doing
Latest Features
NETVERK Podcast: June 2013
Exploring the world of netaudio, the NETVERK podcast returns to The Skinny. This month's show features a more guitar-flecked...
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GSA Degree Show 2013: Animal Farm
On our tireless quest for emerging talent we journey to the Central Belt degree shows and scan the plain...
Hero Worship: Bette Davis
Sarah Perks, artistic director of Cornerhouse, Manchester, tells us why she’s seduced by Bette Davis, the queen of Hollywood's...
Rachel Goodyear: Creatures of the Night
As she prepares for her upcoming solo exhibition at The International 3, Rachel Goodyear invites us to her studio...
Wacky Races
Adventure style races have grown hugely popular in the last few years – The Skinny talks you through three...
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James Holden – The Inheritors
re the album :: [Delabole] Gone Feral, Some Respite, Blackpool and, of course, the title track ke...Posted by nat | 16:59 on 19 June -
James Holden – The Inheritors
Bram, my argument for ‘the only-ness’ is the striking novelty and originality / subjectivity of H...Posted by nat | 16:42 on 19 June -
Surf Scotland: Catching a Break
Nice little article Kate.Surf is certainly where you find it and Scotland has plenty.I have surfe...Posted by Alan | 08:57 on 19 June
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