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Theatre
The Month in Scottish Theatre: March 2018
Kicking off the month is a double bill from Scottish Dance Theatre, RITUALIA and TuTuMucky, which have been touring Scotland since February. Finishing w... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Festivals
Is Theatre Accessible to Working-Class Artists?
Theatre can be an amazing force for good, but for whom, exactly? Sky-high ticket prices and a lack of engagement with working-class audiences means fewer of ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
Theatre in the Age of #MeToo
The #MeToo movement needs no introduction. After its creation in 2006 by Tarana Burke, it has felled numerous high-profile men in the entertainment industry ... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Theatre
Youth of Today: Chrysalis Theatre Festival preview
“We felt there was a gap in high-profile performance platforms which championed and promoted creative work by young emerging artists, and so the Chrysa... Read more »| Updated over 6 years ago -
Theatre
The Month in Scottish Theatre: June 2018
As June starts festivals like the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, Take Me Somewhere and Hidden Door are still going strong, so remember to... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Theatre
Lauren Hendry on Tetra-Decathlon: 'competing feels like performing'
Over the last few years, Lauren Hendry’s life has been dominated by numbers; 800m, 1500m, 3000m. Having never run on a racetrack until 2016, her new so... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Festivals
Celebrating 100 Years of (Some) Women's Voices Being Heard
100 years since some women were given the right to vote in the UK, how does theatre best reflect women's voices? We spoke to three artists to hear the storie... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Theatre
The Month in Scottish Theatre: April 2018
Did somebody say Festival? No, not the one that we love and fear, but the end of March and the start of April marks the beginning of the 2018 Edinburgh Inter... Read more »| Updated about 6 years ago -
Theatre
The Month in Scottish Theatre: November 2018
Oh, flippin’ heck. It can’t be November, surely? Before Panto season descends, here’s a rough guide to what to expect from the Scottish sta... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe 2018: Masculinity in Theatre
For Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair, ideas of masculinity form the basis of Square Go. It's a coming-of-age story that follows a 13-year-old called Max, who&rs... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Theatre
The Month in Scottish Theatre: March 2019
It’s really not an understatement to say that March is an incredibly busy month in theatre, and in Scotland, the stages are groaning with the sheer vol... Read more »| Updated about 5 years ago -
Theatre
Mind Health: SMHAF's 2018 Theatre Programme
“A common misconception about the festival, and work exploring mental health more generally, is that it can be depressing,” begins Gail Aldam, Fe... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Theatre
Cora Bissett on her Gagarin Way revival
It’s hard to put into words the effect that Gagarin Way, the first play from a then-unknown Fife playwright called Gregory Burke, had on Scottish theat... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Theatre
The Panto-Free Guide to Christmas Theatre
Ah, pantomime. Out of every artform available to people around the world, this has to be the theatre lover’s Marmite. For every ten people that love pa... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Theatre
Theatre in Dark Times
It would be an understatement to say that we live in strange times, but the main thing about these weird days is that by the time this piece is published, ev... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Music
Echo Machine @ Conroy's Basement, Dundee, 20 Jul
Echo Machine make their debut performance before a home crowd in Conroy’s Basement, Dundee. With support from industrial pop-punk duo, Queequeg’s... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe 2018: What to see at the Big Four
Four comedy shows to see at Edinburgh Fringe 2018 Beard: Baby Come BackIt's three years since oddball double-act Beard last played Edinburgh. This year they... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
Festivals
The Best Comedy Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2019
The comedy section of the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme features thousands of performances of over 1500 shows, so it helps to be able to narrow th... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
Art
Space and Time: Scotland's rural art offerings
From the Highlands to the Islands, Scotland is home to many rural arts spaces that provide a thought-provoking experience year-round – but which are pa... Read more »| Updated 10 months ago -
Theatre
Joe Douglas on taking The Cheviot... on tour
“Yeah, I am apprehensive,” begins Joe Douglas, when I ask him if, maybe, the seemingly impossible task of reviving and touring one of the most im... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
Theatre
The Rebirth of Chrysalis Festival
Following their successful debut last year, Chrysalis Festival returns to the Traverse Theatre this month. Continuing its mission to showcase new work within... Read more »| Updated over 7 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 -
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 almost 7 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 -
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
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: 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 almost 14 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
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