Interviews
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Art
Scottish Community Arts and the COVID Pandemic
In the fourth in our series platforming emergent writers, produced with Edinburgh International Festival, we meet participants and organisers at WHALE Arts, NEMO Arts and Birds of Paradise to learn about their use of the arts to build community Read more »| 16 Jun 2021 -
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Take Me Somewhere 2021: Innovation Online
The programme for Take Me Somewhere this year is just as eclectic online as it usually is off. Festival Director LJ Findlay-Walsh and participating artists Cade & MacAskill and Cindy Islam explain how they're pushing boundaries beyond the computer screen Read more »| 17 May 2021 -
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Why Theatre Will Recover from COVID-19
Think theatre might struggle to recover from COVID-19? It's made quite a few comebacks before. We investigate when theatres went dark in the past, and what – or who – turned the lights back on Read more »| 16 Mar 2021 -
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Leonie Rae Gasson and Melanie Frances on HOTLINE
We may be living in the Zoom era, but some theatremakers are turning to another, oft-forgotten medium to connect with audiences. We talk to Leonie Rae Gasson and Melanie Frances about reclaiming the power of the humble telephone Read more »| 19 Feb 2021 -
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Hannah Lavery on Lament for Sheku Bayoh
We speak to writer and director Hannah Lavery about paying homage to Sheku Bayoh, the father and Kirkcaldy resident who died in police custody in 2015, in her new play Read more »| 11 Nov 2020 -
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Joe McCann on Things My White Friends Say
We speak to Tron Theatre's freshly commissioned writer Joe McCann about Black Lives Matter, racism in Scotland and why he wants you to contribute to his new play Read more »| 28 Sep 2020
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Brave New Stages: Theatre design and COVID-19
Scotland's theatre industry is struggling to survive under the pressure of social distancing regulations. Meet the designers thinking outside the box to stage new work Read more »| 15 Sep 2020 -
Festivals
Jessica Brough on Fringe of Colour Films
We chat to Fringe of Colour founder Jessica Brough about brand new online festival Fringe of Colour Films, the possibilities of going digital, and whether Shakespeare can save theatre Read more »| 06 Aug 2020 -
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The Skinny Q&A: Kieran Hurley
Beats and Mouthpiece playwright Kieran Hurley was meant to debut his new play, The Enemy, this month, but the COVID-19 crisis has postponed the premiere. Here he reflects on other important topics, like what to cook on lockdown and when he last spewed Read more »| 09 Apr 2020 -
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Jackie Wylie on NTS' Scenes for Survival
Jackie Wylie, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, tells us about Scenes for Survival, the NTS crisis project responding to the COVID-19 pandemic Read more »| 06 Apr 2020 -
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Gaelic Theatre Gu Leòr on language, loss and MAIM
We speak to Alasdair C. Whyte and Evie Waddell about the themes of climate change, culture and survival in Theatre Gu Leòr and WHYTE's new show Read more »| 06 Mar 2020 -
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Denise Mina on Mrs Puntila and her man Matti
Award-winning Scottish crime writer Denise Mina speaks to the Skinny about gender swapping and power misuse in her latest work, Mrs Puntila and her man Matti, an adaptation of Brecht’s master and servant comedy Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
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Workers Theatre on Something Has to Happen Festival
We catch up with the folk from The Workers Theatre about radical art, how a theatre cooperative works and why their upcoming festival – Something Has To Happen – couldn't be more timely Read more »| 06 Feb 2020 -
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Scottish Opera's Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol on Nixon in China and their Under 26 offer
Ahead of the Scottish Opera’s premiere of John Adams’ Nixon in China, the production's Assistant Director Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol tells us more about the opera and their Under 26 scheme Read more »| 04 Feb 2020 -
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Polmont Youth Theatre: Seeing Beyond the Bars
The Polmont Youth Theatre, established in 2019, was the first Youth Theatre ever set up in a Scottish prison. The Skinny speaks to its co-founder, Jess Thorpe, about drama as healing and why reframing crime as a public health issue has been so important Read more »| 15 Jan 2020