Theatre
With hundreds of venues and thousands of shows from around the world, The Skinny's Edinburgh Fringe theatre previews and reviews provide the insight you need to make the most of your Fringe experience.
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IntersectionsA fairer Edinburgh Fringe is still possible
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe returns to in-person venues for the first time in two years, we assess the festival's past problems, whether anything has changed, and what a fairer Fringe could look like in the future Read more »| 31 Jul 2021 -
TheatreFringe mainstays unveil new MultiStory venue
Gilded Balloon, Zoo, Traverse Theatre and Dance Base will join together this August to programme a new open-air festival hub called MultiStory Read more »| 13 Jul 2021 -
TheatreThe Man Who Planted Trees @ Storytelling Centre
Puppet State Theatre's fabled show is a deeply warm and exquisite delight Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
TheatreReservoir Dugs @ The Space
This Scottish adaptation of Tarantino's classic plays for laughs but delivers on dramatic violence Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
Theatre(Can This Be) Home @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Spoken word artist Kolbrún Sigfúsdóttir and flautist Tom Oakes' collaboration is a glorious and unabashedly pro-EU meditation on immigration, culture shock and Brexit Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
TheatreWill Gompertz @ Underbelly Bristo Square
The sequel to Will Gompertz's original Double Art History is a welcome break from more traditional Fringe shows Read more »| 26 Aug 2019
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TheatreEjaculation – Discussions about Female Sexuality @ Summerhall
An insightful, sensitive documentary performance about female ejaculation personally and universally Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
TheatreBlack is the Color of My Voice @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
A powerfully conceptualised and realised one woman show about a woman who woke up the world with her music Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
TheatreJRR Tolkien's Leaf By Niggle @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
A timeless tale adapted from JRR Tolkien's short story, told with a profoundly personal touch Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
TheatreThe Fishermen @ Assembly George Square
This adaption by Gbolahan Obisesan is a powerful and gut-wrenching piece of theatre Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
TheatreLearning From The Future @ Dance Base
Colette Sadler's Learning From The Future is an hour of striking, hypnotic and ambitious dance Read more »| 22 Aug 2019 -
TheatreCitizens of Nowhere? @ Sweet Novotel
This show from Chinese Arts Now deftly invites us to question how easy it is to define and change your own identity Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
TheatreHow To Save A Rock @ Pleasance Dynamic Earth
This charming but flawed show from Pigfoot Theatre is full of potential Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
TheatreWoke @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Woke is a galvanising piece of political theatre, drawing parallels between the Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
TheatreMyra Dubois: Dead Funny @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Putting the fun into funeral, Myra DuBois makes death look like a party Read more »| 20 Aug 2019