Theatre
The Skinny theatre guide to plays, musicals, and theatre festivals throughout Scotland. We bring you the latest news in Scottish theatre, with highlights and reviews. Get backstage access with The Skinny's exclusive playwright, director, and festival curator interviews.
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ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2024
In September's theatre highlights, a clutch of new touring shows criss-cross Scotland, and Findhorn Bay Festival returns Read more »| 03 Sep 2024 -
FestivalsEIF: The Fifth Step @ The Lyceum
The Fifth Step is a genuine and cathartic exploration of addiction, corruption and hypocrisy, comedically exploring the deep shame that permeates these elements Read more »| 27 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsA Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First @ theSpace
Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland's Fringe First-winning new play is a tightly-woven DIY masterpiece about boyhood, queerness, masculinity and empire Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsEIF: Assembly Hall @ Festival Theatre
Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's absurdist dance piece is a wonderful exercise in surrender Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsEIF: After the Silence @ The Studio
This multi-media narrative about the assassination of João Pedro Teixeira treads a fine line Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsPretty Delusional @ theSpaceTriplex
Gianna Milici hilariously exposes the agonies, ecstasies, and humiliations of what it means to desire and want to be desired as a young woman in Pretty Delusional Read more »| 22 Aug 2024
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FestivalsBirdwatching @ theSpace at Venue 45
Birdwatching's teenage trip to the woods is a tense and dark look at the misogynistic structures which haunt our society Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsA Silent Scandal @ Greenside George Street
This timely and poignant piece about abuse in 1970s Ireland ultimately falls short of incision or subversion Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsBluffing Your Way in Ballet @ theSpace
Bluffing Your Way in Ballet is a merry exploration of ballet history and the prominent figures and pieces that made it Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsNATION @ Summerhall
NATION freshly reintroduces one to storytelling as a whole, characterised by dichotomy and executed through simplicity Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsB.L.I.P.S. @ Summerhall
B.L.I.P.S. is a mental and emotional rollercoaster of an experience characterised by insomnia, paranoia, and even nostalgia Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsA Knock on the Roof @ Traverse Theatre
A Knock on the Roof is one of the most important pieces of work to emerge from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in years Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsBark Bark @ Summerhall
Bark Bark is a magical blend of live performance, puppetry and cinema Read more »| 19 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsEIF: The Marriage of Figaro @ Festival Theatre
Mozart's all-time classic The Marriage of Figaro is brought bang up-to-date in a modern retelling by Komische Oper Berlin which pulls no punches Read more »| 19 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsBATSHIT @ Traverse Theatre
BATSHIT is a visually striking production that utilises multimedia and stagecraft to expose society's systemic labelling of women as 'crazy' Read more »| 19 Aug 2024