Previews
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PreviewsNational Theatre of Scotland unveil 2016 plans
The National Theatre of Scotland have unveiled plans for their 10th birthday season, with a host of world premieres and returning plays. Read more »| 09 Nov 2015 -
PreviewsChrysalis Festival at the Traverse: Preview
Here's The Skinny run down of what to expect from the Traverse's inaugural Chrysalis festival. Read more »| 02 Nov 2015 -
TheatreTipping the Velvet: Sally Messham Interview
Sally Messham talks circus skills and celebrated novels ahead of Tipping the Velvet's run at The Lyceum. Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
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Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival preview
Focussing on mental health issues in theatre, this year SMHAFF features plays by Arthur Miller and more. Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
TheatreSimon Armitage on The Odyssey, Liverpool Everyman
Following last year's Lily Cole-starring dramatisation of The Iliad, Simon Armitage now turns his hand to Homer's other great work. We caught up with the poet to discuss The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, which premieres at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Theatre
Arthur Miller: Rapture Theatre on his centenary
Michael Emans talks about Arthur Miller's centenary and how Rapture Theatre chose to honour it this autumn Read more »| 11 Sep 2015
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StudentsAct Up: Student Theatre Societies
So you're looking to get involved in theatre at university? Cast your eyes over this handy guide. Read more »| 09 Sep 2015 -
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Trapped Up North: Manchester's horror attraction
The trend for escape room games continues unabated with the Great Northern Warehouse's new horror attraction, Trapped Up North. Its creator helps us understand the appeal of getting locked inside a room and scared half to death Read more »| 04 Sep 2015 -
Festivals
Elspeth Turner's SpectreTown
Elspeth Turner talks identity, Scottish ancestry and homespun Scottish theatre. Read more »| 03 Aug 2015 -
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Bard in the Botanics: Bringing Wonder to Glasgow
Our run down of this year's Bard in the Botanics season, with a theme of "Unlikely Wonders" and the first production of Love's Labour's Lost in almost five decades. Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
Walking the Tightrope: politics at Edinburgh Fringe
Playwrights Neil LaBute and Omar El-Khairy talk about Walking the Tightrope, censorship and the arts, and The Arches closure ahead of their short plays coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
24:7 Theatre Festival: this year's programme
It's been up against the ropes, but 24:7 Theatre Festival returns this month with a stripped-back programme that is likely to be the last in its current form. We catch up with executive producer David Slack to hear what shape it's in Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
Festivals
24:7 Theatre Festival reveals its 2015 programme
Back at the start of the year, it looked like 24:7 wasn’t going to happen; after losing its regular funding, Manchester’s always vital festival o... Read more »| 11 Jun 2015 -
Theatre
Jackie Hagan on her new show, Some People Have Too Many Legs
Comedian, poet, theatre-maker and all-round local legend Jackie Hagan explains how a tremendously difficult year helped her hone her craft Read more »| 09 Jun 2015 -
Festivals
Traversing the Fringe
With Traverse Theatre's Fringe programme launching this week, we ask artistic director Orla O'Loughlin for an overview of what's in store Read more »| 03 Jun 2015