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Queen for a Day: Jock Tamson's Bairns tours Scotland
Our theatre editor chats to the team behind Jock Tamson’s Bairns and unleashes her inner bio queen for the afternoon Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
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The Month in Scottish Theatre: February 2019
Musicals, touring opera, returning shows, and the first ever LGBTQI+ playwright festival? Sounds like it’s just another month for theatre in Scotland Read more »| 01 Feb 2019 -
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The Themes of manipulate 2019
Scotland's trailblazing festival of innovative visual theatre and animation returns, with performances from artists around the world. But with so many different art forms on show, what themes are tackled in this year's programme? Read more »| 24 Jan 2019 -
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What the Fuck is Les Misérables? A Guide
Returning to Scotland after nearly a decade, the latest tour of the runaway smash musical that is Les Misérables has already sold out. But what is it that makes the show so popular? Read more »| 21 Jan 2019 -
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The Month in Scottish Theatre: January 2019
The return of Glasgow Girls, survival against the odds, and a couple of appearances from Rabbie Burns are just a few of the highlights in Scotland’s theatres following the tinsel and dames of panto season Read more »| 08 Jan 2019 -
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The Panto-Free Guide to Christmas Theatre
Love theatre, but hate panto? Think you can’t go to the theatre this season? Ho-Ho-Ho-hold your horses, there’s still a bunch of shows you can see this December – here’s a quick round-up Read more »| 10 Dec 2018
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The Five Fuckboys of Christmas Pantomime
It’s mistletoe and wine time, and in order to help you slay the busy festive theatre season, here’s our helpful and handy guide to the best (worst) of panto’s fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-fuckboys Read more »| 23 Nov 2018 -
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Chrysalis: Scotland's Youth Theatre Festival Returns
Scotland’s festival of youth theatre returns to the Traverse Theatre once again for three days of new work by some of Europe’s leading youth theatre organisations Read more »| 12 Nov 2018 -
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manipulate announces its 2019 programme
Scotland's celebrated festival of theatre, puppetry and animation returns, bringing with it a wide-ranging programme of innovative, international work to Edinburgh Read more »| 08 Nov 2018 -
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Estonia Now: Previewing the Glasgow festival
We chat to the people behind Estonia Now, a new festival of visual art, film, contemporary dance and performance that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Baltic republic Read more »| 06 Nov 2018 -
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The Month in Scottish Theatre: November 2018
Just before panto season, and the quiet of January, November features secrets, operas, remembrance and poetry on the Scottish stage. Read more »| 05 Nov 2018 -
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Real Horror Show: Edinburgh Horror Festival preview
The Skinny chats to Alex Staniforth, one of the co-founders of the Edinburgh Horror Festival, about their third year, why there’s not enough horror theatre, and what makes the genre so unique Read more »| 15 Oct 2018 -
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Cora Bissett on her Gagarin Way revival
Following her success at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we chat to Cora Bisset about her Dundee Rep revival of Gregory Burke’s sensational debut play, Gagarin Way Read more »| 10 Oct 2018 -
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The Month in Scottish Theatre: October 2018
All the leaves are brown and Scottish theatre is a luminous shade of red, thanks to the many exciting shows on offer this month, which just so happens to be our theatre editor’s favourite time of year. Read more »| 05 Oct 2018 -
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The Month in Scottish Theatre: September 2018
If you’re feeling a bit of Fringe fatigue, or just looking for something to see the month after August, we’ve got you covered Read more »| 05 Sep 2018