Shows
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PreviewsCultural Highlights: Strictly Ballroom in Leeds
Strictly Ballroom: The Musical With all the glistening lametta, prawn cocktail starters and Only Fools and Horses re-runs of Christmas, there’s arguab... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016 -
ReviewsRambert – Ghost Dances, Frames and Tomorrow
The iconic Ghost Dances, [★★★★★] visceral, sinister and melancholic, with its meld of skeletal Ghosts and folk dancing Dead, still in its 36th year, holds it... Read more »| 26 Nov 2016 -
Reviews
A Brief History of Evil
We all tell lies. If not to others, then occasionally to ourselves. And while some of these lies are for our own good, some prove to be more sinister. A Comp... Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
PreviewsThe Rebirth of Chrysalis Festival
Scotland's forward-thinking youth theatre festival returns, bigger and better, for a second year Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
PreviewsChristmas theatre highlights in the North
It's not all pantos and carol concerts, y'know: here's our guide to the best end-of-year theatre Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Previews
Jackie Wylie is new National Theatre of Scotland director
Jackie Wylie, the former artistic director of The Arches, has been announced as the new artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland Read more »| 26 Oct 2016
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Shows
New arts venue Storyhouse announces theatre season
Storyhouse – Chester’s brand new £37m theatre, cinema and library – has announced the first shows for the new venue's inaugural theatre season Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
Previews
The Festival of Ian Smith: A Celebration of Death
Opening over Halloween and Day of the Dead weekend, The Festival of Ian Smith; A Celebration of Death makes its Edinburgh debut, and aims to challenge our preconceptions about death. We talk to festival founder, Angie Dight Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Reviews
Akram Khan's Giselle
For his first full-length ballet, choreographer Akram Khan has found alchemy in his collaborators Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Previews
Julia Taudevin on Blow-Off and Dario Fo
Returning to Edinburgh with her ‘guerrilla gig theatre’ piece Blow Off as part of a political theatre season to mark Dario Fo’s 90th birthday, Julia Taudevin talks to The Skinny about domestic terrorism, female rage and music Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
Wish List @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is a necessary play about unnecessary pain. Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
Reviews
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Has there ever been a play so celebrated in contemporary Scottish theatre as John McGrath’s The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil? The play, a... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Christmas Festival Plans Revealed
Get set for loads of live theatre this Christmas with Christmas on Stage, as well as the usual Edinburgh favourites of markets, St Andrew's Square ice rink and more. Read more »| 19 Sep 2016 -
Previews
Autumn theatre highlights in the North
Autumn is always a busy time for theatre. Here's our guide to the season's highlights Read more »| 13 Sep 2016 -
Theatre
Scottish Ballet: Sophie Laplane on Sibilo
The Skinny catches up with rising star of Scottish Ballet, the talented choreographer Sophie Laplane as she prepares to premiere her specially commissioned o... Read more »| 08 Sep 2016