Shows
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FestivalsBoy Blue Entertainment on Blak Whyte Gray
The Skinny chats to Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante of the award-winning East London hip-hop company, Boy Blue Entertainment, about their latest work, Blak Whyte Gray Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsBetty Grumble and Aisha Josiah on their Fringe shows
One-woman shows, identity and the power of storytelling with Betty Grumble and Aisha Josiah Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsFringe on a Theme: 5 theatre shows on grief
With grief emerging as a key theme to the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we look at a selection of plays that explore the various and sometimes complicated state of bereavement Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival reveal Spirit of '47 details
EIF teams up with the British Council for a programme celebrating arts and culture from across the globe, as part of the Festival's 70th anniversary celebrations Read more »| 14 Jun 2017 -
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Traverse Theatre announce Festival 2017 programme
Eight world premieres, three European premieres and five Scottish premieres are included in Traverse Festival 2017 Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
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Dance Base announces its Fringe programme
Edinburgh’s year-round home of dance announces Dance Base Festival, its programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which this year features 21 shows from 12 countries Read more »| 01 Jun 2017
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Previews
Jo Clifford on War in America
The Skinny chats to the leading playwright and performer about the long road to staging her 1996 play, War in America Jo Clifford has stepped back in time. ... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
ReviewsDaphne Oram's Wonderful World of Sound @ Tron Theatre
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is something that seems archaic in how forward-thinking it was. In days when the BBC itself has to justify its own right to exis... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
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Sara Shaarawi introduces Megaphone
The Skinny talks to the playwright, performer and co-founder of The Workers Theatre about the company’s phenomenally successful Kickstarter campaign for artists of colour in Scotland Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Reviews
Void @ Dance International Glasgow
Running skittishly through the concrete milieu that is Glasgow’s Southside (because you stayed too long at the previous performance’s post-show c... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
Reviews
Each Other @ Tramway, Glasgow
If contemporary art often falls back on the ‘it’s open to interpretation’ line, Each Other, by contrast, seems to cry out for meaningful ex... Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
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A Machine They’re Secretly Building @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
A theatrical documentary of sorts, combining archive footage and original video with live performance, A Machine They’re Secretly Building traces the h... Read more »| 05 May 2017 -
Previews
Dance International Glasgow Returns
The Skinny talks to Dance International Glasgow's programmer Tim Nunn, about the festival, the Scottish dance scene and what Scotland has to offer the artform Read more »| 06 Apr 2017 -
Reviews
Scratch Special @ Platform
A one-off night at Glasgow's Take Me Somewhere, Scratch Special is three different performances of varying styles and mediums. The first act is a c... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
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Avoidable Climbing @ Citizens Theatre
The latest project from writer/director Drew Taylor, Avoidable Climbing, was written as a direct response to the impending sense of extremist doom-and-gloome... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017