Shows
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FestivalsDance 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 -
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 -
PreviewsSara 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 -
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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 -
ReviewsEach 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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Shoot the Sissy @ Art School
Nando Messias’ Shoot the Sissy packs its deceptively simple premise with striking visuals and deep emotional resonance. Superficially a sort of dr... Read more »| 05 Apr 2017 -
Shows
Wish List wins big at Manchester Theatre Awards
Katherine Soper's Bruntwood Prize–winning play about the punishments of the employment and benefits system scooped several titles at today's Manchester... Read more »| 17 Mar 2017 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Festival: 2017 line-up
PJ Harvey, Stephin Merritt and a spectacular opening presentation from the creators of Deep Time feature as EIF celebrates its 70th anniversary Read more »| 15 Mar 2017 -
Previews
4point3 collective on debut show Pylon
The Skinny talks to Graeme Cameron and Paul Montgomery of 4point3collective about creating, funding and appreciating their debut production, Pylon. Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
Reviews
City of Glass @ HOME, Manchester
Paul Auster's meta-noir City of Glass is brought to the stage via the high-tech wizardry of 59 Productions. The visuals are dazzling, but the adaptation fails to capture the nightmarish dread of the cult novel Read more »| 10 Mar 2017