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FestivalsMIF15: The Skriker @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Skriker opens with a verbal assault. In some nightmarish netherworld, the title character, played by a pixie-haired, wild-eyed Maxine Peake, delivers a b... Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
FestivalsMIF15: Tree of Codes @ Opera House, Manchester
Tree of Codes does what Manchester International Festival does best: bring together several interesting artists and set them loose on an unusual project, in ... Read more »| 06 Jul 2015 -
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MIF15: wonder.land @ Palace Theatre, Manchester
It is notoriously difficult to represent the virtual world in physical art. A new musical scored by Damon Albarn and premiering at Manchester International F... Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
FestivalsWalking 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 -
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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 -
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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
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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 -
FestivalsTraversing 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 -
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Hunting the Big Four: Our Comedy and Theatre Picks
With the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe fast approaching, last week saw the so-called ‘big four’ Edinburgh Fringe venues – the Pleasance, the Gilded... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
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CATS Scottish Theatre Awards Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for this year’s Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) has been announced, with Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre leading th... Read more »| 15 May 2015 -
ReviewsThe Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
Adapting one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous works was never going to be an easy task, but Morna Pearson’s reimagining of his classic sto... Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
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Mental Health Awareness in Performance
Fiona Geddes and Francisca Morton talk to The Skinny about their upcoming shows dealing with mental health, loss and attachment Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
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Tramway Digs Dance
Louise Ahl of Ultimate Dancer and Laurynas Žakevicius of Low Air Urban Dance Theatre talk about their dance styles and their upcoming performances at DIG, Tramway's six week celebration of dance. Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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Whisky Galore @ Sunart Centre
Iain Finlay Macleod’s new Gaelic adaption of Compton MacKenzie’s Whisky Galore (with English surtitles) captures the spirit of storytel... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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BEHAVIOUR 2015: Lippy and O is for Hoolet
Dead Centre’s Lippy is a play in three acts. The first is humorous and wrong-foots the audience, and while the second and third acts are much dark... Read more »| 05 May 2015