Theatre
The Skinny theatre guide to plays, musicals, and theatre festivals throughout Scotland. We bring you the latest news in Scottish theatre, with highlights and reviews. Get backstage access with The Skinny's exclusive playwright, director, and festival curator interviews.
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FestivalsThe Bridge @ Assembly Roxy
The Bridge is a moving insight into the history and practicalities of an onerous journey attempted by hundreds of Palestinians every day Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsGood With Faces @ Summerhall
An interview-turned-interrogation between a single mother and a social worker forms the basis of this unsettling psychological thriller Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsJULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW @ Summerhall
Joy Nesbitt’s new play is a candid, funny and deeply discomforting success exploring artistic prejudice in theatre Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsBigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It @ Summerhall
Xhloe and Natasha unleash Bigfoot on a flooded Appalachian town, with hilarious and unsettling consequences Read more »| 12 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much @ Pleasance Courtyard
Voloz Collective’s convoluted spy thriller is at its best when it gives in to the anarchic possibilities of physical theatre Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsBlackbox @ Underbelly Cowgate
Blackbox brings Henry ‘Box’ Brown’s story to the stage through spoken word, gospel, hip-hop and magic, but struggles to fully cohere Read more »| 11 Aug 2026
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FestivalsA Trial – After an Enemy of the People @ Lyceum
Wagner Moura brings magnetic intensity to this timely reworking of Ibsen at the Edinburgh International Festival Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsROLEPLAY @ Summerhall
ROLEPLAY is a slick, sharply funny exploration of sexual empowerment in the digital age Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsPink Rabbit @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Farah Ashraf’s Pink Rabbit is a funny, frank exploration of sexuality, cultural expectation and complicated freedoms Read more »| 11 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsALONE @ Assembly George Square
The third coming of this clever and compelling sci-fi play from New Zealand is out of this world Read more »| 10 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Best Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
The 2026 Edinburgh Fringe has kicked off – check this page for our favourite theatre shows from this year's festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2026 -
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Alaa Shehada on his new Fringe show The Bridge
Alaa Shehada of the Palestine Comedy Club follows the award-winning The Horse of Jenin with a new Fringe show on the Allenby Bridge, Palestine's only land crossing Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Skinny on... Xhloe and Natasha
From mochi defrosted in their shirts to The Lego Movie Soundtrack, Fringe icons Xhloe and Natasha tell us some of their favourite things in this month's Q&A Read more »| 03 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Festivals 2026: Theatre Highlights
More than 1,600 shows descend upon Edinburgh in August across theatre, opera and circus. Here are our top picks Read more »| 31 Jul 2026 -
FestivalsHuman Connections: Christiane Jatahy and Lucas Paraizo on A Trial
Brazilian writers Christiane Jatahy and Lucas Paraizo introduce their latest play, A Trial, presenting a new point of friction for each audience, every night Read more »| 30 Jul 2026