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 Bread and the Beer @ Underbelly Cowgate
Written and performed by Tristan Bernays, The Bread and the Beer tells the story of John Barleycorn, a decadent figure of myth and legend akin to Dionys... Read more »| 08 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsThe Babysitter @ Pleasance Courtyard
If any of my interviews, trials or first nights as a babysitter had gone anything like it does for the unsuspecting Aaron in InDepth's The Babysitter then fr... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsBreaking The Silence @ C Nova
Should we dwell on our past, let it take over our lives in an attempt to commemorate and understand our history, or should we ignore it completely and live o... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Rites: A Children's Tragedy @ Pleasance Courtyard
The Pleasance’s own young ensemble return to the Courtyard with an adaptation of Wedekind’s Spring Awakening. Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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The Boy Who Kicked Pigs @ Pleasance Courtyard
One nasty little boy gets what’s coming to him in an adaptation of Tom Baker’s twisted morality tale. Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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Slapdash Galaxy @ Underbelly (Bristo Square)
Children’s entertainment typically consists of garish colours and raucous noises. While Scamp Theatre’s Slapdash Galaxy is indeed fille... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013
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Titus Andronicus @ Bedlam Theatre
Typical. You wait years for someone to bring Titus Andronicus to the Fringe then all of a sudden there are three of them, each offering a different spin on S... Read more »| 07 Aug 2013 -
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The Cherry Orchard @ C aquila
Kronos Productions' new adaptation of Chekhov's classic The Cherry Orchard re-imagines the play and places it in 1980s Britain, a time when social mobility w... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsI Want To Tell You Something @ Sweet
I Want To Tell You Something. I need to talk to you. Those kinds of phrases usually instil us with a sense of fear, implying something is wrong, that we've b... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsPendulum's Bargain Emporium @ Pleasance Dome, until 24 Aug
Maison Foo re-tell The Elves and the Shoemaker fable in this inventive and surreal show, which satirises our materialistic age – consumerism, the ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Unholy Trinity: Salome, Dolly and Softer Swells @ Dance Base
An interesting triple bill of solos by three talented choreographer/dancers – Spanish-trained Avatâra Ayuso, Venetian Giorgia Nardin and Irish ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Tourniquet @ Summerhall
In the light of day, Summerhall's hallways look innocent enough. Nonetheless, if you are locked in a room with Abattoir Fermé near midnight, it quickl... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Daydream @ Summerhall, until 25 Aug
Inne Goris and Dominique Pauwels Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Missing and Bird's Eye View @ Dancebase, 6-17 Aug
Missing, by Mad Dogs Dance Theatre, is a visceral enactment of the rage and alienation a couple experience after the loss of their child. Aggressive and... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Ballad of the Burning Star @ Pleasance Dome
Combining cabaret, drag, drama and politics, the award winning Theatre Ad Infinitum present a tale of Israeli conflict and one Jewish boy's struggle with the truths of his homeland Read more »| 06 Aug 2013