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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ShowsArtus @ CCA
A tableau of mini events take place in the cafe of the CCA, as Artus sift in and out of the space performing ‘table societies’, choosing to engag... Read more »| 13 Mar 2011 -
ShowsWild Life @ Tron, 25 Feb
It's life, but not as we know it Read more »| 10 Mar 2011 -
Opinion
Into The New: Plunge into the Future
"Into The New is our graduating students' festival," explains Kate Stannard, teacher on the RSAMD's Contempory Performance Practice course. "It kicks off in ... Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
InterviewsNew Territories 2011
Having retired the National Review of Live Art with last year's thirtieth anniversary special, New Territories has reformulated itself as it returns to Scotland to educate us about performance art Read more »| 02 Mar 2011 -
Interviews
Anna Krzystek: Facing The Experimental
One of Scotland's entries for New Territories talks of her love for the festival Read more »| 01 Mar 2011 -
Interviews
Janis Claxton on Humanimalia
Contemporary choreographer Janis Claxton has devised new methods of communication through dance – taking its cue from the Great Apes Read more »| 01 Mar 2011
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ShowsThe Old Woman Who Lived... @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Jill and Jack, the old woman’s children whom she used to whip soundly, have grown up into adults scarred from abuse who are waiting to meet their mothe... Read more »| 26 Feb 2011 -
Venue Of The MonthRevealing the New (venue of the month)
A Venue without Walls Read more »| 25 Feb 2011 -
Shows
Lord of the Flies @ Theatre Royal, 2-5 Mar
Choreographic legend gets local and tribal Read more »| 24 Feb 2011 -
Shows
Revelations and Awakenings
Two very different companies present two programmes of dance that raises questions of performance-ready work. Read more »| 22 Feb 2011 -
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Born Again @ Tron Theatre, 2-5 Mar
Flatrate get that old time religion Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
Shows
Wrestling @ The Arches, 11 Feb
He's a sly dog, this Rob Drummond. Having spent ages telling every interviewer that there's no real intellectual justification for his love of wrestling, he ... Read more »| 15 Feb 2011 -
Shows
Strange Doings
It's a folk session, it's a ballad, it's the NTS Read more »| 14 Feb 2011 -
Shows
We Will Rock You @ The Kings
The Bohemians are back. Following a successful 2009 tour, We Will Rock You returns to Scotland in all its crowd-pleasing glory. Packed with Queen’s inh... Read more »| 05 Feb 2011 -
Shows
He's Just a Small Town Boy
Zombies in Ayrshire? It must be a social realist drama, then Read more »| 01 Feb 2011