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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ShowsSteps In Time
Twenty five years old and still tapping away... Read more »| 07 May 2010 -
ShowsSenior Moments
Òran Mór grows old gracefully Read more »| 06 May 2010 -
FestivalsHeaps of Fun
If the Jamaican Bobsleigh Team has taught us anything it’s that even the sun can’t stop the Winter Olympics. In Heap and Pebble two athletes are determined to prove this once more by bringing figure skating to a world left iceless by global warming. Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
ShowsEntity Preview
Contemporary style arrives from the man behind Royal Ballet's new works. Read more »| 05 May 2010 -
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A Heart of Glass
In the context of the credit crunch, The Glass Menagerie is more than just nostalgia Read more »| 03 May 2010 -
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The Goat
It seems straightforward. Successful man has sex with goat, calls it love, reveals secret to a best friend: cue meltdown of happy marriage Read more »| 03 May 2010
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Turbo Bear
Short lunchtime plays offer the chance to experiment: and in these two pieces, the chance to consider Scottish identity Read more »| 01 May 2010 -
Shows
Sexy Circus Sideshow
As part of the London Burlesque Week, The Sexy Circus Sideshow concentrated on those exotic acts that connect the burlesque revival with the dark arts of the freak show Read more »| 30 Apr 2010 -
Interviews
Beltane
Edinburgh's Carlton Hill is lit up by fires from an ancient source. Read more »| 28 Apr 2010 -
Shows
Greene with Envy
An adaptation that is worth the effort? Exeter's Alibi bounce between pulp action and philosophical musings Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
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Misery and Song
The most important thing about the tour of Les Miserables currently playing Britain is that it is NOT the famed West End/Broadway production from the 1980s Read more »| 27 Apr 2010 -
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Love and Other Strangers
There are two sides to every story and Colin Garrow’s new comedy Love Song in Sixteen Bars is no exception Read more »| 26 Apr 2010 -
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The Cherry Orchard
When Chekhov wrote the Cherry Orchard his first audience was his wife, who promptly burst into tears upon finishing it, pissing the great man off no end; he had intended it as a comedy. Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
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Looks That Kill
Burlesque gets back to the bump and grind Read more »| 21 Apr 2010 -
Shows
Crush Theatre Show Review
Another play, another marriage falling apart. Maybe it is time we brought in that three quid a week tax break for married couples Read more »| 20 Apr 2010