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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FestivalsLa Locandiera Review
Good food, bad sex Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
Festivals
Showstopper @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
No other audience is having as much fun as the Showstopper! audience. The choking heat in the Teviot Debating Hall doesn't stifle the huge crowd, who are scr... Read more »| 20 Aug 2010 -
FestivalsTrainspotting @ Merchant's Hall
Hard acts Read more »| 18 Aug 2010 -
Shows
Kunt and The Gang
Potty-mouthed Playground Poetry Read more »| 17 Aug 2010 -
Shows
The Secret Grove of the Garden @ Royal Botanic Gardens
Escape the Festival and explore your own creativity Read more »| 16 Aug 2010 -
FestivalsRoad Kill
At the side of the Road that was supposed to lead to freedom lies a broken woman. Cora Bisset tackles a serious subject in a new work with Ankur. Read more »| 14 Aug 2010
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Festivals
Be Dom
Be-Dom: Live Art, Found Art, Percussive Art or Dance Art? Read more »| 05 Aug 2010 -
Shows
Two Women At War
An author explains why the story of two women at war is a natural fit for the Fringe Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Shows
The Mandrake
The Mandrake is an English adaptation of Machiavelli's great satirical play La Mandragola. Nothing unusual about that for the Fringe Festival, you'd think: e... Read more »| 02 Aug 2010 -
Shows
A Big Big Love
Indefinite Articles are sculptor Sally Brown and puppeteer Steve Tiplady. At this year's Fringe they are bringing the Chalk Giants to life Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
ShowsGet Slack
The Skinny chats to Christopher Payne about two of his favourite subjects: slacking, and Western Theatre Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Shows
Carmen @ the Citz
Scottish Opera break new ground at the Citizens and beyond. The Skinny talks to mezzo-soprano Rebecca Afonwy-Jones Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Shows
Goodbye Dahling
Can the RSAMD overcome preconceptions about student drama? Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Interviews
Hot Mess
For many people, The Fringe is a non-stop party, eventually colliding into an alcoholic break-down in the final week and leading to a long year of trying to recoup severe financial and emotional losses Read more »| 01 Aug 2010 -
Shows
O Sole Mio @ Sloans
The use of Sloan’s upstairs bar for a play is to be welcomed. With the non-stop action of the bar below – film nights, pub quizzes – openin... Read more »| 30 Jul 2010