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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ShowsA Faustian Diaspora
The International Festival provides great shows in form, but what about the content? Read more »| 07 Sep 2009 -
Festivals
Up Yours!
A Scottish company get serious about the modern supermarket of identity. Read more »| 05 Sep 2009 -
FestivalsKursk Review
A sentimental journey beneath the waves fails to surface. Read more »| 02 Sep 2009 -
Festivals
Up
Urban myths and psychological torment are at the centre of James Ley's new one-man play as ex-teacher Robert (Laurie Brown), confined to a tiny room in a san... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsOnly Beggars Will Understand
The Future Past: Vanishing Point Theatre Company drags John Gay's 18th Century satire The Beggar's Opera kicking and screaming into the 22nd Century Read more »| 01 Sep 2009 -
Festivals
Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical
Well, you can't say you've not been warned: Little Johnny's Big Gay Musical is pretty damn gay. Told through original songs as well as snippets of famous mus... Read more »| 01 Sep 2009
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FestivalsDance at the EIF
Three shows at three stars: The International Festival rolls out the big names to applause with no surprises Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Lady Windermere's Fan
When excitingly flicking through the glossy pages of the Fringe Catalogue one is frequently met with the listing of an Oscar Wilde play. These productions ha... Read more »| 31 Aug 2009 -
FestivalsThe Dancing Zoo
Three shows that point out the potential of dance. Read more »| 30 Aug 2009 -
Shows
Bane vs Odyssey
Return to the seventies with a story teller gone grindhouse, then go back to the roots of epic story-telling with Lecoq Read more »| 30 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Under Glass
Most of the time, the dark is to be feared. Sometimes it can mean contentment. Read more »| 30 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Diary of a Madman
Two centuries after Nikolai Gogol’s birth and two years after Fail Better first adapted his classic short story, this account of mental decline has los... Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Shows
This One's Optimistic
A marvelous couple of hours can be spent laughing at how bad the world can be. Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
Shitty Deal Puppet Theatre Company’s Oh! What A Shitty War
Foul mouth puppets might be a cliche, but can they be more than just shit? Read more »| 29 Aug 2009 -
Festivals
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend, Sandy Wilson’s classic pastiche of relationships in the roaring twenties, is an oft-performed classic in the world of amateur theatre. ... Read more »| 27 Aug 2009