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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ShowsAnswered Prayers
"As an atheist, I wanted to explore what it would mean to have a crisis of, as it were, unfaith. Believers have crises of faith: what if an unbeliever suddenly found God?" Read more »| 08 Apr 2010 -
ShowsAdminstering Fear
I am usually suspicious of stage adaptations: if I want to spend more time in middle-earth, I’ll watch the movie or read the trilogy, and if a book is good enough to be worth a stage play, won’t the original be enough? Read more »| 08 Apr 2010 -
Festivals
Microfestival
The Forest Fringe begins to plant the seeds of new theatre, as they move from Edinburgh towards fertile ground on the West Coast Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
ShowsThat's All Folks
A marriage in chaos before the best man gets up to toast the couple. Inspector Sands investigates. Read more »| 05 Apr 2010 -
ShowsKaned, Again.
Sarah died for your sins. Read more »| 01 Apr 2010 -
Venue Of The Month
Venue of The Month
"Playwrights Studio Scotland is here to help playwrights complete their work and help theatre organisations get the best plays possible onstage." So says Creative Director, Julie Ellen Read more »| 01 Apr 2010
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Shows
Why I Love Storytelling
“Storytelling is oldest art form and represents the backbone of performance, with the importance of story integral to any art-form you can think of." Read more »| 31 Mar 2010 -
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Double R
Enter the fantasy of The Double R Read more »| 30 Mar 2010 -
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In My Garden
Is the credit crunch provoking Òran Mór's dystopian dramas? Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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39 Steps to Heaven
This production of John Buchan’s The 39 Steps is a hilarious romp through a fast moving spy adventure. Read more »| 29 Mar 2010 -
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One Night Stand
A rapid show upstairs in the Tron: it rises from sand, and then it's gone Read more »| 26 Mar 2010 -
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Singin' in the Cave
After holding its own at last year's National Review, Vocal Sonics branches out to a stand-alone concert. Read more »| 18 Mar 2010 -
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Eating People is Easy
It's difficult to know where to place Gregory Burke's short comedy, Battery Farm. It's certainly a comedy, with the cast mugging up the humour and Andy Gray spinning a vaudeville turn as the human-about-to-become-lunch Read more »| 17 Mar 2010 -
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London Irish Beauty
The Lyceum is supposed to be conservative, Yet it seems to have a better idea for a modern classic than previously acknowledged Read more »| 16 Mar 2010 -
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Death and Burlesque
The twin muses of Experimental Performance and Burlesque battle for the soul of the theatre critic. What will happen? Read more »| 15 Mar 2010