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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Shows
To Kill a Mockingbird
compelling, and sadly relevant tale. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Shows
All My Sons
Miller shows us a version of the American dream, an every family, and then inexorably pulls it to pieces. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Hansel and Gretel (web)
the story and execution was a marvel Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Interviews
Both Barrels - an interview with Daniel Kitson
I'd have to be a desperate idiot to do that. And I'm not. Just yet. Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
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Cinderella: Ballet Event Review
Eve Musto as the Godmother was stunning and managed to stand out from a strong all-round ensemble performance Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Interviews
Glasgow's Dance and Physical Theatre: A Preview
An immersive introduction to the extremes of contemporary theatre Read more »| 10 Feb 2007
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Festivals
Free Dissociation
Leading playwright Anthony Neilson talks to the Skinny about form, fantasy, and fun Read more »| 10 Feb 2007 -
Opinion
A magnetic tape - Daniel Kitson's C-90
This is Raymond Carver presented as stand-up; this is an indie comic book in human form.
AND/OR
The narrative follows Kitson as Henry, on the last day of his job working at a repository for old and discarded compilation tapes. Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Dick McWhittington
Port Seton is a dark place, no bus goes and English is rarely spoken Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Tales of the Arabian Nights
Too smug and superficial to hold anyone's attention longer than a short stretch of dialogue Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Pinocchio, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh (paper version)
Robert Hopkin's set – a tribute to Spanish proto-surrealist De Chirico's stark village squares with inky black archways - was a nicely atmospheric start... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Pinocchio, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh (web version)
The Lyceum puts on a good show, puts on a good show. Robert Hopkin's set – a tribute to Spanish proto-surrealist De Chirico's stark village squares with... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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All My Sons
Action and humanity, suffering and its causes: these are the intensely dramatic themes in All My Sons, a family drama set against the backdrop of World War I... Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
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Madama Butterfly
another timelessly enduring piece of opera Read more »| 11 Jan 2007 -
Interviews
Dance and Physical Theatre Previews: Forced Entertainment
Would be as well in a Daily Mail editorial as a supposedly radical theatrical event Read more »| 11 Jan 2007