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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InterviewsGaelic Theatre Gu Leòr on language, loss and MAIM
We speak to Alasdair C. Whyte and Evie Waddell about the themes of climate change, culture and survival in Theatre Gu Leòr and WHYTE's new show Read more »| 06 Mar 2020 -
ShowsThe Ballad of Johnny Longstaff @ Traverse, Edinburgh
This tribute to an anti-fascism activist from Teesside is musically gorgeous and politically rousing Read more »| 04 Mar 2020 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2020
Oh hey Spring season! Here's all the best theatre in Scotland this month Read more »| 04 Mar 2020 -
ShowsEducating Rita @ Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Jessica Johnson and Stephen Tompkinson excel in this 40th-anniversary production of Willy Russell's classic two-hander Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
InterviewsDenise Mina on Mrs Puntila and her man Matti
Award-winning Scottish crime writer Denise Mina speaks to the Skinny about gender swapping and power misuse in her latest work, Mrs Puntila and her man Matti, an adaptation of Brecht’s master and servant comedy Read more »| 26 Feb 2020 -
ShowsThe Political History of Smack and Crack @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
The story of two long-term addicts is fused with an expose of government collusion in Ed Edwards' earnest debut play Read more »| 25 Feb 2020
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ShowsAntigone, Interrupted @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Thought-provoking, thrilling and enthralling – Scottish Dance Theatre's genre-busting solo show is a triumph Read more »| 24 Feb 2020 -
ShowsNixon In China @ Theatre Royal, Glasgow
John Adams' 1987 opera about the US president's state visit to China is given a new lease of life by Scottish Opera Read more »| 20 Feb 2020 -
ShowsPride Plays @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Scotland's first LGBTQI+ playwright festival returns to The Traverse, showcasing some excellent new work Read more »| 19 Feb 2020 -
ShowsTrojan Horse @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
LUNG's award-winning show, adapted from 200 hours of interviews, concentrates on the devastating consequences of a media storm Read more »| 17 Feb 2020 -
ShowsManipulate 2020: Lamp, Shadowbird and Island Home
We round up our coverage of this year's Manipulate festival with three ambitious shows that strive for thought-provoking visual spectacle, with varying degrees of effect Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
ShowsManipulate 2020: Sketches, Canto X and Up
Conceptual dance, object theatre and Dante's Inferno: our coverage of Manipulate continues Read more »| 14 Feb 2020 -
ShowsManipulate 2020: Remember?, Transfigured, and A Brief History of The Male Fragile Ego
Manipulate presents mesmerising and multilayered work from Nunah Theatre, Oceanallover and Jordan & Skinner Read more »| 12 Feb 2020 -
ShowsManipulate 2020: Twa Pirate Quines, Dreams of The Small Gods & After Chekov
Puppetry, performance art and pirates: our writers report on three, entirely different stories told at this year's Manipulate Read more »| 12 Feb 2020 -
InterviewsWorkers Theatre on Something Has to Happen Festival
We catch up with the folk from The Workers Theatre about radical art, how a theatre cooperative works and why their upcoming festival – Something Has To Happen – couldn't be more timely Read more »| 06 Feb 2020