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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FestivalsMy English Persian Kitchen @ Traverse Theatre
My English Persian Kitchen is a one-woman play which places Iranian food and one woman's personal stories centre stage Read more »| 06 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsOr What’s Left of Us @ Summerhall
Or What's Left of Us is a refreshingly honest production, using traditional folk sing-arounds and storytelling to explore shared experiences of grief Read more »| 06 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsWeather Girl @ Summerhall
Francesca Moody Productions' latest Edinburgh Fringe offering wittily addresses climate change and American apathy Read more »| 06 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsIn Two Minds @ Traverse Theatre
In Two Minds is a beautiful exploration of mother-daughter relationships and mental illness Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsEIF: Penthesilea @ The Lyceum
The UK premiere of Internationaal Theater Amsterdam's post-punk take on Penthesilea is a visually and musically stunning example of gig theatre Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsTones: A Hip Hop Opera @ Summerhall
Told almost entirely through rap, solo show Tones is a personal story about Blackness, community and creativity Read more »| 05 Aug 2024
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FestivalsSTUMPED @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
An ambitious opera about human responses to deforestation, STUMPED struggles to truly get its message across Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsLIFE @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Maria MacDonnell's LIFE is part storytelling theatre, part life drawing class, all anchored by a tremendous central performance Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsHYPER @ Summerhall
Ois O'Donoghue and Jaxbanded Theatre's HYPER is an intimate, powerful look at trans lives, with a touching connection at its core Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
FestivalsBreak the Binary: Wet Mess on drag spectacle TESTO
We chat with drag artist Wet Mess about their blazing experimental show TESTO and the blurred lines between performance and authenticity Read more »| 05 Aug 2024 -
InterviewsFuture Artists on The Art of Producing
Producer Mark Ashmore of Future Artists talks about working with the Tartan Tabletop team to bring Dungeons & Dragon Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest – The Return to Gilded Balloon after selling out in 2023 and success at Adelaide Fringe Read more »| 31 Jul 2024 -
InterviewsEdinburgh Fringe 2024: Eating Theatre
Cooking is a demonstration of care, at once a balm and a bridge – we meet four theatre-makers bringing food-centred shows to the stage this August Read more »| 30 Jul 2024 -
FestivalsIsla Campbell on Edinburgh, the Fringe, Class and Creativity
Writer, actor and theatremaker Isla Campbell writes about their experience of the Fringe as a working-class Edinburgh local, and about Shark Bait's new show, Tartan Tat Read more »| 30 Jul 2024 -
Festivals
Hyperpop, theatre and the trans voice
Ois O'Donoghue's HYPER isn't art about transness; it's trans about art – we talk to Ois ahead of the show's Fringe run at Summerhall Read more »| 29 Jul 2024 -
FestivalsSong for the Ages: ARI, The Spirit of Korea
We take a trip to South Korea's Gangwon region to learn about the Jeongseon Arirang which comes to the Edinburgh Fringe in ARI: The Spirit of Korea Read more »| 28 Jul 2024