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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ShowsOrlando @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, until 22 Mar
'My body was flooded with rapture and my brain with ideas. I wrote rapidly till 12...' So wrote Virginia Woolf to her lover Vita Sackville-West in 1927, desc... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
InterviewsCurtains Up: Liverpool's Everyman reopens
As Liverpool's Everyman theatre reopens its doors after a two-year revamp, artistic director Gemma Bodinetz shares her vision for a democratic but daring space Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
ShowsMatthew Bourne's Swan Lake @ King's Theatre (Glasgow)
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, performed by New Adventures, takes the classical ballet favourite and turns it on its head. By replacing the delicate swan balle... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
ShowsSEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape @ Media Education
Cachín Cachán Cachunga celebrates its fifth birthday with the experiment that is SEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape in Media Education on Dal... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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Adrift @ Summerhall
In attending Adrift, a spoken word cinematic performance put on by Screen Bandita and Ryan Van Winkle at Summerhall, do not be fooled for a moment by the hom... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Rantin
Rantin by Kieran Hurley, the posters say. As the performance begins with a Forced Entertainment-inspired introduction and explanation of what will happen, we... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014
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Les Amis D'Onno's Vintage Cabaret @ Summerhall
Les Amis D’Onno are a small amateur company, full of skilled performers with undoubtedly unique skills. They hail from the Borders, and the dedication ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
ShowsScottish Dance Theatre @ Dundee Rep
Scottish Dance Theatre bring a distinct European flavour to the Dundee Rep with the premiere of two new works commissioned by Artistic Director Fleur Darkin.... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Blackbird @ Summerhall
Performed by the award-winning Scottish Borders-based company Firebrand in conjunction with Heart of Hawick, David Harrrower's Blackbird deftly handles ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
Festivals
Behaviour 2014: Let's Misbehave
Curated by the Arches Glasgow, Behaviour Festival 2014 returns with more live performance to stun, engage, and entertain Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
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Orlando @ CCA
The CCA – Centre for Contemporary Arts – sees Cryptic reviving Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a tale of a young nobleman from the Elizabethan era sear... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
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Village Pub Theatre @ Traverse
The end of this month sees Village Pub Theatre – a writer-led theatre collective based in the Village Pub, in Leith – take over Travers... Read more »| 24 Feb 2014 -
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Wendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice collaborate for the first time on Wendy Hoose, a comedy about sex, and, to paraphrase the poster, the difficulties of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
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Long Day's Journey Into Night @ The Lyceum
Long Day's Journey into Night was Eugene O'Neill's dark, moody and dramatic swansong, only released after his death by his instuction owing to its thorough, ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
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Four Steps Back @ Summerhall
The end of February sees Summerhall yield three days of its programme to the newer voices of the playwriting community. Four Steps Back is a collection of fo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014