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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InterviewsAdvance Notice: Word of Warning's Autumn Season
Ever taken a shower at the theatre? Or drunk a bottle of rum in a bath? As director Tamsin Drury explains, Word of Warning's autumn season reduces the form to its bare bones, and stops asking: 'Is it art?' Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Shows
Venue of the Month: Contact, Manchester
In Contact's new artistic director, Matt Fenton, we find an enthusiastic new voice behind a theatre of youthful excitement and near-reckless daring Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
Shows
Crime and Punishment @ Liverpool Playhouse, 1-19 Oct
Although Dostoevsky's reputation rests on a number of hefty, fiercely inward-looking novels, his work attracts more theatrical adaptations than you might exp... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
ShowsMelody Loses Her Mojo @ Contact, Manchester, 1-5 Oct
Hip-hop, beatboxing, slam poetry and puppetry are at the heart of a brand new drama about the lives of young people in care. The latest touring production fr... Read more »| 30 Sep 2013 -
Interviews
First Person Shooter: Rob Drummond talks Bullet Catch
Rob Drummond’s award-winning Bullet Catch returns to the Glaswegian stage this October after having toured the globe. We catch up with the playwright to hear about life on the world stage Read more »| 24 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsTHAT festival @ Macrobert
THAT festival returns to the Macrobert, and brings three days of theatre, dance, art, and spoken word performances for young people to a venue appropriately&... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013
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Shows
Forced Entertainment @ Tramway
Among Britain’s pioneers in the art of devised theatre, Forced Entertainment – directed by Tim Etchells – bring two shows to Tramway t... Read more »| 23 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsHidden @ Underbelly Cowgate
From the very second that Hidden begins, it has the audience laughing. It grabs hold of your attention from the start and refuses to let go, slowly stringing... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
The Year I Was Gifted @ Sweet
The Year I Was Gifted is the true tale of the year one otherwise unexceptional teenage girl lied her way into one of America's most preeminent boarding schoo... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
The Bridge That Tom Built @ C Nova
Bringing two shows to the fringe this year, Flanagan Collective could really give a masterclass in the kind of storytelling performance that breaks the ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsThe Man Who Thought The Moon Would Fall Out Of The Sky @ Northern Stage At St Stephens
In Edinburgh for one night only, the NORTH company of 2013 bring you the tale of The Man Who Thought The Moon Would Fall Out Of The Sky. Combining storytelli... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
Bin Laden: The One Man Show @ C Nova
Bin Laden: The One Man Show presents an interactive history of perhaps the most influential public figure of the new millenium. The show, spiced with humour... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
Beulah @ C Venues
Flanagan Collective's mesmerising musical storytelling show Beulah had its Fringe debut in 2012 and returns once more due to popular demand. It is easy to se... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Festivals
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown @ St Augustine's
Peanuts, featuring the famous Snoopy and Charlie Brown, was perhaps the most popular and influential cartoon in the history of the comic strip, running just ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
Shows
Kierkegaard Comedy Show @ C Aquila
Søren Kierkegaard, the short-lived continental philosopher whose work led to the movement known as existentialism, was certainly interesting enough a ... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013