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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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 -
FestivalsThe 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 -
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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 -
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The 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 -
FestivalsBin 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 -
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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
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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 -
ShowsKierkegaard 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 -
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Super Tuesday @ Surgeon's Hall
The landscape and history of American politics is one ubiquitous with corruption, backstabbing, conspiracies and colourful characters who can lead nations wi... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Whistleblower @ C Nova
Immersive theatre company Immercity have a new piece, and it couldn’t be timelier. In the month that Chelsea Manning is sentenced to over 30 years... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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L.O.V.E. @ Assembly Roxy
S.E.X. - not L.O.V.E. - should be the title of this frenzied revival of a piece which was a physical theatre landmark in 1993, originally choreographed... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
FestivalsAn Afternoon Of Playback Theatre @ Sweet
The company of An Afternoon of Playback Theatre are seasoned Fringe attendees and they certainly know what they're doing. What they are doing is sharing thei... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Don Quichotte du Trocadéro @ Festival Theatre
A video of Don Quichotte riding a horse and later a donkey on a platform of the Paris Metro whilst a bemused gentleman watches (who later turns out to be Ce... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Heads Up @ Dance Base
Heads Up is a smorgsbord of delights over 3 days, each day a new, last-minute programme of extracts of what's on at Dance Base, but also a cornucopia of... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013 -
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Fidelio @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh International Festival
Re-settings in historical eras seem to be de rigueur for opera productions nowadays, so why not set Fidelio in futuristic outer space, with 21st centur... Read more »| 19 Sep 2013