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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FestivalsGrow @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Niall Moorjani's inventive show gives under-5s a solid idea of what a plant needs to grow Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsAntonio! @ theSpace, Surgeons Hall
Butch Mermaid's Antonio! celebrates queerness, Shakespeare, and rock music Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsHello Kitty Must Die @ Pleasance Courtyard
An audacious adaptation of the cult novel of the same name, Hello Kitty Must Die fails to make a decisive statement Read more »| 14 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsNot Our Crime, Still Our Sentence @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
The debut production by new Scottish theatre company Under the Rug has plenty of heart but feels unfinished Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWeathervanes @ Summerhall
Weathervanes is a reimagining of what is considered beautiful and holy – the immersive experience attempts to welcome the audience into a space of psychic healing Read more »| 11 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsA Spectacle of Herself @ Summerhall
Laura Murphy's one-person show is a kaleidoscopic mix of clowning, aerial rope, comedy and self-expression that manages to be direct and abstract all at once Read more »| 11 Aug 2023
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FestivalsEIF: Trojan Women @ Festival Theatre
This Korean adaptation of Euripides' classic play is a sweeping epic that showcases pansori Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsVanya is Alive @ theSpace, Symposium Hall
A one-person show presented by exiled anti-war Russian theatremakers, Vanya is Alive is unsettling, heart-breaking and remarkably compelling Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsStuntman @ Summerhall
Impressive physical work meets tenderness in this exploration of masculinity and the theatre of violence Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsLie Low @ Traverse Theatre
The UK premiere of Lie Low captures shame, interrogates culpability, and holds a mirror up to the fraught dynamics of accountability Read more »| 10 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsDid You Eat? @ Greenside Infirmary Street
Zoë Kim's solo show Did You Eat? is a bold, direct look at growing up in a Korean-American family, delivered with warmth and dedication Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsPlague Stone Party on queer paganism & Farewell, Tor
Plague Stone Party (aka Ozzy Algar and Buoys Buoys Buoys) are bringing their ‘freak folk comedy’ Farewell, Tor to the Fringe. We talk to them about the show and the growing niche of queer paganism Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsAndronicus Synecdoche @ ZOO Southside
Song of the Goat's bold, multi-disciplinary work sacrifices intersectionality in its exploration of power and sexual violence Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsThe Kaye Hole @ Assembly Checkpoint
The fiercely talented Reuben Kaye is back with another round of The Kaye Hole's diverse after-hours cabaret Read more »| 08 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsEIF: Dusk @ Lyceum Theatre
Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy's UK debut skilfully merges cinema and theatre to confront themes of exploitation, xenophobia, and the reemergence of fascism Read more »| 07 Aug 2023