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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FestivalsPendulum's Bargain Emporium @ Pleasance Dome, until 24 Aug
Maison Foo re-tell The Elves and the Shoemaker fable in this inventive and surreal show, which satirises our materialistic age – consumerism, the ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsUnholy Trinity: Salome, Dolly and Softer Swells @ Dance Base
An interesting triple bill of solos by three talented choreographer/dancers – Spanish-trained Avatâra Ayuso, Venetian Giorgia Nardin and Irish ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsTourniquet @ Summerhall
In the light of day, Summerhall's hallways look innocent enough. Nonetheless, if you are locked in a room with Abattoir Fermé near midnight, it quickl... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Daydream @ Summerhall, until 25 Aug
Inne Goris and Dominique Pauwels Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
Missing and Bird's Eye View @ Dancebase, 6-17 Aug
Missing, by Mad Dogs Dance Theatre, is a visceral enactment of the rage and alienation a couple experience after the loss of their child. Aggressive and... Read more »| 06 Aug 2013 -
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Ballad of the Burning Star @ Pleasance Dome
Combining cabaret, drag, drama and politics, the award winning Theatre Ad Infinitum present a tale of Israeli conflict and one Jewish boy's struggle with the truths of his homeland Read more »| 06 Aug 2013
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Festivals
[title of show] @ Assembly Check Point
The Fringe receives the British premiere of the cult Broadway show, centred on a pair of writers who come together to create a musical in three weeks about a pair of writers writing a musical about writing a musical! Read more »| 04 Aug 2013 -
FestivalsPolitics at the Fringe
As Edinburgh gears up for a packed Fringe, we take a look at the shows which offer a political commentary on the world at large, and ask if theatre itself is inherently political Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
Venue Of The Month
Venue of the Month: Unity Theatre, Liverpool
Liverpool's Unity Theatre may look humble, but with its long and noble history of using theatre to engender social change, it’s anything but. We look ahead to its autumn season Read more »| 01 Aug 2013 -
Festivals
EastEnd Cabaret: Dirty Talk @ Underbelly Cowgate
Winners of the Best Cabaret act at the Adelaide Fringe of 2012, EastEnd Cabaret are back in Edinburgh with a brand new show. Featuring completely new materi... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Real Horror Show @ Assembly Roxy
It seems counter-intuitive that a play combining comedians like Colin Hoult, Sarah Daykin (of TV's Chickens), Matthew Floyd Jones (of Frisky and Mannish... Read more »| 31 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Scottee: The Worst of
When so many people at the Fringe are trying to impress, why showcase your worst moments? As Scottee brings his debut solo show to Edinburgh, he explains what he's up to Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Shows
An Actor's Lament @ Assembly Hall
An Actor's Lament by Steven Berkoff comes to the Fringe to reveal the mystical world behind the curtain, the action behind the action. Drawing on over... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
Festivals
Flavours of the Edinburgh International Festival 2013
With live performances and heavy use of digital media, the Edinburgh International Festival 2013 steals a peek far into the future and a glimpse at the past Read more »| 30 Jul 2013 -
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Motherland @ Summerhall
At the Fringe for the first time since 1993, Vincent Dance Theatre plan to take the Summerhall dissection room by storm this August. Directed and choreograph... Read more »| 30 Jul 2013