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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FestivalsCasting the Runes @ Pleasance Courtyard
Box Tale Soup's bone-chilling M.R. James adaptation is full of invention, and horrifically captivating Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsBeautiful Evil Things @ Pleasance Dome
In a riveting, energetic and vulnerable monologue, Deborah Pugh transforms into the decapitated Medusa in Beautiful Evil Things Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWild Onion @ Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
Wild Onion offers a roughly chopped exploration of grief and friendship Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsWithout Sin @ Summerhall
A one-of-a-kind show that brings two audience members together, Without Sin calls down a lightning strike of human connection Read more »| 07 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsChicken @ Summerhall
Eva O'Connor's solo show Chicken is a masterful look at oppressive power structures from media hegemony to the global meat industry Read more »| 04 Aug 2023 -
InterviewsPsychic Translations: Ong Ken Sen on Trojan Women at EIF
Director Ong Ken Sen sought emotional resonances across Euripides' Trojan Women and the story of the Korean Comfort Women Read more »| 03 Aug 2023
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FestivalsJian Yi on Weathervanes
We speak to Jian Yi about their inspiration and motivation behind Weathervanes, and the journey it has undergone to produce what is sure to inspire Fringe audiences this year Read more »| 02 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsZoo: Artist-First Theatre Programming
This year's Zoo programme features multidisciplinary, artist-first work Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsPlaying Latinx: Laughing through Your Casting Type
Guido Garcia Lueches' new one-human comedy challenges racist stereotypes through audience participation Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
FestivalsJack MacGregor on Everything Under The Sun
We meet award-winning Highlands playwright and director Jack MacGregor to discuss his upcoming drama Everything Under The Sun Read more »| 01 Aug 2023 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: August 2023
August sees an overwhelmingly large menu of live theatre – here's our pick of what's happening away from the Edinburgh Fringe Read more »| 28 Jul 2023 -
FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe 2023: Horizon Showcase preview
This year's Horizon Showcase offers a broad range of immersive, experimental, and impactful theatre Read more »| 26 Jul 2023 -
FestivalsXhloe Rice and Natasha Roland: Rodeos, Cannibalism, and Reproductive Rights
2022's breakout Fringe stars Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland return with an old favourite and a zany new offering Read more »| 26 Jul 2023 -
InterviewsOperatic Landscape: Scottish Opera Young Company's new double bill
Scottish Opera Young Company's immersive new double bill of Maud and Down in the Valley explores mysticism and mob mentality Read more »| 19 Jul 2023 -
ShowsDear Billy @ Kings Theatre, Glasgow
Gary McNair enthrals in Dear Billy, his verbatim tribute to Scottish legend Billy Connolly Read more »| 14 Jul 2023