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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FestivalsBelt Up Theatre @ C Nova
Never say Neverland Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsAnybody Waitin’? @ Dance Base
Highly humorous, more than slightly saucy, often camper than Christmas, (and occasionally strangely reminiscent of a motivational exercise video) Anybody Wai... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsThis Way Up @ C
It’s 2.40 on a ‘presumably rainy day’ in Edinburgh – where do you want to be?That time slot's top tip is ANTLER Theatre’s Fring... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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On Your Honey Lips @ Zoo
On Your Honey Lips opens with the video projection of the staccato movement of a dove and ends with the eroding action of dripping water. Then with their won... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Lady M @ C ECA
If you have ever skipped to the footnotes, this one-woman show is for you. Dutch performer Anne Marie de Bruijn's sweetly bonkers persona lulls you in, befor... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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99.9 Degrees / Don Juan @ C ECA
Jackinabox , the young theatre troupe based in York, have written and adapted this piece especially for the Fringe. There is no doubting their energy and com... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012
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GOD (Grumpy Old Dancers) / A Beautiful Hell @ Dance Base
''Oh, hello, boys and girls... would you like to hear a story?'' Thus begins the loveably eccentric pairing that is Alan Greig and Andy Howitt, but there ain... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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What the Folk! - National Folk Theatre of Ireland @ Dance Base
With all the famed wit, verve, hospitality, and gift-of-the-gab of the Irish, not least a cup of tea and a piece of cake (Oh go on, go on), this is a dance ... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsJohn Peel’s Shed @ Underbelly
In 2002, while still a shy teenager, author and broadcaster John Osborne won a pile of records, some of dubious quality, from DJ legend John Peel. It took ei... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Mod @ C ECA
Despite the finale song declaring (painfully): “once the world was drab, now the world is fab,” this is not a thrilling tribute to 60s Mod cultur... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Dead Souls @ Scotland-Russia Institute
A LAZZI production at the Scotland-Russia Institute Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Puppet. The Book Of Splendour @ Summerhall
Puppet. The Book Of Splendour is a performance that is difficult to forget. The narrator informs us that the presentation we are viewing is not a story, but ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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The Stranger @ Summerhall
The Stranger is a one man performance of Albert Camus' existential novel, with the intensity of the source material being the heart of Guilherme Leme's perfo... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Rime @ Summerhall
Ahoy for the circus Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Remember Me @ Summerhall
Remember Me is a surreal performance as confusing as it is proactive. Using imagery that evokes a Man Ray photograph, light and darkness juxtapose to give an... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012