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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ShowsThe Big Picnic @ Govan Pearce Institute
The Big Picnic was originally written by Bill Bryden in 1994. He directed and debuted it in Govan, to which Shoogalie Road Productions now bring it home seve... Read more »| 07 Sep 2011 -
ShowsScottish Ballet Autumn Season
This double bill from Scottish Ballet - one new commission from Jorma Elo and a revival from artistic director Ashley Page - meditates on the question of con... Read more »| 05 Sep 2011 -
FestivalsOlver: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
The lights are dimmed. The flickering of static on TV screens is the only light. A typewriter waits solitary at a table. This is the eerie setting for the co... Read more »| 02 Sep 2011 -
ShowsGreek: An opera based on Steven Berkoff's play @ The Traverse
Opera Greek style Read more »| 31 Aug 2011 -
Venue Of The Month
Theatre Venue of the Month: Arches Live
Live Art young team gather with a programme of over 30 performances Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Beyond the Fringe
The Fringe: not just for August Read more »| 29 Aug 2011
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Festivals
Constance and Sinestra @ C
You know a play is worth seeing when a young audience member announces in tears that she wants to leave before being gently escorted out by her mother. Cons... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Shows
Cachín Cachán Cachunga! @ Priscillas
Curated by enterprising duo Zorras, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! has grown over the past two years to become Edinburgh's most consistently radical c... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Little Shop of Horrors @ theSpaces on Niddry Street
Not many musicals will issue you with a sing-a-long book with the lyrics to chorus numbers so you can join in, but this interactive production of Little Shop... Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Pollyanna meets Piaf @ theSpaces @ Surgeon's Hall
“As the years went by my songs became my diary” Read more »| 26 Aug 2011 -
FestivalsTrog & Clay: An Imagined History Of The Electric Chair
While working on inventing electricity Thomas Edison said ‘I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work’: words which s... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
I Love You Because @ Paradise in Augustine's
“I love you in spite of who you are” Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
Miracles at Short Notice @ The Point Hotel
"It's a disaster in full swing, nothing short of a miracle can save me." Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
The Rape of Lucrece @ Zoo Southside
Getting the Shakes Read more »| 22 Aug 2011 -
Festivals
From The Fire @ Zoo Roxy
"If you go to a meeting you get fired. If you get sick you get fired" Read more »| 19 Aug 2011