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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ShowsMiranda @ Cottiers
After the physical theatre nightmare of The Red Shoes, a fringe entry which translated the classic film into the daily experience of a ballet dancer’s ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
ShowsAll the Fun of the Fair @ The Playhouse
Levi Lee owns a travelling fun fair. He’s middle-aged, a recent widower and, to add to his distress, he’s in a perpetual fight with his teenager ... Read more »| 01 Nov 2011 -
Venue Of The Month
Theatre Venue of the Month: Macrobert
Here's to forty more years Read more »| 03 Oct 2011 -
Interviews
The Cabaret Revival (Reprise)
It's Here, It's Queer, Get Used to It Read more »| 29 Sep 2011 -
Shows
Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off @ The Lyceum Theatre
Two queens, one kingdom sounds like a recipe for chaos Read more »| 27 Sep 2011 -
Shows
Love Hurts @ Tron
Love at first Bite Read more »| 19 Sep 2011
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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 -
Shows
Scottish 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 -
Festivals
Olver: 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 -
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Greek: 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 -
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