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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ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: April 2023
Spoken word horror, one-man drama and a new piece channelling the power of protest – here's our April theatre round-up Read more »| 28 Mar 2023 -
InterviewsThe Skinny On... Leyla Josephine
Leyla Josephine is no stranger to these pages. But how to get to know the multi-talented artist? By letting her tackle The Skinny's Q&A! Read more »| 27 Mar 2023 -
InterviewsMeet the team behind 'Gaelic western' Stornoway, Quebec
As Stornoway, Quebec's tale of Gaelic bounty hunters prepares to tour Scotland, we meet playwright Calum L. MacLeòid and director Muireann Kelly Read more »| 24 Mar 2023 -
Showsfrisson @ Leith Arches, Edinburgh
Production Lines' frisson is a two-part, multimedia story about post-lockdown identity, capturing our current condition in humanistic fashion Read more »| 13 Mar 2023 -
ShowsYou Bury Me @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
You Bury Me is an urgent and powerful love letter to Cairo and the post-Tahir Square generation Read more »| 10 Mar 2023 -
InterviewsScottish Opera introduce their new take on Il Trittico
We meet some of the team behind Scottish Opera's upcoming production of Puccini's Il Trittico, situating the three-part opera in a Scottish vernacular Read more »| 08 Mar 2023
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ShowsA Mother’s Song @ Macrobert, Stirling
Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo's new musical reaches over time and across continents to breathe new life in Scotland's cultural history Read more »| 06 Mar 2023 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2023
Scottish Opera stage Il Trittico, BUZZCUT's radical performance festival returns, and new shows from Company of Wolves & National Theatre of Scotland Read more »| 02 Mar 2023 -
ShowsMacbeth (an undoing) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Zinnie Harris' new adaptation of Macbeth is a powerful and unnerving retelling of the Scottish play, shedding new light on old wounds Read more »| 21 Feb 2023 -
ShowsMoonset @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Citizens Theatre Company's first production of 2023, Moonset is a hard-hitting story about grief, friendship, and growing up Read more »| 10 Feb 2023 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2023
A new folk musical in Stirling, more new work from A Play, A Pie and a Pint, and the return of MANIPULATE – here are February's theatre highlights Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
InterviewsDawn Taylor introduces MANIPULATE 2023
For its first in-person festival since 2020, Puppet Animation Scotland's MANIPULATE festival promises a bill full of genre innovation and challenging stories Read more »| 27 Jan 2023 -
InterviewsTonderai Munyevu on Black British life, and post-pandemic grief
"COVID didn't discriminate, society did this for us". Tonderai Munyevu's piece in Blaccine: First Dose explores vaccine hesitancy and Black Britishness Read more »| 10 Jan 2023 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: January 2023
Scottish theatre is relatively quiet in January, but there is still plenty to see this month, from old favourites to new experiments Read more »| 05 Jan 2023 -
ShowsSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Pantomime fixtures Allan Stewart and Grant Stott bring dazzling performances and side-splitting laughs to their rendition of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Read more »| 04 Jan 2023