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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ShowsJekyll and Hyde @ The King's Theatre
Admittedly one meets any production peddling a nostalgic celebrity heart-throb as the lead with an exaggerated degree of scepticism, but let’s say ther... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Magic Festival
Artists from all around the world and the UK will perform at MagicFest 2011, including star of BBC show The Real Hustle Paul Wilson. Kevin McMahon, founder a... Read more »| 30 Jun 2011 -
ShowsA Conversation with Carmel
Barrowland Ballet’s A Conversation with Carmel explores the value of the older person in our lives. Inspired by conversations with her grandmother, Nat... Read more »| 07 Jun 2011 -
Shows
After the End @ Dundee Rep
After Sweeney Todd, a musical of operatic complexity, and a taut update of the classic Dolls House, Emma Faulkner directs the company in a terse two hander t... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
Venue Of The MonthMonth of the Venues
When the National Theatre of Scotland defined itself as a company “without walls”, they echoed the discovery of many cash-strapped dramat... Read more »| 06 Jun 2011 -
Festivals
Open Season: Refugee Week & West End Festival
Multi-talented and multi-cultural – we welcome the start of the festival season with an overview of the Central Belt's June offerings Read more »| 01 Jun 2011
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Shows
Dunsinane
Scotland: alien nation or fratricidal brother to English? Read more »| 26 May 2011 -
Shows
Dunsinane
Scotland as a nation proud or free, or a place that will forever be a part of England Read more »| 20 May 2011 -
ShowsCompany
Earlier in the year Glasgow Music Theatre wowed us with a sterling performance of West Side Story, Bernstein’s best-loved streetwise reinterpretation o... Read more »| 18 May 2011 -
Shows
ME ME ME: Mobile Evolution @ G12
“I seem to be always trying to get myself off the ground.” Read more »| 09 May 2011 -
Festivals
Mayfesto: A New Theatre Festival for Glasgow
As Mayfesto returns for a second year, our Theatre editor takes a closer look at their programme of politically-inspired performance Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
Shows
Cryptic Nights: Inducer @ CCA, 5-7 May
Artist Robbie Thompson speaks about the development of Inducer Read more »| 05 May 2011 -
Opinion
A Theatre Critic's View: Escaping State Funding
Arts funding is under attack: is there an alternative way to get performance on the stage? Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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Chouf Ouchouf @ Macrobert
Traditional dance and acrobatics are increasingly under threat. Every year, another company rolls up at the Fringe, with a spectacular show, based on a natio... Read more »| 25 Apr 2011 -
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Blackout
Ready for something intense? Lights out, lets go. James, fifteen, wakes up in a jail cell charged with attempted murder. He has no recollection of wh... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011