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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Shows
Code Butterfly
They dance in tiny enclosed spaces, just inches from their audience, they have the confidence to come into contact with those watching them and this is something with which many seasoned performers would struggle. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Interviews
The Bacchae
I am interested in a god who says, 'was that a bit much?' Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Shows
Mahabharata
Despite moments of rapture, this is a saggy telling of a wonderful tale. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Interviews
The Patriot
a stimulating, masterfully crafted, bold piece of drama which bodes well for the both the Tron and Cleugh Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Shows
Les Ballets C de la B @ Tramway, 11 & 18 May
The most exciting company working in Europe: even rapturous applause is dwarfed by the sense of awe. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Shows
Breakin' Convention 07 - NEEDS STAR RATING
The Festival Theatre in Edinburgh may not seem your typical backdrop for hip hop dance but then its original home Sadler's Wells isn't exactly Bed-Stuy stati... Read more »| 10 Jun 2007
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Interviews
The Mahabharata
we are a tiny part of a huge universal consciousness and everything is interconnected. Star Wars distilled that into the Force Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Interviews
Sunshine on Leith
Stephen Greenhorn touches on many of the concerns of modern day Scotland: language and identity, the national health service, soldiers serving in Afghanistan, football, emigration and the often inexplicable emotional landscape of Scottish masculinity. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
InterviewsIn Profile: Cora Bisset
Bisset's latest directorial outing, Detainee A, examines the human cost of the war on terror through the lens of close knit family relationships Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
Interviews
Strangers, Babies
There are some truths that are so difficult to deal with that we actively spend time not thinking about them. Strangers, Babies by Linda McLean has one of t... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Shows
Strangers, Babies, Traverse Theatre
There are some truths that are so difficult to deal with that we actively spend time not thinking about them. Strangers, Babies by Linda McLean has one of th... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Shows
Strangers, Babies
There are some truths that are so difficult to deal with that we actively spend time not thinking about them. Strangers, Babies by Linda McLean has one of th... Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Interviews
Physical Theatre
the Arches Theatre Festival will contain work that challenges, frightens and provokes Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Shows
Mrs Warren's Profession, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh
Shaw's refusal to condemn his eponymous protagonist makes this work a key feminist text Read more »| 11 Apr 2007 -
Festivals
The Arches Theatre Festival
hooligan's theatre strictly dedicated to the naughty child living in us all Read more »| 11 Apr 2007