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
The French Lieutenant's Woman
the crew and cast manage to depict the haunting atmosphere and eloquently capture the sentiment in celebration of the mastery of the original Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Festivals
National Festival of Youth Theatre 2006
If it's representative, then it looks like the youth of Scotland are serious about creating good theatre Read more »| 13 Oct 2006 -
Shows
Passion@the Rocket
Beneath his poor ear for language, Sondheim has a strong sense of tragedy, working tensions towards an emotional resolution. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Interviews
Theatres in Edinburgh
theatre programmes for the Autumn season are still bristling with a huge range of theatre, dance and opera Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Interviews
The National Theatre of Scotland
The strength of the NTS lies in the clear vision of artistic director Vicky Featherstone. In her manifesto for the company, she states that her intention is to bring theatre to the people and co-operate with international companies, individual artists and local authorities. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Shows
Alan Bennett - The History Boys
No doubt Bennett's ability to mix the poignant with the comic, the lofty with the base, has ingratiated him to audiences and critics both overseas and at home. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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Interviews
Students find the Stage (Glasgow part)
The upcoming Arches LIVE!, running from September 21 to 30, offers students a chance to catch 11 shows over the two week period for only £16 Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Shows
Sufi Festival@Tramway
The Sufi Festival was billed as a celebration of arts and harmony; attended by over two thousand people, it brought musicians, academics, poets, actors and c... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Shows
Wasted
Even as the audience take their seats Myra Hindley, aged and bitter, sits towards the front of the stage as if she were about to narrate. In fact she remains... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Troilus and Cressida SKINNYFest 3
Peter Stein's production of Troilus and Cressida is a bold but ultimately flawed attempt to revivify one of Shakespeare's less frequently performed plays. Po... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Shows
Tirade For Three/Vagrant
an adeptly stylised exploration of the nature of love, lust, deception and fear Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Shows
Think no evil of us: My life with Kenneth Williams
This is a quite unique production. For the first half an hour you are confronted by a slightly mad, occasionally funny and generally uncomfortable impression... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
The Unsinkable Clerk SKINNYFEST 2
Working as a series of excellent sketches and a coherent narrative, the play brusquely reaches a conclusion that is ambiguously hopeful. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3 One Man Star Wars Trilogy
he never adds anything to the essentials. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3 Two Graves
Mixing the familiar patter of street slang with fluid rhyming couplets, 'Two Graves' is exquisitely structured. It captures sordid detail and doomed enthusiasm, never allowing the pace to slacken. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006