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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Interviews
Staging Justice: Karen Torley speaks on Johnny Brown's "A Letter from Death Row"
Theatre is a powerful instrument: a play can move and enrage its audience, reveal hidden truths, inform and counter-inform. Think about Dario Fo's political ... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Scottish Ballet RE-EDIT
Their winter tour of 'Cinderella' barely behind them, Scottish Ballet forego a well deserved break and begin their spring tour, a programme of three works that have helped propel ballet into the 21st century. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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The Memorandum - Communicado Theatre Company
Drama often focuses on politics with mixed results, but Vaclav Havel's politically charged work claims an unusually fine pedigree. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Escapologist
The Escapologist(Suspect Culture) A very high-concept play, 'The Escapologist' draws its influence from Adam Phillip's comparative study of escapology and ps... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Afraid of the Dark?
Afraid of the Dark?(Measureless Liars)Phobias and paranoid hallucinations are good fodder for low-budget theatre, a medium whose potency is dependent on the ... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Footloose the Musical
the dance moves are some of the most ambitious, energetic and well executed in recent musical theatre Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
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Plasticine
The young cast do remarkably well with their material, but awkward direction too often negates their abilities Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Terrorism
Terrorism(RSAMD Drama)It's difficult to critique 'Terrorism'. Not because it is overly complex – it's easy enough to talk in circles about complexity. F... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Romeo and Juliet / Blood Wedding
Glasgow's Citizens Theatre gives us a double dose of star-crossed lovers and revenge with a programme that includes both 'Romeo and Juliet' and its modern counterpart 'Blood Wedding'. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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John Laurie, Frazer & I
The man who plied his wares alongside the likes of Laurence Olivier and Michael Powell is remembered nominally as the counterpart to Lowe and Le Mesuriers's Captain Mannering and Sergeant Wilson. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton doesn't automatically conjure images of swan costumes and toe shoes, but choreographer Matthew Bourne has transformed his classic film into a dance, and from London's reception of the new interpretation it looks like it was a good move. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Cinderella Scottish Ballet: Review
Cinderella(Scottish Ballet)This well-loved tale of rags to riches was a brave choice for reappraisal by the Scottish Ballet and their new choreographer, Ashl... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006