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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ShowsThe Maggie Wall @ Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Blythe Jandoo is consistently compelling in The Maggie Wall, a new monologue which tells the story of a woman burned at the stake in Perthshire in the 1600s Read more »| 27 Sep 2022 -
InterviewsJames Beagon on Student Theatre
Getting involved in student theatre can be the first step to a career in performing arts. We meet Strange Town Theatre's James Beagon to find out how participation influenced his trajectory Read more »| 08 Sep 2022 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2022
Even after the frenzy of the Edinburgh festivals, Scotland's theatres are continuing to offer a smorgasbord of invigorating productions, new and old Read more »| 31 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsRob Madge: My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) @ Udderbelly
Part monologue, part cabaret, Rob Madge shows off their palpable star power in My Son's A Queer (But What Can You Do?) Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsPeaceophobia @ Q Park
Alongside its fast cars, dizzying theatrical devices and pounding beats, Common Wealth's Peaceophobia counters prejudice with stories of humour, passion, and belief Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsWalking with Ghosts @ King's Theatre
Gabriel Byrne's adaptation of his own best-selling memoir is a tribute to the small moments that never leave us, and to the Irish diaspora experience of displacement and exile Read more »| 29 Aug 2022
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FestivalsFills Monkey: We Will Drum You @ Pleasance Courtyard
The new show from Yann Coste and Sébastien Rambaud is a genuinely inventive hour of musical clowning – and a whole lot of drumming Read more »| 29 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsSkank @ Pleasance Courtyard
Clementine Bogg-Hargroves' one-woman show following 20-something Kate has a lot to like, but some of its elements feel undercooked Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsNutcrusher @ Dance Base
Unsettling yet brutally honest, Sung Im Her's Nutcrusher invites us to contemplate the sexual objectification of women, and question how we view our own bodies Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsLook At Me Don't Look At Me @ Pleasance Dome
Look at Me Don’t Look At Me tells the story of a fierce, courageous woman, and asks questions about how we tell the stories of women from history Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsDykegeist @ Summerhall
Eve Stainton's collaboration with Mica Levi, Dykegeist is a surreal experience that flows effortlessly between creepy, funny, erotic, and playful Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsI Am From Reykjavik @ Portobello Promenade
Sonia Hughes' site-specific work I Am From Reykjavik draws a crowd to the seafront at Portobello to explore the nature of home Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsThe Grandmothers Grimm @ Greenside Riddles Court
Some Kind of Theatre's play is a bold and moving tribute to the overlooked and marginalised women present in the story of the Brothers Grimm Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsI Was Naked, Smelling of Rain @ ZOO Playground
Part of the Horizon Showcase, Aidan Moesby's poignant storytelling brings into focus the relationships we share as people Read more »| 25 Aug 2022 -
FestivalsThis Is Paradise @ Traverse Theatre
Amy Molloy gives a stellar performance in this one-woman monologue weaving a brutally unapologetic tapestry of a woman’s inner psyche Read more »| 23 Aug 2022