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
Brick Awards @ The Arches, 11 Mar
Two marvellous and contrasting works, imaginative direction and enthusiastic performances. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Festivals
Arches Theatre Festival - 8-19 April
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
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The Unconquered @ The Cave 14 March
The marionette-like performances and stark, monochrome set effectively expose the false and arbitrary nature of the ""things"" we build our lives on. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Shows
Vanity Fair @ Royal Lyceum 10 March
None are spared the unflinching scrutiny of their lives as their follies, vices and vanities are laid bare. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Shows
Six Characters in Search of an Author @ Lyceum 8 March
Characters undermine the perception of actors as real in contrast to fictional people as imaginary. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008 -
Festivals
Arches Theatre Festival
All the companies have some kind of edge to them, something challenging and courageous. Read more »| 01 Apr 2008
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Shows
She Stoops to Conquer, King's Theatre 12 Feb
full of sharp wordy banter and musical interludes with the requisite amount of bawdiness. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
Upgrade to downgrade?
SF: As Andy Arnold moves to take the reigns at The Tron theatre, The Skinny finds out how his radical Arches track-record will carry over to his well-to-do new post
PQ: ""theatre should be fairly sordid - and this is why I love The Arches - it should be dangerous and dank"" Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Equus @ King's Theatre Edinburgh, 18 Feb 2007
Good, but could be so much better. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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Vincent Dance Theatre: Act One @ Tron 31 January
VDT retain fun without ever loosing sight of the seriousness of their ideas. Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair tweaks the traditional 'boy meets girl' scenario into girl meets boy, girl meets another boy, and another boy... Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Shows
Testing the Echo @ Traverse
the widening gap between governmental legislation and everyday life.
Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
Interviews
Ghost in the Machine
When a young widow begins to hear messages emerging from the crackle and hiss of a compilation tape she becomes convinced her husband is communicating from beyond the grave. Grief can do strange things to the human psyche but music is a powerful communicator as Suspect Culture Artistic Director Graham Eatough explains to Hugo Fluendy Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Shows
The Glass Menagerie
The play is set in 1930s America but it's very accessible àdysfunctional families are always recognisable Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
Interviews
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty.....I'd rather be Little Red Riding Hood
Read more »| 05 Feb 2008