Theatre

SF: Not one but two thought-provoking arts festivals visit the Tramway in quick succession this month. The Skinny meets the people behind this hive of activity and finds out what it's all about

PQ: ""The image I always use when people ask me what the hell it is all about is of a great big swimming pool. Just jump in and splash around"" - Ian Smith Read more »

The revival of Peter Shaffer's Equus had London critics in transports of delight. The Skinny's Adam McCully talks to the man himself, lead actor and national institution Simon Callow, to see what all the fuss is about Read more »

SF:
Scotland's new writing theatre has a new artistic director. Although it's too soon for Dominic Hill to have made an impact, the first full season under his charge will be the most keenly watched in more than a decade. Traverse Associate Producer Laura Collier lays out the full Traverse Spring Season 2008 exclusively for The Skinny
PQ:
if there's one thing that binds this very diverse programme together into a cohesive whole, it's these little connections that make up a sort of extended Traverse family Read more »

This month's puppetry festival Manipulate at Dundee Rep relocates the marionettes art into an adult, more shadowy realm of exitential terror and nightmarish otherness. Gareth K. Vile meets the man pulling the strings. Read more »

As much as The Skinny really wants to unequivocally like this show, there are things that just don't work. Read more »