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
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 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3 Devil's Advocate@ Assembly George Street
This is a brave attempt at explicitly political theatre, recontextualising a notorious dictator. Unfortunately, the drama is overwhelmed by commentary Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 2 The Art Of Disappearance (dance)
I'm so hot I think I might evaporate says one water droplet to the other. Ever wondered what it's like to view life as a drop of water? This is one of the... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006
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Festivals
skinnyfest 3 . En Forme
Your trusty Encyclopaedia Britannica (or, alternatively, your Google search engine) will tell you that Kafka's characters are: "desperately struggling agains... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST - TOSSERS - MORE BALLS THAN MOST
The cast are passionate and exciting bringing together elements of acrobatics, dance, juggling and comedy. Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3 - 'Wreckers'
Any expectations of staid familial drama are quickly shattered... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3 - '(I am) nobody's lunch'
A play about the pursuit of truth would benefit hugely from the presence of a cohesive theme... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Rock a Bye B-Boy (dance) SKINNYFest 2
An exploration through the dreamworld of four break dancers, Rock a Bye B-Boy is a charmingly energetic offering from Random Aspekts, Scotland's top breakdan... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
SKINNYFEST 3: Finer Noble Gases
Reality blurs as they choose between their pink, blue and yellow pills Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Realism SKINNYFEST 3
Realism is Anthony Neilson's follow-up to the 2004 International Festival hit, The Wonderful World of Dissocia. It is also Neilson's way of snubbing his crit... Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Shows
Parasites
Stock characters, bad pacing and a weak plot make this little more than an excuse to deliver obscene insults and snappy one-liners Read more »| 14 Aug 2006 -
Festivals
Cooking with Puccini - SkinnyFest 4
Less loveable rogue than creepy weirdo, his performance will appeal only to people who think the word breast is hilarious Read more »| 14 Aug 2006