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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ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2022
Spring at Scotland's theatres brings a barrage of new shows at Traverse, The Tron and Dundee Rep, as well as the return of Dance International Glasgow Read more »| 01 Mar 2022 -
ShowsMoorcroft @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Tron Theatre's Spring season kicks off with Eilidh Loan's beautiful, hilarious and bittersweet Moorcroft Read more »| 21 Feb 2022 -
ShowsManipulate 2022: Acqua Alta, (Le) Pain & After Metamorphosis
We review three shows from this year's Manipulate festival which, despite a stripped-back COVID-affected programme, was still full of delights Read more »| 08 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsScottish Opera's Emma Black on A Midsummer Night's Dream
As Scottish Opera bring their version of A Midsummer Night's Dream to Glasgow and Edinburgh, we talk to the production's Assistant Director Emma Black to find out more Read more »| 04 Feb 2022 -
InterviewsManipulate 2022 preview: The Chosen Haram and Eat Me
Manipulate's 2022 programme tackles folk-myth, identity, taboo and desire; Sadiq Ali and the Snap-Elastic collective discuss how these ideas surface in their shows Read more »| 18 Jan 2022 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: January 2022
Some delayed delights from touring productions of Book of Mormon and Waitress, and the return of Manipulate Festival, feature in January's theatre picks Read more »| 06 Jan 2022
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ShowsChristmas Dinner @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Robert Alan Evans' wacky but heartfelt show at the Lyceum is exactly the Christmas tonic we need Read more »| 15 Dec 2021 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on... Grant Stott
What better way to celebrate the return of panto season than with a Q&A with Scottish pantomime stalwart Grant Stott? Read more »| 09 Dec 2021 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: December 2021
Fill your Christmas theatre calendar with festive delights and not-so-silent nights out Read more »| 02 Dec 2021 -
InterviewsGrid Iron and Al-Harah Theater on Bethlehem Cultural Festival
Ahead of the Bethlehem Cultural Festival at Glasgow's CCA, we talk to some of the people behind the new project shining a light on the Palestinian town's cultural and artistic scene Read more »| 01 Dec 2021 -
MusicBeldina Odenyo Onassis: A Tribute
Following the heartbreaking news of her passing on 5 November, we've brought together a collection of tributes to remember the iconic Beldina Odenyo Onassis, aka Heir of the Cursed Read more »| 29 Nov 2021 -
ShowsManipulate festival announces 2022 programme
Puppet Animation Scotland's festival returns for its fifteenth anniversary edition with a programme of live performance in Edinburgh Read more »| 04 Nov 2021 -
ShowsThe Tempest @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Glasgow's Tron Theatre stages a timely version of Shakespeare's classic as stormy nights rage outside and climate crisis becomes the focus for the city Read more »| 03 Nov 2021 -
InterviewsDundee Rep's new pop musical takes on the climate crisis
This Is A Love Story, Dundee Rep's new musical, imagines the Earth and Humanity as star-crossed lovers. We chat to writing team Jack Godfrey and Ellie Coote Read more »| 03 Nov 2021 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2021
A round-up of this month in Scottish theatre, with a host of shows and workshops inspired by COP26, and a new musical about the relationship between people and the planet Read more »| 01 Nov 2021