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: November 2022
Read our round-up of the best theatre to see across Edinburgh, Glasgow, and beyond, all updated for the month of November Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
ShowsFarm Fatale @ Tramway
French designer/director Phillipe Quesne puts great effort into the costumes and sound design of this strange Scarecrow circus, but struggles to materialise something meaningful Read more »| 01 Nov 2022 -
ShowsThe Rotting Hart: A new queer body horror
Daniel Orejon's new solo play, The Rotting Hart, blends body horror and queer desire – we chat to its creator, and director Flavia D'Avila, about the story behind the show Read more »| 28 Oct 2022 -
ShowsPride and Prejudice* (*sort of) @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
The fun and flamboyant Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) rejuvenates the Jane Austen classic Read more »| 24 Oct 2022 -
ShowsScottish International Storytelling Festival
As the Scottish International Storytelling Festival returns, we take a deep dive into the programme Read more »| 14 Oct 2022 -
InterviewsDeborah Colker and Alex Reedijk on Scottish Opera
As a new season begins, we talk to Deborah Colker and Alex Reedijk from Scottish Opera about the magic that only opera can provide Read more »| 13 Oct 2022
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ShowsScottish Opera's evocative, intense new production of Ainadamar
With £10 tickets for Under 26s and a UK premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar opening this month, there's never been a better time to give Scottish Opera a go Read more »| 06 Oct 2022 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: October 2022
There's tons of great shows touring theatres across the world – and this October, a good handful of them reach Scotland Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
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 -
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