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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ShowsA Taste of Honey @ Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
Bijan Sheibani's new production of Shelagh Delaney's ground-breaking work falls a little short of its potential Read more »| 01 Oct 2019 -
ShowsDance International Glasgow: 2019 preview
Tramway's biennial dance event, Dance International Glasgow, is back this October. The Skinny chats to senior curator LJ Findlay-Walsh about the 'myriad of conversations' that make up the festival, and covers the highlights Read more »| 27 Sep 2019 -
ShowsMamma Mia! @ Playhouse, Edinburgh
Phyllida Lloyd's new production of the classic musical is infectiously fun and feisty Read more »| 25 Sep 2019 -
ShowsWhirlyGig @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Daniel Padden’s WhirlyGig lays bare the components of sound and how ridiculous it can be to play with Read more »| 23 Sep 2019 -
ShowsPower Ballad @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
This performance piece from artists Julia Croft and Nisha Madhan is punchy and thought-provoking Read more »| 23 Sep 2019 -
ShowsSolaris @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
Humans come face-to-face with an alien lifeform in David Greig's new adaptation of Solaris Read more »| 19 Sep 2019
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Interviews"Fresh, Vital and Urgent": The Panopticon at Eastern Promise
We speak to the team at Platform and director Debbie Hannan about upcoming show, The Panopticon Read more »| 05 Sep 2019 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2019
If the Edinburgh Fringe whet your appetite for more theatre, there's plenty to see across Scotland this month Read more »| 30 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsReservoir Dugs @ The Space
This Scottish adaptation of Tarantino's classic plays for laughs but delivers on dramatic violence Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
Festivals(Can This Be) Home @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Spoken word artist Kolbrún Sigfúsdóttir and flautist Tom Oakes' collaboration is a glorious and unabashedly pro-EU meditation on immigration, culture shock and Brexit Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsWill Gompertz @ Underbelly Bristo Square
The sequel to Will Gompertz's original Double Art History is a welcome break from more traditional Fringe shows Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsEjaculation – Discussions about Female Sexuality @ Summerhall
An insightful, sensitive documentary performance about female ejaculation personally and universally Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsBlack is the Color of My Voice @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
A powerfully conceptualised and realised one woman show about a woman who woke up the world with her music Read more »| 26 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsLucy McCormick @ Pleasance Courtyard
The triple threat’s exploration of female heroism is admirably messy yet surprisingly dull Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsJRR Tolkien's Leaf By Niggle @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
A timeless tale adapted from JRR Tolkien's short story, told with a profoundly personal touch Read more »| 23 Aug 2019