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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FestivalsThe Fishermen @ Assembly George Square
This adaption by Gbolahan Obisesan is a powerful and gut-wrenching piece of theatre Read more »| 23 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsLearning From The Future @ Dance Base
Colette Sadler's Learning From The Future is an hour of striking, hypnotic and ambitious dance Read more »| 22 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsCitizens of Nowhere? @ Sweet Novotel
This show from Chinese Arts Now deftly invites us to question how easy it is to define and change your own identity Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsWoke @ Gilded Balloon Teviot
Woke is a galvanising piece of political theatre, drawing parallels between the Black Panthers and Black Lives Matter Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsMyra Dubois: Dead Funny @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Putting the fun into funeral, Myra DuBois makes death look like a party Read more »| 20 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsDie! Die! Die! Old People Die! @ Summerhall
What might have been a dark comedy on the frustrations of ageing relies too heavily on a predictable shtick Read more »| 19 Aug 2019
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Festivals21: Memories of Growing Up @ Summerhall
This video installation piece by digital artist Mats Staub is absorbing and moving Read more »| 19 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsTypical @ Pleasance Courtyard
Richard Blackwood is phenomenal in this one-man show about the tragic case of Christopher Alder Read more »| 19 Aug 2019 -
Festivals8:8 @ Summerhall
Mercimax's show, part of the Swiss Selection programme at Summerhall, is a peculiar, quiet piece with a delicate intimacy Read more »| 19 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsFrankenstein: How To Make a Monster @ Traverse
The Battersea Arts Centre's Beatbox Academy present a stunning adaptation of Frankenstein Read more »| 19 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsRaven @ Assembly Roxy
A candid but thrilling show that combines confessional vignettes with impressive circus craft Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsSplintered @ Bedlam Theatre
A sparkling cabaret about the experiences of queer Caribbean women that will tickle your sides as much as it will touch your heart Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsAmerica Is Hard To See @ Underbelly Cowgate
This show by Life Jacket theatre, based on interviews with inhabitants of an isolated community in Florida called Miracle Village, is a brave and honest depiction of sex offenders struggling to come to terms with their crimes Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsStaged @ Zoo Southside
An extremely clever, absolutely mind-bending show from Circumference: expect to question everything you thought you knew about circus, and much more besides Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsA Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego @ Pleasance Dome
Full to the brim with irony and slapstick, feminist theatre company Jordan and Skinner return to the Fringe with their new show, A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego Read more »| 15 Aug 2019