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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Interviews
Manipulate 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 -
Shows
Scottish 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 -
Shows
Christmas 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 -
Interviews
The 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 -
Shows
Scottish Theatre Highlights: December 2021
Fill your Christmas theatre calendar with festive delights and not-so-silent nights out Read more »| 02 Dec 2021 -
Interviews
Grid 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
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Shows
Manipulate 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 -
Shows
The 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 -
Interviews
Dundee 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 -
Shows
Scottish 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 -
Shows
The Enemy @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
Kieran Hurley's reworking of Ibsen's An Enemy Of The People is timely and pertinent, forcing the audience to face a moral predicament Read more »| 27 Oct 2021 -
Shows
Go On and Krapp's Last Tape @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Niall Buggy captivates as the cranky, cantankerous Krapp in this double bill delivered by the Citizens Theatre Read more »| 07 Oct 2021 -
Shows
Scottish Theatre Highlights: October 2021
Stages across Scotland get back into the swing of things with excellent shows to catch in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee Read more »| 04 Oct 2021 -
Festivals
Doppler @ Newhailes Estate & Gardens
Grid Iron's oddly comic, deeply sensory Doppler was two years in the making – and it was worth waiting for Read more »| 08 Sep 2021 -
Festivals
Knot: The Trilogy @ Summerhall Online
Darkfield's confusing immersive audio experience has listeners tied up in knots Read more »| 02 Sep 2021