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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FestivalsPizza Shop Heroes @ Summerhall
Fierce, bold, defiant – Pizza Shop Heroes puts refugee voice centre stage in this luminous production from Phosphoros Theatre Read more »| 12 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsSex Education @ Summerhall
Sex Education is a energetic and timely performance piece that questions the way in which we talk about (or, rather, don’t talk about) sex and sexuality Read more »| 09 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsWorking on My Night Moves @ Summerhall
Working on My Night Moves is a tender and captivating piece of performance art that explores and interprets the way women exist in and alter spaces Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsMouthpiece @ Traverse Theatre
Kieran Hurley's latest play Mouthpiece is an outstanding, powerful and gut-punching piece of theatre Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsEverything I See I Swallow @ Summerhall
Everything I See I Swallow uses aerial rope skills to explore the debate within feminism in the twenty-first century Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsTraumgirl @ Summerhall
Anne Welenc's sister work to Traumboy is an exploration of female sex work in the western world Read more »| 08 Aug 2019
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FestivalsTraumboy @ Summerhall
Traumboy is an intimate solo performance about male sex work in the western world Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsPhoenix @ Pleasance Dome
A rockstar tries to cope with life as a single dad in this music-filled and heart-warming story following the rocky road to parenthood Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsThe Patient Gloria @ Traverse Theatre
The Patient Gloria is a daring feminist critique of the infamous 'Gloria Films' scandal Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsBryony Kimmings: I'm a Phoenix, Bitch @ Pleasance Courtyard
Combine Hollywood glamour and a traumatic reality with a dash of glittery chaos and you’re in the depths of Bryony Kimmings' latest show Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsBasil Brush: Unleashed @ Underbelly Bristo Square
The British children's TV classic is revamped for an adult audience Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsKiinalik: These Sharp Tools @ The Studio
A theatrical, interactive and spiritual experience connecting climate's past and present history while challenging the audience to face themselves Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsAppropriate @ Summerhall
Like a prosecco fuelled heart-to-heart with your best friend, Sarah-Jane Scott’s Appropriate is bubbly, hilarious and real – yet never overly frothy Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsTwice Over @ Greenside
Brought to us by Edinburgh University’s Theatre Paradok, this carefully crafted and expertly executed piece takes a look at two northern women making their way under the leadership of Thatcher and May. Read more »| 07 Aug 2019 -
FestivalsFatty Fat Fat @ Pleasance Courtyard
A charming and witty exploration of the way in which our language and experience is personally defined and created by contemporary body image politics Read more »| 07 Aug 2019