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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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 -
FestivalsThe Fishermen @ Assembly George Square
This adaption by Gbolahan Obisesan is a powerful and gut-wrenching piece of theatre Read more »| 23 Aug 2019
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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 -
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