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InterviewsCora Bissett on her Gagarin Way revival| 10 Oct 2018Read more ❯ -
InterviewsThis is Not My Nose: Revisiting Cyrano de Bergerac| 30 Aug 2018Read more ❯ -
FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe 2018: Masculinity in Theatre| 17 Aug 2018Read more ❯ -
FestivalsBirds of Paradise on My Left / Right Foot – The Musical| 08 Aug 2018Read more ❯ -
FestivalsCircus at the Fringe – 250 Years in the Making| 30 Jul 2018Read more ❯ -
InterviewsAmy Ross: Wicked in Edinburgh| 05 Jun 2018Read more ❯
Theatre
The Skinny theatre guide to plays and musicals in Scotland and the Northwest. We bring you highlights and shows in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool. We also offer exclusive interviews with playwrights and directors from across the country, and provide up to the minute news and coverage from performance festival programmes.
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FestivalsThe Swell Mob @ Assembly George Square Studios
Flabbergast Theatre's performance is an immersive delve into a world long gone where the right questions will get the right answers Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsAll Change @ Assembly George Square
A gentle play, performed with care and pathos Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsAchilles @ Summerhall
This powerful adaption coupled with Downie's energy and passion has the potential for greatness Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsLadykiller @ Pleasance Courtyard
Hannah McClean's bright-eyed portrayal is chilling, charming and terrifyingly believable Read more »| 23 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsFlushed @ Underbelly Cowgate
This debut performance for Theatre Unlocked is nuanced and emotive, although the story fails to end with the same bang as it started with Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsWHITE @ Pleasance Courtyard
Spoken word, looped vocals and emotionally charged lyricism combine together as Koko Brown learns where she fits in this world Read more »| 22 Aug 2018
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FestivalsFuneral Flowers @ Power Play HQ (Pleasance)
Immersive and innovative piece tells a powerful story with poetry and poise Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsThrown by Jodi Gray @ Underbelly
An intimate one-woman show in which Jill Rutland shares the stage with a microphone shaped like a human head Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsThe Lampoons: House on Haunted Hill @ Pleasance Dome
The Lampoons: House on Haunted Hill is a piece of theatrical nonsense and should appeal to fans of absolute stupidity Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsEverything Not Saved @ Summerhall
Everything Not Saved is a fiercely intelligent exploration of memory that's both wicked smart and playful as a kitten Read more »| 22 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsThe Spider Glass @ theSpaceTriplex
A compelling monologue opening up the conversation of what it means to be a man in 2018 Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsFast @ theSpace, Niddry St
An intense, dark drama, made all the more chilling due to the authenticity of its roots Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsClara Cupcakes: The Worst @ Underbelly Bristo Square
The Worst is completely silly in all the best ways Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsClass @ Traverse Theatre
Parent-teacher meeting goes awry in this disappointing three-hander Read more »| 21 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsCoriolanus Vanishes @ Traverse Theatre
Coriolanus Vanishes examines a single human in microscopic detail, whose life is one tiny example for a case in which Leddy has the whole world on trial Read more »| 21 Aug 2018