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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Scottish Ballet's Cinderella @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
An enchanting and wholesome interpretation of the classic folk tale Read more »| 13 Dec 2018 -
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Beauty and the Beast @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
The King's latest panto is slick, glorious silliness Read more »| 13 Dec 2018 -
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The Panto-Free Guide to Christmas Theatre
Love theatre, but hate panto? Think you can’t go to the theatre this season? Ho-Ho-Ho-hold your horses, there’s still a bunch of shows you can see this December – here’s a quick round-up Read more »| 10 Dec 2018 -
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Life is a Dream @ Edinburgh Festival Theatre
Rambert's re-imagining of a 400 year-old play blurs themes of fantasy and reality, but ultimately lacks empathy. Read more »| 04 Dec 2018 -
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Wendy and Peter Pan @ Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Lyceum's spectacular Christmas show is an enchanting, magical, funny, empowering production that is not to be missed Read more »| 03 Dec 2018 -
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Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas...at Christmas! @ Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, Edinburgh
Doris, Dolly and the Backstage Divas...at Christmas! provides an intimate, and often hilarious, tribute to the queens of showbiz Read more »| 03 Dec 2018
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Traverse Theatre announces Spring 2019 programme
Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre has announced its January-April 2019 season, with a selection of home-grown and visiting productions set to take the stage Read more »| 28 Nov 2018 -
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Loud Poets - Expecto Patronum @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Loud Poets mixed with Harry Potter? Spread the (spoken) word it's time to get lost in a night of poetry. Read more »| 26 Nov 2018 -
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The Five Fuckboys of Christmas Pantomime
It’s mistletoe and wine time, and in order to help you slay the busy festive theatre season, here’s our helpful and handy guide to the best (worst) of panto’s fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-fuckboys Read more »| 23 Nov 2018 -
Festivals
Applications open for Summerhall Autopsy Award
For the first time, the award – given to artists working in Scotland who make brave, boundary pushing, experimental work – will come with a cash prize Read more »| 16 Nov 2018 -
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Puffin @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
As much for the older kids in the audience as it is for the little ones, Puffin is a wake-up call to action – though a gentle one all the same Read more »| 13 Nov 2018 -
Festivals
Mental Health After the Edinburgh Fringe
After this year’s Fringe ended, our theatre editor had a stress-related health scare. Here she writes about her experience of the festival, the pressure that comes with it, and asks what can we do to better manage mental health in the arts Read more »| 12 Nov 2018 -
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Chrysalis: Scotland's Youth Theatre Festival Returns
Scotland’s festival of youth theatre returns to the Traverse Theatre once again for three days of new work by some of Europe’s leading youth theatre organisations Read more »| 12 Nov 2018 -
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Vulcan VII @ Festival Theatre
Ade Edmondson and Nigel Planer's Sci-Fi comedy is an acute look at fame and ageing. Read more »| 09 Nov 2018 -
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W-hat About? @ Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Fuora Dance Project's new show for kids appeals to people of all ages and languages, too. Read more »| 08 Nov 2018