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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FestivalsHow to Swim in Hollywood @ Greenside, Infirmary Street
Sylvester’s performance is intimate and spell-binding and captures beautifully the struggles of a woman trying to keep her head above water in the Hollywood system Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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Showmanship @ C Royale
A fortune-teller’s strange monologue makes for an uneven, but haunting hour Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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La Maladie de la Mort @ The Lyceum
La Maladie de la Mmort is neither great theatre nor cinema, but the synthesis of the two proves thrilling Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsYou Are Frogs @ Venue 13
Highly captivating new piece of theatre Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
FestivalsThe Dip @ theSpace, Surgeons' Hall
A hallucinatory fever dream of gay panic, featuring the Baba Ghanoush Gestapo and a very angry fish sheriff – it's wonderful chaos Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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Edinburgh Fringe 2018: Masculinity in Theatre
What makes a man? What is masculine? We talk to four theatre makers about masculinity, and how their work questions what it means to be a man Read more »| 17 Aug 2018
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Is Theatre Accessible to Working-Class Artists?
With theatre seen as a middle-class pursuit, what about working-class artists and stories? We speak to a host of working-class artists to find out how theatre could do better Read more »| 17 Aug 2018 -
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Free and Proud @ Assembly George Square Studios
A moving exploration of modern relationships, with tragedy running through its core Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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Marie @ Assembly Rooms
A funny, entertaining, clever play with a dark twist, performed with absolute devotion, talent and charm Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
MusicAutobiography @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, 11 Aug
Paired with Jlin's astounding music, Wayne McGregor's Autobiography pushes for sensory overload; iconoclastic not only of the institution of ballet but the very idea of narrative itself Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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KillyMuck @ Underbelly Bristo Square
A semi-autobiographical play about growing up poor that is charming, angry, affecting and relevant Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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Puffin Island @ Greenside, Nicolson Square
A true life story that has important things to say, but this production lacks the punch to put its messages across Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running @ ZOO Charteris
Enter the scrambled mind of Fredrik Høyer as he ran the Oslo half marathon, which he recreates by running on a treadmill and taking us on a hilarious non-sequitur but ultimately profound journey Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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Awkward Conversations with Animals I've F*cked @ Underbelly
Awkward Conversations with Animals I've F*cked is exactly what it sounds like. Be prepared to cringe Read more »| 15 Aug 2018 -
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Paddington Bear's First Concert @ Underbelly Bristo Square
A Paddington Bear show with no Paddington Bear, but plenty of Marmalade for the rest of us though, right? Read more »| 14 Aug 2018