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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InterviewsPersistent & Nasty: Celebrating Diversity in Scottish Theatre
The Skinny chats to the founders of Persistent & Nasty, a new platform for showcasing new and underrepresented voices in Scottish theatre Read more »| 05 Jun 2018 -
InterviewsContemporary performance festival Take Me Somewhere returns
The Skinny chats to FK Alexander and Jamila Johnson-Small, two of the artists selected for Take Me Somewhere 2018, about their work and the space that the festival provides for contemporary artists Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
ShowsThe Month in Scottish Theatre: June 2018
Much like the end of May, June is also home to other events and productions that deserve not just a mention but a place in Scotland’s cultural calendar Read more »| 31 May 2018 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Act: How Can I Be Original?
For this month, beloved Auntie Trash hands over her opinion column to new national treasure Courtney Act Read more »| 25 May 2018 -
Shows
Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths @ Traverse Theatre
This collaboration between the Tron Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland has produced a dark, surreal and excessively absurd play. Read more »| 18 May 2018 -
ShowsGut @ Tron Theatre, Glasgow
Frances Poet's first full-length play packs a visceral punch, taking on issues of trust, fear and creeping unease Read more »| 17 May 2018
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FestivalsTraverse Theatre announce Fringe 2018 shows
The full Edinburgh Fringe line-up from the new writing theatre is here Read more »| 17 May 2018 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Fringe 2018: What to see at the Big Four
With the release of the 'big four' Edinburgh Fringe venues' full programmes, we've picked a recommended comedy and theatre show each from Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly Read more »| 17 May 2018 -
Festivals
This is probably the best children’s theatre festival in the world
The Skinny talks to Noel Jordan, Edinburgh International Children's Festival’s director about their latest programme, Scotland’s place on the international stage and why children’s theatre is so important Read more »| 15 May 2018 -
Shows
Creditors @ Lyceum, Edinburgh
David Greig's adaptation of August Strindberg's Creditors is a surprisingly current look at the pain that relationships can cause Read more »| 10 May 2018 -
Interviews
Emerging voices in Scottish theatre at Hidden Door 2018
The Skinny takes a peek behind Hidden Door and talks to four emerging voices in Scottish theatre about why they chose the festival, Leith and a troublesome plastic chicken Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
Shows
MagicFest: 'We see magic as the art of the impossible'
As Edinburgh’s MagicFest approaches its ninth year, moving to May for the first time, The Skinny chats to festival founders Kevin and Svetlana McMahon about the festival, the nature of magic and why this is a theatrical art form Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Shows
War Horse @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Reader, I’ve fallen in love... with a horse called Joey, in the National Theatre's thunderous production of War Horse Read more »| 08 May 2018 -
Interviews
Mind Health: SMHAF's 2018 Theatre Programme
The Skinny talks to the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s Gail Aldam and artist Skye Loneragan about the festival’s theme, aims and its biggest theatre programme yet Read more »| 30 Apr 2018 -
Shows
Scottish Theatre Highlights: May 2018
The Scottish theatre calendar springs into action and moves with the times as stages across the country heat up Read more »| 27 Apr 2018