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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FestivalsAdam @ Traverse Theatre
This impressive exploration of transgender identity overflows with personality and warmth, despite tackling some very heavy themes. Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsThe Whip Hand @ Traverse Theatre
Douglas Maxwell’s new play offers an insightful critique of power, obligation, and the lies we tell each other to bury the past Read more »| 08 Aug 2017 -
FestivalsAssessment @ Gilded Balloon
The old are ‘shafting’ the young: an ageing population is becoming an ever-larger drain on a welfare state already squeezed and politicians are running out of ideas as to how to reduce the deficit. Read more »| 07 Aug 2017 -
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Arab Arts Focus: New Stories, Common Grounds
We look at the diverse programme of Arab theatre, art and comedy at Summerhall as part of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
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Experimental theatre at Edinburgh Festivals 2017
With more and more theatre companies doing innovative and different things with the art of theatre, The Skinny ponder the eternal question, what *is* it, tho? What is it? Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
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Boy Blue Entertainment on Blak Whyte Gray
The Skinny chats to Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante of the award-winning East London hip-hop company, Boy Blue Entertainment, about their latest work, Blak Whyte Gray Read more »| 02 Aug 2017
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Why is Circus So Popular?
Contemporary circus seems to be booming. We meet some of the performers and programmers to find out more about how the landscape has changed Read more »| 02 Aug 2017 -
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Betty Grumble and Aisha Josiah on their Fringe shows
One-woman shows, identity and the power of storytelling with Betty Grumble and Aisha Josiah Read more »| 01 Aug 2017 -
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Tim Carlson introduces Foreign Radical
Playwright Tim Carlson discusses cyber surveillance, personal freedom, and pushing audiences to confront the shocking realities of the digital age Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
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NTS celebrate transgender experiences with Adam
Based on real life experiences, the National Theatre of Scotland's Adam has a worldwide, digital cast of over 100 transgender and non-binary persons. We visit Rockvilla to find out more. Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
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Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on his Sasquatch opera
The Skinny talks to one of rock’s finest provocateurs, Roddy Bottum, about his first Fringe show, Sasquatch: The Opera Read more »| 31 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsZinnie Harris on her three EIF shows
The Skinny speaks to Zinnie Harris about her not one, not two, but three shows at the Edinburgh International Festival this year Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsFringe on a Theme: 5 theatre shows on grief
With grief emerging as a key theme to the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we look at a selection of plays that explore the various and sometimes complicated state of bereavement Read more »| 28 Jul 2017 -
Interviews
How VR could be the future of theatre
Virtual reality is being hailed as the future of Hollywood, but might VR's more natural home be the stage? Read more »| 12 Jul 2017 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: How do I say "No"?
Our resident theatrical agony aunt helps a reader who's having trouble saying "No" to an exploitative friend. Read more »| 12 Jul 2017