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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ShowsSpring theatre highlights in the North
The best in theatre this season Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
InterviewsPaul Auster's City of Glass: Behind the Scenes
They've turned water into stone and 70,000 people into pixels: now, groundbreaking visual design company 59 Productions are bringing Paul Auster's debut nove... Read more »| 24 Feb 2017 -
Shows
The Winter's Tale @ Lyceum
One of the major criticisms levelled at Shakespeare’s The Winter's Tale is the disjointed discord between the first and second halves; while the openin... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
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Made in India @ Traverse
Made in India, Satinder Chohan’s new play, directed by Katie Posner, begins in a surrogacy clinic in Gujarat, western India, where rich and professiona... Read more »| 23 Feb 2017 -
Festivals
SICK! Festival 2017: 5 must-see shows
Life, death and survival are explored in one of the UK's most exciting multi-arts festivals. Here are five shows you shouldn't miss Read more »| 17 Feb 2017 -
ShowsLa Causeuse (The Love Seat) @ Traverse
At manipulate, bodies are not the primary agents, nor are emotions necessarily human. Cue the luxurious red velvet armchair of Sens Equivoc’s La Causeu... Read more »| 13 Feb 2017
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OpinionAsk Auntie Trash: R U Gettin' Enough
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Auntie Trash gets an email from a Fuckboi. She mad Read more »| 13 Feb 2017 -
Shows
The End of Things @ Traverse Theatre
A series of devised impressions, however cleverly wrought, do not necessarily create a cogent work. The End of Things by Company of Wolves falls prey to this... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
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A House in Asia @ Traverse Theatre
Agrupación Señor Serrano’s A House in Asia is a unique exploration of our post 9/11 world that spins between live video simulations, proj... Read more »| 10 Feb 2017 -
Shows
Sanitise @ Traverse Theatre
Sanitise by Jordan & Skinner is an ably performed, neatly designed performance concerned with the need for cleanliness in one woman’s life. Charged... Read more »| 09 Feb 2017 -
ShowsTouch Me @ Traverse Theatre
As the audience files into a packed-out auditorium in the Traverse Theatre, an abandoned duvet lies forlornly in the centre of the stage. Once everyone has t... Read more »| 09 Feb 2017 -
Shows
Dance International Glasgow reveals 2017 line-up
The programme for the second Dance International Glasgow (DIG) festival has been unveiled ahead of the biennial's return this spring Read more »| 08 Feb 2017 -
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NTS announce trans artists digital symposium
The National Theatre of Scotland present Beyond the Binary, a free digital symposium exploring trans artists in the digital world Read more »| 01 Feb 2017 -
Things To Do
Top 5: Queer Contact Festival 2017
Contact Theatre's Queer Contact Festival celebrates the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Wolfenden Report with Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat, drag king Lucy Jane Parkinson, 201 Dance Company and others Read more »| 31 Jan 2017 -
Shows
Scottish Opera: The Trial
Scottish Opera’s production of The Trial promises to be memorable at the very least. This adaptation of Franz Kafka’s modernist classic boasts a ... Read more »| 30 Jan 2017