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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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 -
ShowsThe 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 -
ShowsSanitise @ 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 -
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Touch 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 -
ShowsDance 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 -
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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 -
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Picnic at Hanging Rock @ The Lyceum, Edinburgh
Joan Lindsay’s novel Picnic at Hanging Rock, originally published in 1967 and later immortalised by Peter Weir's 1975 film of the same name, has b... Read more »| 23 Jan 2017 -
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New Year theatre highlights in the North
Our guide to the best theatre in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester this winter season, from fairytales with Opera North to period drama at the Playhouse. Read more »| 17 Jan 2017 -
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Pay What You Decide Theatre at The Lowry
The Lowry in Salford are launching a new season of theatre where you get to try before you buy Read more »| 16 Jan 2017 -
Interviews
Ridiculusmus on MDMA, PTSD & Give Me Your Love
A new work by adventurous theatre group Ridiculusmus explores the healing potential in altered states of consciousness. We speak to directors David Wood... Read more »| 13 Jan 2017 -
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Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival turns 10
With the panto season well and truly over, we turn our attention to Scotland's visual theatre and film festival Read more »| 10 Jan 2017 -
OpinionAsk Auntie Trash: New Year, New You?
Hello Trash, With a New Year beginning, I’ve been thinking about starting afresh and making some positive changes in my life. I want to lose weig... Read more »| 06 Jan 2017