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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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 -
OpinionAsk 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 -
InterviewsIs Crowdfunding The Only Way to Fund a Fringe Show?
With just over a month to go until the Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off, The Skinny asks why more and more acts are turning to crowdfunding to finance their shows, and what could be done to make the festival more cost-friendly to artists Read more »| 06 Jul 2017 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival reveal Spirit of '47 details
EIF teams up with the British Council for a programme celebrating arts and culture from across the globe, as part of the Festival's 70th anniversary celebrations Read more »| 14 Jun 2017 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: Who Can I Be Now?
Hi Trash, I’ve just submitted my dissertation and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I don’t even know if I want to work in the same... Read more »| 09 Jun 2017
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Opinion
Your dog could be the next star of Legally Blonde
Does your four-legged friend look “fairly bullish and robust”? If so, it could be the star of Legally Blonde The Musical as producers hold auditions to cast a local canine for the Edinburgh run of the show! Read more »| 07 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
Traverse Theatre announce Festival 2017 programme
Eight world premieres, three European premieres and five Scottish premieres are included in Traverse Festival 2017 Read more »| 06 Jun 2017 -
Festivals
Dance Base announces its Fringe programme
Edinburgh’s year-round home of dance announces Dance Base Festival, its programme for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which this year features 21 shows from 12 countries Read more »| 01 Jun 2017 -
Interviews
Hidden Door 2017: Lost in Leith Theatre
The Skinny gets an exclusive tour of Leith Theatre, closed for 30 years, and now the site of the 2017 Hidden Door Festival Read more »| 25 May 2017 -
Shows
Jo Clifford on War in America
The Skinny chats to the leading playwright and performer about the long road to staging her 1996 play, War in America Jo Clifford has stepped back in time. ... Read more »| 19 May 2017 -
Shows
Daphne Oram's Wonderful World of Sound @ Tron Theatre
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop is something that seems archaic in how forward-thinking it was. In days when the BBC itself has to justify its own right to exis... Read more »| 18 May 2017 -
Shows
Sara Shaarawi introduces Megaphone
The Skinny talks to the playwright, performer and co-founder of The Workers Theatre about the company’s phenomenally successful Kickstarter campaign for artists of colour in Scotland Read more »| 16 May 2017 -
Shows
Void @ Dance International Glasgow
Running skittishly through the concrete milieu that is Glasgow’s Southside (because you stayed too long at the previous performance’s post-show c... Read more »| 10 May 2017 -
Shows
Each Other @ Tramway, Glasgow
If contemporary art often falls back on the ‘it’s open to interpretation’ line, Each Other, by contrast, seems to cry out for meaningful ex... Read more »| 09 May 2017