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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OpinionRoald Dahl: Conservative or Progressive?
This December, the West Yorkshire Playhouse stages an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved novel about witchcraft and the awkward journey to adulthood, T... Read more »| 10 Nov 2016 -
ShowsA Brief History of Evil
We all tell lies. If not to others, then occasionally to ourselves. And while some of these lies are for our own good, some prove to be more sinister. A Comp... Read more »| 09 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: Consent in Theatre
Dearest Trash, In the wake of Donald Trump's comments about women, I was wondering how important consent is to actors on the stage? As an aspiring actor, ca... Read more »| 08 Nov 2016 -
ShowsThe Rebirth of Chrysalis Festival
Scotland's forward-thinking youth theatre festival returns, bigger and better, for a second year Read more »| 03 Nov 2016 -
Shows
Christmas theatre highlights in the North
It's not all pantos and carol concerts, y'know: here's our guide to the best end-of-year theatre Read more »| 02 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
A Tribute to Dario Fo
After the death of the renowned playwright and satirist, our Theatre editor pays tribute to the man and his work, which found a loyal following in Scotland Read more »| 31 Oct 2016
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Shows
Jackie Wylie is new National Theatre of Scotland director
Jackie Wylie, the former artistic director of The Arches, has been announced as the new artistic director of the National Theatre of Scotland Read more »| 26 Oct 2016 -
Shows
New arts venue Storyhouse announces theatre season
Storyhouse – Chester’s brand new £37m theatre, cinema and library – has announced the first shows for the new venue's inaugural theatre season Read more »| 20 Oct 2016 -
ShowsThe Festival of Ian Smith: A Celebration of Death
Opening over Halloween and Day of the Dead weekend, The Festival of Ian Smith; A Celebration of Death makes its Edinburgh debut, and aims to challenge our preconceptions about death. We talk to festival founder, Angie Dight Read more »| 05 Oct 2016 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: Revenge of the Theatrical Ex
Hi Trash, A guy I was dating has written a play about me. We were sort of dating, but he wanted something more serious than me. Now he's written a thinly ve... Read more »| 04 Oct 2016 -
Shows
Akram Khan's Giselle
For his first full-length ballet, choreographer Akram Khan has found alchemy in his collaborators Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
ShowsJulia Taudevin on Blow-Off and Dario Fo
Returning to Edinburgh with her ‘guerrilla gig theatre’ piece Blow Off as part of a political theatre season to mark Dario Fo’s 90th birthday, Julia Taudevin talks to The Skinny about domestic terrorism, female rage and music Read more »| 30 Sep 2016 -
Shows
Wish List @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The winner of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is a necessary play about unnecessary pain. Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
Shows
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Has there ever been a play so celebrated in contemporary Scottish theatre as John McGrath’s The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil? The play, a... Read more »| 28 Sep 2016 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Christmas Festival Plans Revealed
Get set for loads of live theatre this Christmas with Christmas on Stage, as well as the usual Edinburgh favourites of markets, St Andrew's Square ice rink and more. Read more »| 19 Sep 2016