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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FestivalsJohn McGrath on MIF17: “A festival for everyone”
The world's first festival of exclusively new commissions, Manchester International Festival returns for 2017 under the leadership of new artistic director John McGrath. He tells us about a programme of enormous ambition, with firm local roots Read more »| 09 Mar 2017 -
FestivalsHidden Door reveals 2017 lineup
Edinburgh’s DIY festival of multi-arts returns, bringing with it a new lease of life to the abandoned Leith Theatre. Music comes from Anna Meredith and Bossy Love, there's site-specific theatre by Grid Iron and artwork from over 30 artists Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
ShowsCultural Highlights: Romeo & Juliet
William Shakespeare’s classic tale of star crossed lovers is brought bang up to date in Leeds this March, as West Yorkshire Playhouse stages a fresh an... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
Opinion
Ask Auntie Trash: Dim the Lights
In a break from her usual rant, Auntie Trash pays tribute to an old friend, taken too soon. Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
ArtIslington Mill: A Place to Call Home
Salford arts venue Islington Mill won its lengthy licensing dispute in February, but the fight is far from over. Like all independent spaces, it needs your support Read more »| 27 Feb 2017 -
ShowsSpring theatre highlights in the North
The best in theatre this season Read more »| 27 Feb 2017
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Interviews
Paul 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 -
Shows
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 -
Shows
La 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 -
Opinion
Ask 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 -
Shows
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