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: How do I get into Theatre?
Auntie Trash is back and she wants to help you really 'get into' the theatre any which way you can. Spoiler alert: See the shows and help pay the starving artists' bills. You'll love it. Read more »| 07 Mar 2016 -
ShowsEndgame @ Citizens Theatre, 6 Feb
The challenge with any production of Samuel Beckett’s drama is to capture both the humour and the horror of it – especially given that each depen... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
Shows
The Broke 'n' Beat Collective @ Unity Theatre
Four microphones line an empty stage. It looks more like a gig than the set of a play and when the artists emerge, they’re playing themselves: a beat-b... Read more »| 05 Mar 2016 -
ShowsI Am Not Myself These Days @ Liverpool Playhouse
A pacy adaptation of Josh Kilmer-Purcell's best-selling autobiography, I Am Not Myself These Days is not exactly a quiet night at the theatre, and it's defin... Read more »| 04 Mar 2016 -
Interviews
SICK! Lab 2016 at Contact Theatre: What's in Store
As we wait for the biennial SICK! Festival in 2017, a collaborative symposium from the same team – exploring ideas of identity and trauma – is planned for this month. Ahead of the first SICK! Lab, creative director Tim Harrison talks to The Skinny Read more »| 03 Mar 2016 -
Interviews
Scottish Youth Dance Takes Over
This March both YDance and Go Dance are bringing together youth groups from across Scotland to dance. The Skinny looks at the importance of these events and chats to the Urbaniks Street School. Read more »| 01 Mar 2016
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Interviews
Chris Gascoyne on Endgame by Samuel Beckett
According to Samuel Beckett, nothing is funnier than unhappiness. As his existentialist play Endgame opens at Citizens Theatre and HOME, actor Chris Gascoyne... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
Opinion
Stage School: What Is Theatre of the Absurd?
What is Theatre of the Absurd, and why does it speak to us? As a new production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame by Citizens Theatre director Dominic Hill comes t... Read more »| 17 Feb 2016 -
Shows
And Then You Kissed Me @ Lowry Studio
Few subjects are more sensitive than domestic abuse. With a recent change in the law to protect victims and and increased media coverage of the issue, domest... Read more »| 15 Feb 2016 -
OpinionAsk Auntie Trash: Advice from a Theatre Critic
Ask Auntie Trash: What plays will get you a date? How do you act 'in the know' about theatre? Our resident agony aunt is here to answer all your theatrical questions Read more »| 10 Feb 2016 -
Shows
Manipulate 2016: Threads @ Traverse, 4 Feb
Threads is a story of lineage and lifelines of mythical proportions. Through the tale of a mountain woman and her daughter, it sears with the quiet roar of f... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
ShowsManipulate 2016: Bird @ Traverse, 4 Feb
In the middle of the space a lone creature sleeps. Crowned with a bird's nest of hair and robed in tatters, she is queen of this derelict land. She splits he... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
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Manipulate 2016: Birdheart @ Traverse, 3 Feb
A single egg lies upon a layer of sand on a raised table. Highlighted by a spotlight in the centre of the stage, the egg gradually cracks open and within the... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Interviews
Cock comes to the Tron
Andy Arnold chats about Valentine's Day plans and finally getting the rights to Cock. February is a romantic month, and the Tron Theatre are bringing r... Read more »| 08 Feb 2016 -
Interviews
10 years of the National Theatre of Scotland
The Skinny and Laurie Sansom chat about trilogies, tenth birthdays and touring the world with the National Theatre of Scotland. Read more »| 04 Feb 2016