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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ShowsScottish Ballet: Hansel & Gretel
Magic, humour, a frisson of scariness, a celebration of food and a happy ending: Hansel & Gretel, choreographed by Christopher Hampson, is perfect for a ... Read more »| 13 Dec 2016 -
OpinionAsk Auntie Trash: Fuck Christmas
In her Christmas column, Auntie Trash consoles a reader who hates the festive season, and reveals a secret of her own Read more »| 07 Dec 2016 -
ShowsBlack Beauty @ Traverse
Though Anna Sewell’s bestselling novel Black Beauty teaches moral lessons about empathy, compassion and respect and finishes on a positive note, much o... Read more »| 06 Dec 2016 -
Interviews
Scottish Panto Season: Battle of the Dames
Trapped in some kind of pre-Christmas Hell, our grumpy theatre editor attempts to find some semblance of festive cheer by chatting to not one, not two, but three Panto dames and trying to turn them against each other. It didn’t work Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A treat. What better way to celebrate the festive season than this rambunctious, zany version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland written and directed ... Read more »| 05 Dec 2016 -
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Cultural Highlights: Strictly Ballroom in Leeds
Strictly Ballroom: The Musical With all the glistening lametta, prawn cocktail starters and Only Fools and Horses re-runs of Christmas, there’s arguab... Read more »| 29 Nov 2016
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Rambert – Ghost Dances, Frames and Tomorrow
The iconic Ghost Dances, [★★★★★] visceral, sinister and melancholic, with its meld of skeletal Ghosts and folk dancing Dead, still in its 36th year, holds it... Read more »| 26 Nov 2016 -
Opinion
Roald 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 -
Shows
A 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 -
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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 -
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