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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FestivalsEdinburgh Fringe Reviews: Music Plays
Gig plays at the Fringe! The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy, Fable and My Beautiful Black Dog. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
FestivalsFringe Theatre Reviews: Ideastap Winners
Brute, Eulogy of Toby Peach, Much Further Out Than You Thought and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family. Read more »| 20 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: Aurora Nova
Kraken, Antiwords, Hotel Paradiso, Portraits in Motion and more: Aurora Nova at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 15 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: Paines Plough
Every Brilliant Thing, The Human Ear, Lungs, Chicken and I'm Not Here Right Now at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 14 Aug 2015 -
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Heads Up @ Dance Base
A taster of different dance styles at the Edinburgh Fringe, Heads Up provides a midday pick-me-up. Read more »| 14 Aug 2015 -
FestivalsAntigone @ King's Theatre
Can a film star be an automatic success on the stage? Juliette Binoche's performance suggests not. Read more »| 13 Aug 2015
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FestivalsFringe Theatre Reviews: The Northern Stage
The Paradise Project, Key Change and Ny Name Is... star on the Northern Stage at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 13 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: Female Voices
Maria Connolly, Lucy Grace, Violet Fox and Rebecca Perry turn in solo performances at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: Circus & Physical Theatre
We review Circa's Close Up, Bromance, Traces and the Gandini Juggling School at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
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The Last Hotel @ The Royal Lyceum Theatre
A stunning new opera with the taboo-breaking subject of assisted suicide, The Last Hotel will surely become a classic of our times. It has bleak vision but i... Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
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Into That Darkness @ Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
“The truth is a terrible thing…” A raw, immersive piece of theatre, Into that Darkness is less moving than utterly groundbreaking. Robert... Read more »| 12 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: Jethro Compton
Jethro Compton presents The Frontier Trilogy and stand-alone production Sirenia at the Edinburgh Fringe. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
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Walking the Tightrope @ Underbelly Potterrow
It is no revelation to talk of the tension between art and politics, but it is rare and exciting to see it approached as dynamically as this. Inspired by hi... Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
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Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress @ Festival Theatre
Subtle, intelligent, playful and moving, Life in Progress exemplifies Sylvie Guillem’s attitude through the 39 years of her dance career: balancin... Read more »| 11 Aug 2015 -
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Fringe Theatre Reviews: The Best of Trav One
Fringe theatre report, with The Christians, An Oak Tree, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and Swallow. Read more »| 11 Aug 2015