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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FestivalsLiverpool Homotopia 2015: Preview
AIDS contraction is on the rise, more than half of the Commonwealth criminalises homosexuality and transphobia is as present as ever. Gary Everett, artistic director of Homotopia, explains how theatre and the arts can help. Read more »| 30 Oct 2015 -
ShowsThe Notebook @ Contact, Manchester
Two bespectacled men in matching grey suits and maroon sweaters step out onto a bare stage. What follows is Forced Entertainment's version of Hungarian writer Ágota Kristóf's novel, The Notebook, directed by Tim Etchells. Read more »| 23 Oct 2015 -
InterviewsThe Choir: Paul Higgins interview
Paul Higgins talks his new play The Choir, finding the truth in theatre and humour in the darker moments of life Read more »| 22 Oct 2015 -
ShowsThe Glass Menagerie @ Liverpool Playhouse
The Glass Menagerie is, arguably, Tennessee Williams’ most autobiographical play, and this Headlong/Liverpool Everyman/West Yorkshire Playhouse co-prod... Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
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Tipping the Velvet: Sally Messham Interview
Sally Messham talks circus skills and celebrated novels ahead of Tipping the Velvet's run at The Lyceum. Read more »| 15 Oct 2015 -
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The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead @ Everyman
A year on from his take on The Iliad, Simon Armitage presents a contemporary take on The Odyssey by Homer. Read more »| 13 Oct 2015
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Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival preview
Focussing on mental health issues in theatre, this year SMHAFF features plays by Arthur Miller and more. Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
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Blanche McIntyre interview: Why we need ancient drama
As this year’s third major production of The Oresteia opens, this time in Manchester, The Skinny speaks to director Blanche McIntyre about Ancient Greek theatre, modern-day politics and being part of HOME’s debut season Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
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What Goes Around @ The Tron, Edinburgh, 19 Sep
Liz Lochhead plays tribute to Arthur Schnitzler with the more contemporary style of What Goes Around. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
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Waiting for Godot @ The Lyceum, Edinburgh, 22 Sep
Even 60 years on, Samuel Beckett's subversive Waiting for Godot still manages to provoke and unsettle. Read more »| 06 Oct 2015 -
InterviewsSimon Armitage on The Odyssey, Liverpool Everyman
Following last year's Lily Cole-starring dramatisation of The Iliad, Simon Armitage now turns his hand to Homer's other great work. We caught up with the poet to discuss The Odyssey: Missing Presumed Dead, which premieres at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
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Dead Dog in a Suitcase @ HOME, Manchester
HOME is starting to establish a recognisable style in the theatre it is producing and staging; cinematic in scope, it mixes drama, music and dance together, ... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
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Narvik @ Liverpool Playhouse
A new play with songs by the award-winning Liverpool playwright and singer-songwriter Lizzie Nunnery, Narvik tells a compelling story of love and loss set ag... Read more »| 18 Sep 2015 -
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The Family Way @ Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Originally titled All in Good Time, this 1963 play from Bolton writer Bill Naughton is best known for its 1966 big screen adaptation as The Family Way starri... Read more »| 16 Sep 2015 -
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Introducing Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders
Theatre can be empowering – whatever your age. We meet Brenda Hickey, who found a new lease of life after retirement when she joined the Royal Exchange’s Company of Elders Read more »| 14 Sep 2015