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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InterviewsLittle Shop of Horrors
Theatre comes to the film festival with Live, Live Cinema. Barnie Duncan chats to The Skinny about the drawing nature of screens, tripping over your own brain and the escalating fight to impress an audience. Read more »| 08 Jun 2015 -
FestivalsTraversing the Fringe
With Traverse Theatre's Fringe programme launching this week, we ask artistic director Orla O'Loughlin for an overview of what's in store Read more »| 03 Jun 2015 -
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Save the Arches: RM Hubbert, Rob Drummond, Tam Dean Burn tell us why
With the long-term future of The Arches still uncertain as the venue appeals moves to shut down its clubbing operation, we ask actors, writers and musicians for their views on the Glasgow arts institution Read more »| 27 May 2015 -
FestivalsHunting the Big Four: Our Comedy and Theatre Picks
With the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe fast approaching, last week saw the so-called ‘big four’ Edinburgh Fringe venues – the Pleasance, the Gilded... Read more »| 25 May 2015 -
Shows
CATS Scottish Theatre Awards Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for this year’s Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) has been announced, with Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre leading th... Read more »| 15 May 2015 -
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The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde
Adapting one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most famous works was never going to be an easy task, but Morna Pearson’s reimagining of his classic sto... Read more »| 11 May 2015
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Interviews
Mental Health Awareness in Performance
Fiona Geddes and Francisca Morton talk to The Skinny about their upcoming shows dealing with mental health, loss and attachment Read more »| 11 May 2015 -
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Tramway Digs Dance
Louise Ahl of Ultimate Dancer and Laurynas Žakevicius of Low Air Urban Dance Theatre talk about their dance styles and their upcoming performances at DIG, Tramway's six week celebration of dance. Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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Whisky Galore @ Sunart Centre
Iain Finlay Macleod’s new Gaelic adaption of Compton MacKenzie’s Whisky Galore (with English surtitles) captures the spirit of storytel... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
ShowsBEHAVIOUR 2015: Lippy and O is for Hoolet
Dead Centre’s Lippy is a play in three acts. The first is humorous and wrong-foots the audience, and while the second and third acts are much dark... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
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We Can't Live Without Our Lives
Arika is a Japanese word which can, amongst other things, be translated to mean: ‘a place where maybe you might find the thing you desire.’ This ... Read more »| 05 May 2015 -
InterviewsLove in Troubled Times: Simon Stephens on The Funfair
HOME opens its new 500-seater theatre with Kasimir and Karoline, an update of Ödön von Horváth's 1930s masterpiece of German theatre. Stopfordian playwright Simon Stephens tells us why his update is written for today's Manchester Read more »| 01 May 2015 -
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Early Days (of a better nation) @ Unity Theatre Liverpool
The war is over and the nation lies in ruins. You and your fellow survivors must build the beginnings of a new country. What are the rules you’re going... Read more »| 20 Apr 2015 -
Interviews
Access All Areas: Graeae Theatre
Champions of accessibility within the arts, Graeae Theatre Company make their way to Liverpool's Everyman Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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Reshaping the Octagon
Young, talented and ambitious, the recently appointed artistic director of the Bolton Octagon, Elizabeth Newman, discusses her plans to revitalise the town's theatre scene Read more »| 07 Apr 2015