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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FestivalsBurton @ Assembly Hall
Rhodri Miles is mesmerising as the actor Richard Burton, who celebrates his 46th birthday by unapologetically looking back on a life of drama, drink and dall... Read more »| 09 Sep 2014 -
InterviewsThe Play’s the Thing: Theatre in the Northwest
If there's one thing you should know about the Northwest it's this: it has a cracking theatre scene that is both affordable and inclusive – whether you're just looking to fill an empty Thursday evening, or are an aspiring Maxine Peake Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
Shows
SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires @ Patriothall Gallery
Six months after the first SEEP experience, Cachín Cachán Cachunga! present SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires. Curated by award-winning i... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
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Smack! Bang! Cabaret! @ Henry's Cellar Bar, Edinburgh, from 10 Sep
Starting on 10 September, Smack! Bang! Cabaret! plans to become a weekly fixture in every cabaret-lover's calendar. Dive – Edinburgh's premier LGBT que... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Interviews
Arika 14: Make a Way Out of No Way
Experimental cross platform programmers Arika return to the Tramway with part 6 of their episodic series of multi-arts festivals, drilling down into questions of identity, gender and culture Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Sweet Mambo @ Edinburgh International Festival
"Don’t forget," say each of the female dancers introducing themselves in turn. Sweet Mambo, first performed in 2008, is Pina Bausch's penultimate piec... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014
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Festivals
Boosters @ Zoo
At the end of Boosters, solo performer Hannah Smith explains to her Fringe audience what Echoes Theatre’s play is. It’s a collection of true stor... Read more »| 03 Sep 2014 -
ShowsBeckett Trilogy: Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby @ The Lowry, Salford, 23-27 Sep
There are few who dare to approach a Samuel Beckett play and even fewer who do his work justice, yet Lisa Dwan has attracted critical acclaim for her perform... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Page to Stage Festival, Liverpool, 13-27 Sep
Following the success of Manchester’s recent 24:7 festival, September sees Liverpool play host to a similar venture, showcasing eight examples of new w... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
Shows
Venue of the Month: The Lucy Davis Vaults
Down the dark, dark stairs there was a dark, dark cellar... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Merry Christmas, Ms Meadows @ Pleasance Dome
Merry Christmas, Ms Meadows is activist theatre gone right. Belarus Free Theatre combine urgency and innovative production design in a play that is both a th... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
MenSWEAR Collection: Spunk @ C Nova
Lights Up Entertainment bring the topics of sex and disability to Edinburgh Fringe with MenSWEAR collection: Spunk, set around the life of James who fe... Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsUbu and the Truth Commission @ Edinburgh International Festival
Based on the revelations at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the harrowing atrocities committed by the South African apartheid regime, ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Mock Tudor @ Pleasance Courtyard
If Mock Tudor were a school play and your child were in it, it would be a charming thing to see on a Tuesday evening. As a play about present-day Tudor imper... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
The Greatest Liar in All the World @ Pleasance Courtyard
Every now and then, you come across a play that seems to ignore the lines between children’s and adults’ theatre, comedy and tragedy, circus act ... Read more »| 01 Sep 2014