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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InterviewsReshaping 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 -
ShowsThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
If art, by its very nature, is political, then Mark Thomson’s revival of Bertolt Brecht’s 1944 parable for the ages, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, ... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
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The Fair Intellectual Club
The Fair Intellectual Club, directed for Stellar Quines by Marilyn Imrie, is a force of strong females, both in and out of the production. The first play pen... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
Shows
Rebecca @ The Lowry, Salford
If you were fortunate enough to catch Dead Dog in a Suitcase last year, you will be familiar with the work of Cornish storytellers Kneehigh. Missed out? It i... Read more »| 07 Apr 2015 -
InterviewsReturning to Behaviour: Peter McMaster and Extremes
Ahead of BEHAVIOUR's sixth year, Peter McMaster talks about the support The Arches has always given him, pushing his work to extremes, and his show 27. Read more »| 06 Apr 2015 -
Interviews
Infrastructures of Care: Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos
Artists Park MacArthur and Constantina Zavitsanos talk to The Skinny about the infrastructures of care in advance of Arika's Episode 7: We Can't Live Without Our Lives Read more »| 02 Apr 2015
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InterviewsIn Good Company: Front Row Theatre
A company spearheaded by graduates of UCLan hopes to offer a platform for emerging talent, as well as produce plays with a social conscience Read more »| 10 Mar 2015 -
Shows
Autumn Portaits
Autumn Portraits begins as one might expect, with puppeteer Eric Bass donning a mask and silently bending the will and the actions of one of his many, many p... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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And Then He Ate Me @ Traverse
Strange, fantastical and dark, And Then He Ate Me is a fairytale for the stage that bites back. Created by the award-winning French company Velo Theatre, thi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Dance of The Magnetic Ballerina @ Traverse
From an achromatic gloom, the figure of Andrea Miltnerova materialises, on a contained platform adrift in the middle of the enormous Traverse One stage. Evok... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Anna Karenina @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Royal Exchange kicks off its 2015 season with a brand new adaptation of Anna Karenina. After rave reviews and record sales for Maxine Peake's Hamlet... Read more »| 06 Mar 2015 -
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Jumping Puddles @ Liverpool Everyman
Anybody working in the arts will testify that 'collaboration' is a buzzword at the moment – not only because of the shared financial risk, but also due... Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
Festivals
SICK! Festival: Tackling the Art of Difficult Conversation
As it expands from Brighton to Manchester, directors Helen Medland and Tim Harrison discuss the issues and the impetus behind SICK! Festival Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
InterviewsAmanda Gaughan: Hedda Gabler
Amanda Gaughan talks strong women on stage and the pull of Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, in advance of its run at The Lyceum later this month. Read more »| 04 Mar 2015 -
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The Write Way In: Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015
The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting 2015 is open for business. Sarah Frankcom explains why even the most inexperienced writer should apply Read more »| 12 Feb 2015