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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ShowsWendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Written by Johnny McKnight of Random Accomplice and directed by Robert Softley Gale from Birds of Paradise, Wendy Hoose tackles the difficulties of 'getting your leg over' in quite an original, yet reasonably credible way. Read more »| 25 Mar 2014 -
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Dorothy Paul @ King's Theatre
Dorothy Paul, Scotland’s much loved lady of show-biz, takes the stage with her newly-devised performance at The King’s Theatre. After entertaining for over sixty years she has unsurprisingly secured a loyal, white-haired fanbase Read more »| 24 Mar 2014 -
FestivalsYDance: Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival 2014 reveals its lineup
As part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural programme, YDance are organising the first Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival, which will take place at Tramway from 10-12 July. We announce the companies taking part Read more »| 20 Mar 2014 -
FestivalsEdinburgh International Festival's Jonathan Mills announces 2014 programme
A look at the highlights of this year's Edinburgh International Festival, announced today, featuring theatre, opera, music, film and events, with comments from departing Festival Director Jonathan Mills Read more »| 18 Mar 2014 -
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This Wide Night @ Tron Theatre
Directed by David Greig, Chloë Moss' This Wide Night zooms in on the lives of two women who seemingly have nothing in common, except the fact that they ... Read more »| 17 Mar 2014 -
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Noel Coward's Private Lives @ The Lyceum
Noel Coward’s Private Lives, put on at the Lyceum, is an absolutely delightful production, one that seems almost tailor-made for the opulence of the Ly... Read more »| 17 Mar 2014
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Orlando @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, until 22 Mar
'My body was flooded with rapture and my brain with ideas. I wrote rapidly till 12...' So wrote Virginia Woolf to her lover Vita Sackville-West in 1927, desc... Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
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Curtains Up: Liverpool's Everyman reopens
As Liverpool's Everyman theatre reopens its doors after a two-year revamp, artistic director Gemma Bodinetz shares her vision for a democratic but daring space Read more »| 12 Mar 2014 -
ShowsMatthew Bourne's Swan Lake @ King's Theatre (Glasgow)
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, performed by New Adventures, takes the classical ballet favourite and turns it on its head. By replacing the delicate swan balle... Read more »| 11 Mar 2014 -
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SEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape @ Media Education
Cachín Cachán Cachunga celebrates its fifth birthday with the experiment that is SEEP: Fluidity in body and landscape in Media Education on Dal... Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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Adrift @ Summerhall
In attending Adrift, a spoken word cinematic performance put on by Screen Bandita and Ryan Van Winkle at Summerhall, do not be fooled for a moment by the hom... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Rantin
Rantin by Kieran Hurley, the posters say. As the performance begins with a Forced Entertainment-inspired introduction and explanation of what will happen, we... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Les Amis D'Onno's Vintage Cabaret @ Summerhall
Les Amis D’Onno are a small amateur company, full of skilled performers with undoubtedly unique skills. They hail from the Borders, and the dedication ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Scottish Dance Theatre @ Dundee Rep
Scottish Dance Theatre bring a distinct European flavour to the Dundee Rep with the premiere of two new works commissioned by Artistic Director Fleur Darkin.... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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Blackbird @ Summerhall
Performed by the award-winning Scottish Borders-based company Firebrand in conjunction with Heart of Hawick, David Harrrower's Blackbird deftly handles ... Read more »| 03 Mar 2014