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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FestivalsBehaviour 2014: Let's Misbehave
Curated by the Arches Glasgow, Behaviour Festival 2014 returns with more live performance to stun, engage, and entertain Read more »| 27 Feb 2014 -
ShowsOrlando @ CCA
The CCA – Centre for Contemporary Arts – sees Cryptic reviving Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a tale of a young nobleman from the Elizabethan era sear... Read more »| 25 Feb 2014 -
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Village Pub Theatre @ Traverse
The end of this month sees Village Pub Theatre – a writer-led theatre collective based in the Village Pub, in Leith – take over Travers... Read more »| 24 Feb 2014 -
ShowsWendy Hoose @ Tron Glasgow
Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice collaborate for the first time on Wendy Hoose, a comedy about sex, and, to paraphrase the poster, the difficulties of... Read more »| 21 Feb 2014 -
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Long Day's Journey Into Night @ The Lyceum
Long Day's Journey into Night was Eugene O'Neill's dark, moody and dramatic swansong, only released after his death by his instuction owing to its thorough, ... Read more »| 20 Feb 2014 -
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Four Steps Back @ Summerhall
The end of February sees Summerhall yield three days of its programme to the newer voices of the playwriting community. Four Steps Back is a collection of fo... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014
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In the Heights
In The Heights is a musical used to taking its time getting off the ground, penned by Lin-Maneul Miranda while he was still a student in 1999, it first showe... Read more »| 12 Feb 2014 -
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Blindsided @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, until 15 Feb
Since his breakthrough with Port in 2002, Stockport-born playwright Simon Stephens has come to be recognised as one of the brightest talents in contemporary ... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Up Close: Project XXX
A new play touring the Northwest attempts to open up the conversation surrounding teenage sex, and sex on film. Kim Wiltshire explains the idea behind Project XXX Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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How To Be Immortal @ Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 7-8 Feb
The latest from ensemble theatre company Penny Dreadful, known for their works exploring the hidden, quirky and ‘famously forgotten’ characters a... Read more »| 06 Feb 2014 -
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Behaviour Festival programme unveiled
Behaviour is the annual festival of live performance hosted and curated by Glasgow venue The Arches. Their 2014 programme was unveiled late last week, with a huge raft of new productions, world premieres and groundbreaking performances announced Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
ShowsThis Wide Night @ Tron Theatre
Written by Chloë Moss, and directed by David Greig, the award-winning play This Wide Night comes to the Tron. The play examines ho... Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
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Rantin' on Tour
The National Theatre of Scotland is bringing new work Rantin to ‘intimate venues’ around Scotland this January and February. In these welcoming, ... Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
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1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett @ Summerhall
Co-produced by Tightlaced Theatre and Sporadic Music, under the direction of Susanna Mulvihill, 1933: Eine Nacht Im Kabarett travels back to Berlin on the da... Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
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Open Access Arts: Cachín Cachán Cachunga! turns 5
Cachín Cachán Cachunga! turns five this February Read more »| 27 Jan 2014