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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ShowsBlindsided @ 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 -
InterviewsUp 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 -
ShowsBehaviour 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 -
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This 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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Shows
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 -
Interviews
Open Access Arts: Cachín Cachán Cachunga! turns 5
Cachín Cachán Cachunga! turns five this February Read more »| 27 Jan 2014 -
Shows
West Side Story @ The King's Theatre, Glasgow
West Side Story is often revered as the grand modern translation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, one of the masterpiece musicals of the 20... Read more »| 24 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
National Theatre of Scotland previews 2014 season, with Rona Munro, David Greig and others
This year, the National Theatre of Scotland tackles the question of Scottish identity head-on, presenting a programme of plays that engages with the history, the future and the character of the nation Read more »| 23 Jan 2014 -
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Virtually Reality @ Unity Theatre, Liverpool, 21-22 Jan
Unmanned drones are revolutionising military tactics; medical research is prolonging human longevity more and more; voice control, hands-free technology, Sir... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014 -
Interviews
Traverse 50: A Year Later
A year on from the Traverse Theatre's 50th anniversary, we speak to the up-and-coming playwrights who have been attached to the venue for the past 12 months about their big break, and the importance of new writing Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Festivals
Puppet State: Manipulate Festival 2014
Manipulate Festival returns for a seventh year with its repertoire of innovative international visual theatre and film Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
Festivals
Once More, with Feeling: re:play Festival 2014
Every year, re:play festival gives us the opportunity to see short-run or one-off theatre that we didn't catch over the last 12 months – and this year's programme takes some new steps Read more »| 07 Jan 2014 -
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A Panto, A Pie and a Pint: The Uglies @ Oran Mor
You know the story. Everyone does... but you don’t know this version. This time it’s all about the Ugly Sisters, as the Cinderella fairytale is g... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014