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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ShowsA Grain of Sand @ Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
A lyrical solo performance about a child surviving Gaza’s devastation, A Grain of Sand blends folklore and testimony to insist on bearing conscious witness to genocide Read more »| 16 Mar 2026 -
MusicEdinburgh International Festival announces 2026 programme
Edinburgh International Festival returns with a programme around the theme of All Rise. Highlights include a new version of Angels in America, Missy Mazzoli's opioid opera The Galloping Cure and an intimate gig from corto.alto Read more »| 11 Mar 2026 -
ArtCCA Glasgow: What We've Lost
With the CCA in Glasgow now in liquidation, its staff left jobless, and its windows boarded up, we speak to some of the artists and programmers who use this space and ask what we've lost in the wreckage and what we can salvage if the CCA returns Read more »| 05 Mar 2026 -
InterviewsJoanna Bowman on climate crisis play The Trials
In Dawn King's The Trials, teens hold adults accountable to a catastrophic climate in the near-future. Our writer speaks to director Joanna Bowman about exploring praxis through theatre in times of crisis Read more »| 03 Mar 2026 -
ShowsThe Events @ Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
The Events pulls the audience into its community before probing the psychology of white supremacist violence. While provocative and timely, emotionally and politically, it doesn't quite go far enough Read more »| 02 Mar 2026 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: March 2026
Myth and musical nostalgia shape March’s theatre offerings, along with political reckonings and reliable bits of brightness Read more »| 27 Feb 2026
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ShowsThe Great Wave @ Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
A visually mesmerising premiere from Scottish Opera, The Great Wave paints a portrait of Hokusai that never quite reaches an emotional high tide Read more »| 20 Feb 2026 -
ShowsBalancing in Freedom @ Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
A deeply personal hour with storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist Iddo Oberski offers insights into what it means to be human, and what it means to be free Read more »| 04 Feb 2026 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: February 2026
February places Manipulate Festival within Scotland’s theatre rota once more, joined by inventive re-workings of the classics across puppetry, opera, ballet and contemporary drama Read more »| 02 Feb 2026 -
InterviewsManipulate Festival explores the absurdity of empire
As Manipulate Festival returns to Edinburgh, we explore the intersection of absurdity and political satire at the festival through two of its shows – Auntie Empire and Coffee with Sugar? Read more »| 30 Jan 2026 -
ShowsThe Shawshank Redemption @ Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
David Esbjornson’s take on the novella and film is buoyed by stellar performances all around, offering the glimmers of hope audiences expect from this beloved tale Read more »| 23 Jan 2026 -
OpinionEnvisioning a Theatre For All
Looking into a new year, this month's writer pulls back the curtain on shallow diversity schemes in theatre – and points to new roots from which he and all can thrive Read more »| 16 Jan 2026 -
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Scottish Theatre Highlights: January 2026
Scottish theatre in January eases us out of festive excess and into a colder, more contemplative moment Read more »| 07 Jan 2026 -
InterviewsThe Skinny on... Alan Cumming
Pitlochry Festival Theatre's Artistic Director Alan Cumming looks forward to a busy 2026 by taking on our Q&A Read more »| 05 Jan 2026 -
ShowsBirds, Beasts, Banter: Scottish Christmas Theatre round-up
We take a tour of Glasgow and Edinburgh’s family Christmas theatre offerings with an actual child in tow Read more »| 17 Dec 2025