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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Interviews'Insurgent Theatricality' at Arika's Episode 12
Founding member of Arika, Barry Esson, and leading Afro-Brazilian theorist Leda Maria Martins speak to us about time, performance and solidarity beyond a fixed theatre Read more »| 05 Nov 2026 -
ShowsOperation Mincemeat @ King's Theatre, Edinburgh
With a chameleonic cast and an impressive array of twists and turns, smash hit WWII musical Operation Mincemeat lives up to the hype Read more »| 04 Nov 2026 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: November 2026
This November, Scotland's theatres look to the past through anniversaries, revisited works and forgotten histories Read more »| 30 Oct 2026 -
InterviewsConstant Community: 20 years of Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
We speak to Andrew Eaton-Lewis at the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival about 20 years of platforming lived experience-led art Read more »| 21 Oct 2026 -
ShowsScottish Theatre Highlights: September 2026
From cannibal killers to Greek tragedy, September has plenty to get stuck into after Edinburgh's Fringe frenzy Read more »| 03 Sep 2026 -
FestivalsWhen Prophecy Fails @ Studio Theatre
Groupwork Theatre’s Edinburgh International Festival offering finds the pulsating dissonance between the sublime and the banal Read more »| 31 Aug 2026
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FestivalsTaverna Miresia – Mario, Bella, Anastasia @ Church Hill Theatre
Mario Banushi's portrayal of his family's grief makes for an absurd and unflinching Edinburgh International Festival production Read more »| 31 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsGameplay @ Pleasance Dome
Carmen Collective's latest Fringe offering is an inventive and unsettling collision of history, sound and storytelling that asks us to imagine the unimaginable Read more »| 28 Aug 2026 -
Festivalsnot for glory @ Dance Base
Malin Lewis, Jack Anderson and Charlotte Mclean's dissection of traditional dance and piping is a thrilling reflection on what it means to love and own one's art Read more »| 26 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsHANG TIME @ The Lyceum
Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard’s cutting play on racialised violence in America is a work of gut-wrenching genius Read more »| 24 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsMayflies @ Brown's of Leith
Grid Iron grip us in the teeth of 1980s post-industrial Manchester in this exuberant, heart-splintering performance of Andrew O'Hagan's novel Read more »| 24 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsMohan: A Partition Story @ Pleasance Courtyard
Niall Moorjani and percussionist Sodhi paint a picture of history, lineage and empire through lyric and beat Read more »| 24 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Besties 2026: Week Two Winners
Dracula: Lucy's Dream, dance shows Border Bodies and not for glory, and the wild-eyed Basil Crumbwick are among the winners at this week's Besties awards Read more »| 22 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsThe Singer @ Traverse Theatre
Cora Bissett's latest gig theatre production blends song, spoken word, sign language and a strong storyline into a joyous, jubilant whole Read more »| 21 Aug 2026 -
FestivalsFour Walls and a Roof @ Studio Theatre
Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué probe past versus progress when it comes to emigration, censorship and freedom of expression Read more »| 21 Aug 2026