Monday, August 12, 2019
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSaturday, August 10, 2019
Traverse theatre, EdinburghDael Orlandersmith transforms into her characters, dispassionately inhabiting their reactions to the shooting of black teen Michael Brown by a white policeman
Dael…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMFriday, August 9, 2019
Roundabout, Summerhall, EdinburghCharley Miles’s multifaceted but tightly focused play is about the complex, envy-laced relationship between siblings
The title of Charley Miles’s play is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA woman with postnatal depression fixates on a homeless man in this uncomfortable drama in which only one of the characters seems real
Katie Guicciardi’s one-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMThursday, August 8, 2019
Summerhall, EdinburghInspirational hashtags, cute dogs and marriage don’t cure depression, says Demi Nandhra in her gleefully silly yet deeply important take on mental health
Every year no…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Summerhall, EdinburghThough it is unashamedly bleak, there are fragments of brightness as Caroline Horton’s show recognises mental health as something that ebbs and flows
Caroline Horton o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM★★★☆☆/★★★★☆Summerhall, Edinburgh/Assembly Roxy, EdinburghIn two bold new shows, fathers and their children are caught in a damaging cycle of love and betrayal
Our fathers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMMonday, August 5, 2019
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIt’s not a new message but it’s made with charm and comedy in this three-hander about how women’s bodies are policed
Remember that weight-loss product ad …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNew Diorama’s beautifully crafted play casts doubt on titillating tales of the notorious serial killer, but can’t escape the clutches of morbid fascination
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PMSunday, August 4, 2019
Summerhall, EdinburghWith a flurry of feathers and splash of water, Kim Donohoe and Pete Lannon ask how much can ever know another creature
At a moment when we urgently need to reassess our …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMSaturday, August 3, 2019
Underbelly, EdinburghPoltergeist’s mischievous show asks how we determine the worth and meaning of artworks
A plastic shoe, scuffed around the edges, sits atop a white plinth. A figure st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMFriday, August 2, 2019
Mass extinctions, carbon emissions and freak storms will feature at a festival where artists are finding new ways to raise the alarm
‘I no longer think of this as a technological problem. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMWednesday, July 31, 2019
York Theatre RoyalSongs and music by the Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon sparkle in this vivid adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic that might please adults more than kids
Summer holidays …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMTuesday, July 30, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterKandinsky reawaken Manchester’s radical past in an imaginatively staged drama that fuses history and myth
Today, computers are taking our jobs. At the turn of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMSaturday, June 15, 2019
Composer Emily Howard, poet Michael Symmons Roberts and immersive theatre company ANU on MIF’s bicentennial Peterloo commemoration
Look closely as you walk through the streets of Mancheste…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMFriday, June 14, 2019
Seven Arts, LeedsChildren’s theatre company Tutti Frutti use physical playfulness and ingenuity to tell a story about the importance of communication and friendships
Friendship, as adults …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMWednesday, June 12, 2019
On the surface, Driving Miss Daisy looks like a timely choice of revival. The play explores the relationship between an African American
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMMonday, June 3, 2019
Ambassador, Bradford At the pub, the night before her untimely death, the acclaimed playwright spars with her younger self in this tender adaptation of Adelle Stripe’s novel
Andrea Dunbar�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMWednesday, May 29, 2019
Scarcroft Allotments, YorkThe DIY charm of Mikron Theatre and Nick Ahad’s new show is a good match for the resort’s brand of family fun
The Redcoat, as one character in Nick Ahad’s new…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMTuesday, May 28, 2019
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterSet in the 60s, the hidden histories of men up against repressive homosexuality laws have an intense emotional force in Kathrine Smith’s production
When playw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSunday, May 5, 2019
Various venues, LeedsWith interactive surveillance games, reconstructions of student protests and interventions in a shopping centre, the biennial festival reconfigured audiences’ relation…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMTuesday, April 9, 2019
Theatregoers in York and Manchester have been recruited to bring fresh ideas and talent to the cities’ stages in revolutionary programme initiatives
‘How do we bridge the gap between the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:53AMThursday, March 28, 2019
Live theatre, Newcastle Social cohesion and toxic masculinity are big topics confronted with verve by new writers through Live’s showcase Elevator festival
The topic of social housing seem…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46AMMonday, March 25, 2019
Headlong theatre company’s latest production, Acts of Resistance, plugs into people power in four communities across the country
In the days after the EU referendum, Headlong theatre compa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMThursday, March 21, 2019
Crucible, SheffieldThis across-the-decades Park Hill musical is cleverly staged, moving through idealism, dilapidation and gentrification
Rising above Sheffield station, the buildings of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMMonday, March 11, 2019
Leeds PlayhouseAmy Leach’s thriller-like version of Shakespeare’s tragedy gives familiar lines a revelatory ring: there is zero suggestion that Tessa Parr is playing a male role
It’s r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMFriday, March 8, 2019
Home, ManchesterSleepwalk Collective’s dreamlike show riffs on nostalgia, technology, climate change and the glamour of opera
From the title of Sleepwalk Collective’s new show, you might…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:37AMFriday, March 1, 2019
Theatre Deli, SheffieldKaty Dye gives a powerful performance deconstructing the idea of sexy innocence and society’s worship of feminine youth
In contemporary society and pop culture, ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThursday, February 28, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterJude Christian’s solo show confronts historical brutality and personal heritage by dwelling in the grey areas
It’s hard to pin down Nanjing, Jude Christian’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMMonday, February 25, 2019
Various venues, YorkThe annual experimental showcase serves up a strange, compelling programme of dance, performance and live art
Outside York Art Gallery, as tourists and tunic-clad visitor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMThursday, February 14, 2019
Royal Exchange, ManchesterIt’s 2080 and Europe is in shreds in Anna Jordan’s new version of Brecht’s play, which has a compelling central performance War – what is it good for? Busin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AM 
