Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghGrace McLean brings vocal and emotional range in the central role of Alex Bechtel’s Homeric song cycleShe is the one played by Anne Hathaway in Christopher No…
Underbelly, Edinburgh Maddie and Marcus Rice relate with words and songs the lessons passed on from one woman to a younger oneAn unexpected theme on this year’s Edinburgh fringe is assiste…
Festival theatre studio, Edinburgh Jaha Koo cooks up street-food treats for two lucky theatregoers as he reflects on how food preserves memory and cultural identity, with the help of a snail…
Royal Lyceum theatre, EdinburghThree men bicker and reflect like they’re chatting at a bar – yet this grimly beautiful piece of theatre at the Edinburgh international festival won’t le…
Pitlochry Festival theatreIain Heggie’s rejigged 2001 play – now ensconced in the world of voice notes and vapes – is very funny, but the lighter moments jar with some sobering subtext…
Pitlochry Festival theatreOliver Emanuel’s musical love story between tenement neighbours is told via origami gifts and restaurant receiptsIt started as a BBC radio drama in 2016, and was …
Traverse theatre, EdinburghMalaika Kegode delivers a supernatural story about the strange disappearance of a maudlin folk singerPlaywright and performer Malaika Kegode tops and tails this sh…
Traverse at Royal Lyceum Studio, EdinburghPaul Ready’s playwriting debut expertly utilises his bumbling acting persona to examine what is enough in our response to climate emergencyNobody …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAn unlikely relationship blossoms in Abigail Weinstock’s compelling and touching solo dramaIt takes a brave writer/performer to make her character a sociopath…
From wacky versions of The ABC Song to Quentin Blake’s eccentric Mrs Armitage, these five shows offer fun for young audiencesUnderbelly until 31 August Continue reading...
Summerhall, EdinburghLove stories ring across the generations in this charming fusion of traditional dance and music from two culturesConnections are found in surprising places. You can get …
Underbelly, George Square, EdinburghA real-life pub closure inspires a sensitive and subtle drama about friendship and community by John DinneenTwo years ago, it was reported that a pub in B…
Underbelly, Edinburgh The story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who succeeded in mailing himself out of bondage, is recounted rather than fully dramatisedHenry “Box” Brown is wrapped up in cha…
Studio Theatre, EdinburghRabih Mroué and Lina Majdalanie explore the playwright’s life, and their journey from Beirut to Berlin, in an absorbing show at the Edinburgh international festi…
King’s theatre, EdinburghPeople, ideas and scenes wash over each other in Ivo van Hove’s masterly staging at the Edinburgh international festivalCould Tony Kushner’s sprawling fever-dr…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghIn Cora Bissett’s highly enjoyable and accessible show, a deaf man reintroduces a busker to the joy of music‘There are other ways to listen,” says Joe (Jamie…
Summerhall, EdinburghFadi Murad’s unconventional drama is a collage structured with the free-form imagination of a poetLast year, a group of Scottish producers staged a four-day mini festi…
Summerhall, EdinburghHannah Maxwell quits doomscrolling and turns her attention to tech bros’ targeted assault on democracy and our smartphone-addicted complicityLast year, Hannah Maxwell …
Summerhall, EdinburghWith increasing speed, Sam Ward tells the story of a woman who finds holes in her garden – but is it just a shaggy dog story?And there is a man sitting at a desk, welc…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghAn encounter in a police cell with a Nazi officer could have been the end of the political theorist, but Jenny Lyn Bader’s play has little feel for the dramaticT…
Summerhall, EdinburghSet in purgatory, Emma Howlett’s two-hander rethinks the national intrigue with 5 NovemberNever play with matches is good advice – especially when gunpowder is invol…
Rear Warehouse, Brown’s of Leith, EdinburghTwo men look back on their hedonistic past from a sobering present in Grid Iron’s adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s novelThe site-specific spe…
Summerhall, EdinburghGregory Nussen spins Italo Calvino’s surrealist authorial intrusions into a fascinating, playful and political showHow to adapt an unadaptable novel famed for its post…
With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it … Dusk has set…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghWriter-director Eilidh Loan takes inspiration from her grandmother for this portrait of grief and religionEilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorc…