Traverse theatre, EdinburghPanto dame Dorothy Blawna-Gale is sharp-tongued and lovable but the hilarity is underpinned by creator Johnny McKnight’s personal story She stands before us in a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AMSummerhall, EdinburghIn Bed With My Brother’s story of cult band the Shaggs is a furious and funny rallying cry against patriarchy and perfection If fringe favourites Sh!t Theatre had a mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMGilded Balloon, EdinburghMaking her fringe debut, the EastEnders star plays a tribute act to the Hollywood legend in this dreary drama Rarely has the cult of celebrity alighted on someone wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis tremendous solo show by Jade Franks uses deep rage and deadpan wit to skewer the ruling class She has glittery nail extensions and her hair scraped back. O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMSummerhall, EdinburghEmma Howlett’s play spins several stories – including those of astronomer Vera Rubin and a PhD student – with a light touch There are known knowns, there are known…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn a confident verbatim show, Priyanka Shetty snaps from voice to voice to create a rich vision of the social fabric torn by the 2017 Unite the Right rally atta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMUnderbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghAlex Hill’s boisterous one-man show teases a trade-off between the belonging and camaraderie of football fandom and personal stability Football is coming…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMPleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Niall Moorjani plays a storyteller facing public execution for joining an uprising against India’s colonial rulers When it comes to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHalf lecture, half nightmare, this high-precision performance blurs the line between medic and patient in a Victorian asylum for mentally ill women In 19th-cent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAaron Pang’s sweet yet sharp one-man show about the mismatch between his erotic desire and physical capability needles the audience’s need for comfortable r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWilliamson Park, LancasterColourful adaptation with pretty original songs makes the most of a family promenade in the park, as Hope Yolanda’s energetic hero searches for Toto Who needs E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMRoyal Court, LiverpoolMotherland writer Helen Serafinowicz transforms a dubious account about the footballer and his then girlfriend into a storybook tale of broad-stroke comedy Sometimes fa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMGrosvenor Park, ChesterThe debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will Survive We think …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMAs Brendan Gleeson prepares for his role in a revival of the 1997 hit, the stars of earlier productions toast its deceptively moving and profound barfly banter Appearances are deceptive. On…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMTron theatre, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell’s monologue about a dog walker moves from lighthearted to maudlin as it evokes a world in limbo A few blocks down the road on Argyle Street, a stall is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMPeter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMPitlochry Festival theatreRichard Baron and Ellie Zeegen’s play follows the writer from wide-eyed child discovering nature in rural Scotland to feisty care-home resident The title comes f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeIsabella Rossi, making her debut, gives Arthur Berry’s drama of working-class life a burst of colour and energy The first word ever spoken on the New Vic stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMVarious venues, Edinburgh Delightful shows for youngsters include surreally inventive shadowplay and backstage chaos, while Greg Sinclair brings tricky phrases to life using a cake and someo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMHorden Methodist Church, County DurhamEnsemble ’84 generate an exhilarating racket in this gutsy rendition of Brecht’s play about the thirty years’ war The noise is constant. It is i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMRoyal Lyceum, Edinburgh Martin Green’s play, set in a village still traumatised by the miners’ strike, follows a young musician under pressure from all sides Towards the end of Martin Gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMCollaboration with Thom Yorke is worth hype in tragedy played with clarity and verve In all the hype around the collaborators on this co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32PMLive theatre, NewcastleThe Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson’s evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath Emilie Robson’s insinuatin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMTron theatre, GlasgowA quick-witted trio star in three plays, in roles ranging from an Ulster unionist Homer Simpson to a pandemic prophet If you were the gambling kind, you would have hedge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMPerth theatreTwo working-class lads become modern-day highwaymen in this adaptation of the Scottish film but the plentiful songs slow down the story One of the stories British cinema loves t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMTron theatre, GlasgowMartin O’Connor’s witty and provocative show casts the 18th-century equivalent of the Hitler Diaries in a fresh light Martin O’Connor calls it “the first Outlan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme Ambitious adaptation of Powell and Pressburger’s romantic fantasy is intelligently rendered, with well-chosen music added to the period mix The propaganda bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMÒran Mór, GlasgowMasculine pals who shudder at intimacy help grieving addict Donny find viral success and unlikely solace in this brilliant, funny three-hander Your standard group-therapy …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMLoch Ness Monster hunters have included the Chuckle Brothers – and even David Lean. As the Scottish icon is honoured in a new stamp and a stirring musical, we separate the classy from the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghAdapted from the film, this vibrant show has plenty of joyful foot-stomping, with a star who gives us the raw fragility behind the fanfare If you can’t be sentimenta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMPavilion theatre, GlasgowA fine cast capture the emotional damage and inarticulate anger at the lie they have all been sold in this taut no-nonsense production He lies to gain status. His e…
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