Assembly @ Dance Base, EdinburghA sunny mashup of music accompanies choreographer Marc Brew’s feelgood coming-of-age storyMarc Brew made the acclaimed show An Accident/A Life in 2024, with…
Two Edinburgh fringe shows feature savage send-ups of reviewers. Is this petty revenge or do they have a case? Our writer finds one ‘a hoot’ – and thinks the other let him off lightlyN…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAs a half-horse half-woman who dreams of being a unicorn and performing Swan Lake, Schaal sheds little light but has plenty of sparkleFor a happy handful of yea…
Assembly @ St Andrew Square, EdinburghA lusty adaptation by Avenue Q’s co-creator is performed with verve by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter and her fellow studentsNot every under…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAndy Roninson’s tribute to a friend who died aged 21 combines original rock, soul and folk songs in a considered exploration of griefThey say don’t speak il…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis one-man comic play, told at breakneck speed and featuring West Side Story-like dance-numbers, is highly entertainingIt’s as if Joseph Morpurgo had never …
theSpace Triplex, EdinburghFour skaters enter into feral competition in this darkly funny yet flimsily plotted play about female teenhoodThe title refers to the figure-skating legend and Oly…
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…
Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Letícia Rodrigues takes on the titular challenge in this show about shame, rage and how female bodies are surveilledA smiling woman steps on to the weighing scales …
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, EdinburghVengeance for a slaughtered pig is the starting point for a riotous parody that suggests the meat industry poses an existential threat to human survivalThat’s my next …
Filmed versions of hit shows such as Hadestown, Hamilton and SIX have been transformed into cinematic events for those without hundreds to spend on ticketsIt’s long been a source of frustr…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThis is a spiky, interrogative and surprisingly conventional set from an act who usually pushes standup to its limitsYou can fall victim to your own high standards �…
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…
The Old Vic, London The suburban romp of envy and infidelity in two different homes comes bouncing back to life with a fizzing cast led by Roger AllamEarly in a career that reaches 92 plays …
Barbican, LondonThe multi-platform phenomenon makes its way to the stage, with all the supernatural hijinks, J-horror tropes and emotional intensity intactWe know that people like to dress u…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe painter and his lover are played with real intensity by Alistair Hall and Peter Clements, in a visceral psychodrama of contained violence and sadnessThe fam…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Actor Keron Day draws on his experiences of getting along, or not, with live-in carers to give a pithy account of a complex relationshipThe stories told by Patch of Blu…
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…
Underbelly, Bristo Square, EdinburghAudience members are invited to examine what they will do with their lives in this earnest shared thought experimentIf you could hold the years of your li…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghA comic on the verge of the big time offers a ‘very silly hour’ around the highways and byways of her lifeA former winner of the Sean Lock award for comic origina…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh There is crackling chemistry between Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell while their washing gets done but this play remains a puzzleNames go missing like lost…
The designer defined the glory days of 90s style with a wit that made him every supermodel’s best friend. As he gears up for a new cabaret show, he’s as outspoken as everThere’s a lot …