Roundabout at Summerhall, EdinburghDating apps and cute cat gifs are stifling a couple’s ability to communicate in Eve Nicol’s play for Middle ChildWhat’s a monogamist to do in the age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSummerhall, EdinburghShould Jon stay or should he go? That is the question in a drama of short sentences, questions and heavy sighsBig Aftermath of a Small Disclosure is a play. The play is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMAssembly George Square theatre, EdinburghKaren Cogan is compelling as a pleasure-seeking thirtysomething in this vivd solo show staged by Fishamble and Soho theatreYou can imagine another wr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMSummerhall, EdinburghA sobering examination of British children caught in media crossfireIn the spring of 2014, what was the Trojan horse? Was it the Islamist doctrine allegedly smuggled int…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMThe Edinburgh festival’s Big in Belgium season features daft whimsy, a Eurovision anthem and a headlong charge into uncomfortable territoryWhen the Smiths released Paint a Vulgar Picture ,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PMRoundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghA desperate love story is set against a broader picture of government hostility in Ed Edwards’ gritty two-handerAccording to this urgent two-hander, the n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMSummerhall, EdinburghIn monologue and song, Chris Thorpe explores nationality, identity and not accepting the story you’re given about BrexitChris Thorpe says his one-man show is not about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMTraverse, EdinburghA history lesson on the American civil war becomes an exploration of race relations in the US today but soon stirs up ugly racist sentimentsMost arguments about inequality…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AM★★★☆☆/★★★★☆ Traverse/Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghIn two new works, the playwright contrasts how the disenfranchised struggle to wrest control from a system they cannot i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghSome signature sex gags raise the odd laugh and a late religious theme intrigues – but really, the end can’t come too soonWhen Frank Skinner was on the way up as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMGilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghThe IT Crowd actor turns playwright with this subtle monologue play in which three studio sitters bare their emotional woundsThe trick to writing a monologue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTraverse, EdinburghThe activist-comedian takes the temperature of universal healthcare and delivers a grave diagnosisMark Thomas is standing centre stage, feet splayed, shoulders feeling the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMUnusual musicals abound at the fringe, from an F1 spin on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash hit to a satire on ‘inspiration porn’For a mainstream art form, the musical comes in many odd shape…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis gripping production revives 17th-century court transcripts – and thumbscrews – to show just how little society has changedBy rights, a verbatim report o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSerena Manteghi gives a high-voltage performance but the story feels far too familiar in Christopher York’s play for the Stephen Joseph theatreIt’s not only…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMTraverse, EdinburghIn David Ireland’s brilliantly brutal satire, things get horribly out of hand when two men and a woman meet to discuss putting on a West End playTwo men are debating whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMTraverse, EdinburghJulie Hesmondhalgh’s superb turn as narrator lights up these comic tales about the universal significance of loveIn festivals past, the Traverse has showcased a beguilin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMTraverse, EdinburghA parent-teacher meeting becomes a microcosm for privilege and exclusion in a subtle, well-acted three-handerThe entrance of Sarah Morris’s Donna is delayed. “I though…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTraverse, EdinburghPolly Frame’s bereaved mother is consumed by thoughts of revenge as Martín Zimmerman’s mesmerising tale of a school massacre hits homeIn the Alice in Wonderland logic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMPart philosophical meditation, part fantasy, Marguerite Duras’s 1982 novella La Maladie de la Mort comes to the stage in a hi-tech Edinburgh festival show There’s something about Marguer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMWilliamson Park, LancasterLucy Jane Parkinson’s D’Artagnan is equal parts swagger and vulnerability in a jolly, summery promenade productionBeing a horse, Christopher Bianchi’s Planche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMTron, Glasgow Love-struck pop hits punctuate the regency matchmaking in this raucous, yet surprisingly faithful, all-female adaptationIt’s not Jane Austen’s fault. When the author publis…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMPitlochry Festival theatreLiz Carruthers directs a sprightly, good-looking revival of Barrie’s romantic 1902 hitValentine Brown is trying to persuade Phoebe Throssel that age is no barrier…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMOctagon, BoltonThe audience enjoy a Cliff singalong on the top deck as they soak up the feelgood hit of the summerSometimes the stars align and fate smiles on a production. When Elizabeth Ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMState cinema, Leith In an atmospheric derelict venue, the Golden Trailer Collective explore anti-terror detentions in a play that could commit more to its eccentricitiesA cuckoo festival wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMTheatres in Scotland played host to the dazzling stagecraft of Robert Lepage, a striking Titus Andronicus and raucous but close-harmonising schoolgirls This summer, I was lucky to get two bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24AMTraverse, Edinburgh, and North Edinburgh Arts CentreBaba Yaga, a delirious take on Slavic folklore, and the masterful one-man show Stick By Me offer joyful explorations of rules and how to b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04AMHe has blazed his way through theatre and opera. Now, the great director Calixto Bieito is reflecting on his fears in a highly personal concertThe scene is northern Spain, some time in the e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMCorn Exchange, HaddingtonCharlie’s Angels meet the Andrews Sisters in this entertaining and melodic meditation on griefYes, it is aimed at the over-eights, but Eddie and the Slumber Sister…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghStewart Laing directs August Strindberg’s drama about a man wheedling his way into his ex-wife’s marriageIf the men’s rights movement is looking for a spokesman,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMTraverse, EdinburghA mother’s fear that her toddler has been abused sends her into a nightmarish state of anxiety in Frances Poet’s playWhen Iago causes Othello to doubt himself, it only…
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