Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh With 50/50 gender-split casting, this comedy of disguise and identity enjoys a playful makeoverYou get a sense of the playfulness of Wils Wilson’s trippy take on Sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMFriday, September 7, 2018
Tramway, Glasgow The thwarted lover story, retold in dazzling Glaswegian Scots, has raucous spirit and flamboyant hairpieces but its verbal flourishes are lost in acoustic fogEdwin Morgan’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMTuesday, September 4, 2018
Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonA brutal score by Jerskin Fendrix is the driving force behind this bleakly topical reworking of Alfred Jarry’s Ubu RoiSince its premiere in 1896, Alfred J…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMThursday, August 23, 2018
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA man sits outside a prison in self-imposed punishment, in this philosophically provocative but dramatically inert dramaThe set is not a million miles from Druid Theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
The Studio, EdinburghStewart Laing sensitively takes Édouard Louis’s groundbreaking coming-of-age story from page to stageWhen Édouard Louis was growing up in a poor working-class villag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, August 21, 2018
Assembly Checkpoint, EdinburghFrom corrupt cartels to ‘snakehead’ smugglers, the journalist-cum-author presents a plain-talking breakdown of complex global illsWhen Misha Glenny ventured…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMMonday, August 20, 2018
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 01:54AMSaturday, August 18, 2018
Assembly 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 03:18AMFriday, August 17, 2018
Summerhall, 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 11:04AMWednesday, August 15, 2018
The 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 04:24PMSunday, August 12, 2018
Roundabout @ 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 07:32AMSaturday, August 11, 2018
Summerhall, 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 07:04AMFriday, August 10, 2018
★★★☆☆/★★★★☆ 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 09:06AMThursday, August 9, 2018
Pleasance 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 07:48AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
Gilded 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 02:18AMTuesday, August 7, 2018
Pleasance 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 08:42AMSunday, August 5, 2018
Traverse, 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 09:36AMSaturday, August 4, 2018
Traverse, 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 07:32AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
Part 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 03:32AMMonday, July 9, 2018
Williamson 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 08:32AMSunday, July 1, 2018
Tron, 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 02:12PMTuesday, June 19, 2018
Pitlochry 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 02:36AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
Octagon, 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 07:12AMSunday, June 3, 2018
State 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 10:12AM 
