Thursday, August 22, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThese games lampooning business jargon and CV exaggeration are relatable and initially amusing but soon start to drag
A grabby title and a clear concept sell ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMSummerhall, EdinburghIn a compelling collaboration with Bryony Kimmings, the German company Still Hungry deconstruct, satirise and celebrate the circus
Three women are remembering their intr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh A sequinned ‘RaveRend’ and his sidekick Trev help the audience banish sadness in this ebullient hour
Anointed with glitter paint, taking our seats to a sco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMTuesday, August 20, 2024
Trafalgar theatre, London With four actors playing 130 parts, this revival of Patrick Barlow’s take on the spy film is fitfully funny but ultimately frustrating
‘Think of the strain invo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AMSunday, August 18, 2024
A zesty courtroom drama about cakes (or biscuits?) and a combat epic using dozens of jelly teddies offer sweet and sour clashes at the festival
The sweet spot for Edinburgh fringe comedy is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMSaturday, August 17, 2024
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghWith superb performances, Julia Grogan’s lyrical and often extremely funny play follows three young women’s friendship
There are raucous teenage kicks i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:46AMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghWes Peden shows off his skills with hoops, pins and balls, while his humble pleasure in performance sweetens the stunts
If juggling follows breaking to become an Olym…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMAssembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghIn the Taiwan Season, a spirited trio deliver acrobatic antics – and their mischief spills into the audience
‘Don’t try this at home,” childr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, August 16, 2024
Zoo Southside, EdinburghAcrobatics, juggling and carpentry are fixed together in a humorous and lightly unsettling production in the Made in Germany showcase
Power drill? Check. Hammers? Pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AMPleasance Dome, Edinburgh This comedy puts the audience inside the giant wooden ruse, alongside a cast who add fizz to a show with real interest in the classical age
Here is an alternative t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:47AMWednesday, August 14, 2024
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBased on real interviews, these verbatim-style sketches are often candid and funny, with some emotional revelations
Jeremy rubs his nipples and calls Meryl’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghLessons at the pool expand to take in slavery’s legacy, Olympic achievement and Afrofuturism in an assured play by Somebody Jones
The depths plumbed by So…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMMonday, August 12, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghDoom-scrolling and dopamine hits take centre stage in this arresting show in the festival’s Taiwan Season
You may not recognise the word but you will know the behaviou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBettina Paris and Tina Rizzo play sisters who care for their father from different countries in a sincere two-hander
Bettina Paris’s play has a scenario that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AMSunday, August 11, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghIn an often raw performance that retains a light touch, Yolanda Mercy delivers a bittersweet and valuable reflection on the theatre industry
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20AMSaturday, August 10, 2024
theSpace @ Niddry Street, EdinburghCult clown duo Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland play muddy-kneed boy scouts in this knockabout comedy with an emotional punch
At the fringe, despite the predo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16AMSummerhall, Edinburgh Friends facing an uncertain future attend a boisterous party in this authentically played, vibrant drama
Luton has one of the youngest populations in the country. Playw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFriday, August 9, 2024
Summerhall, EdinburghJulia McDermott is captivating as a presenter whose all-American smile cracks in the face of environmental nightmare
Scorchio! The Fast Show’s persistently sunny forec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMWednesday, August 7, 2024
Park theatre, LondonTawni O’Dell’s raw, reflective account of real-life trauma is more diary than drama, making for an often jarring production
When her daughter was raped, novelist Tawn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMTuesday, August 6, 2024
With catchy tunes and endless zingers, this hit comedy is finally on a London stage but only for two nights. When will it get a full run? That is the question …
What’s the sign of a good…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMThursday, August 1, 2024
Get a taste of Edinburgh fringe, enjoy Shakespearean insights from illustrious actors and sing along with a handful of musicals in our pick of streaming shows
Lindsay Duncan shines in the Na…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMFriday, July 26, 2024
Hammersmith Apollo, LondonPlayed at the volume of a pantomime, this makeover of the fairytale favourite is flatly unadventurous
You might have walked into the Emerald City. The art deco audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, London Gleefully batty caper finds one of the weird sisters in hot cauldron water after making reckless promises of a very bright future to a passing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMSunday, July 21, 2024
Orange Tree theatre, LondonFinn Cole plays swimmer Ray, whose life enters choppy waters when performance-enhancing drugs are discovered at his club
A pair of swimming briefs is quite the cos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24PMFriday, July 19, 2024
The French choreographer took over Bausch’s dance company in 2022. He never met his hero, but explains how their histories have entwined
In 2023, the German choreographer Pina Bausch’s g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:02PMOpéra Grand, AvignonNoé Soulier’s new piece has six dancers, five musicians and one fixed camera which picks out details from individual and entwined figures
For his new creation, French…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48AMThursday, July 18, 2024
La FabricA, AvignonBausch’s 1978 classic is presented six times, interspersed with memories of the performers, in this epic treatment by Boris Charmatz
Since Pina Bausch’s death 15 years…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMChartreuse de Villeneuve, AvignonThere is gallows humour and unzipped ribaldry as a mischievous group share stories that are joyful, tender and sometimes eye-watering
Warning! The people in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSunday, July 14, 2024
County Hall, LondonVisitors get stuck in when they enter the world of 32 Windsor Gardens, thanks to a merry immersive show boasting hands-on games and evocative design touches
Michael Bond�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMThursday, July 11, 2024
After six years at Pitlochry, the admired director known for ‘big-hearted theatre work’ takes reins at major producing centre
Sheffield Theatres have appointed Elizabeth Newman as artist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMTuesday, July 9, 2024
Hampstead theatre, LondonIn Sarah Power’s emotionally acute three-hander, 17-year-old Bo struggles to keep her father’s alcoholism a secret from her new college friend
It’s a familiar …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM 
