End-of-days drama from centimetres-high clay figures, in a powerful collaboration from Scottish and Norwegian companies In terms of conveying monumental events using small-scale means, Edinb…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:48AMA shocking attack kicks off an audacious experience that makes its audience complicit, in Clare Duffy's ambitious but patchy show There’s been an incident in Edinburgh. Right near the Scot…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:42AMGothic excess mingles with more modern themes in a one-man transformation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella Evil walks among us. But it doesn’t arrive courtesy of mad scientists, bubblin…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:06AMGrit, authenticity and raucous comedy in a five-woman soccer show You can keep your Cinderellas, your Aladdins, your wannabe Lord Mayors of London. The way forward with Christmas shows is cl…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:24AMA Faustian fable of online influence crackles with energy and attitude You can almost feel the energy blazing off the stage in this fast, furious and fiercely funny two-hander from writer Ra…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:06PMAn all-female spin on Stoker's classic horror from the National Theatre of Scotland dares to challenge stereotypes An all-female production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula – well, kind of – t…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:43PMThe Scottish independence referendum is just one of the strands that Peter Arnott attempts to weave together in an unconvincing Chekhovian drama The title of Peter Arnott’s new play – a …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:03PMIntrusive thoughts and US abortion policy come under scrutiny in two Fringe shows CHOO CHOO! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have)), Pleasance Dome ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:25AMGovernment-mandated coupledom and intractable conflicts in two Fringe shows at Summerhall Distant Memories of the Near Future, Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:25AMA brutal history of America and an intimate examination of Scottish drug-related deaths in two powerful shows Dark Noon, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:55AMTwo strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:33PMClimate change gets an exquisitely beautiful, gently humorous treatment by two Belgian puppetry and mime companies A toy car – in fact, a mobile home with comically enormous antenna on top…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:33PMWarm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:07AMCommunicating with the far future and dream-like shadows for children in two contrasting shows PLEASE LEAVE (a message), Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:13AMThree one-on-one shows offer absolution, advice and a choreographed blind date With its throbbing crowds and its performers baying for attention (and for audiences), the Edinburgh Fringe can…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:13AMA patchy operatic send-up and an unflinching examination of dirt and degradation in two very different shows The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, Traverse Theatre ★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:13AMIllicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:13AMSinister supernatural forces, a broken Balkan childhood and a scream of fury for prison reform in three varied shows Casting the Runes, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AMOverwhelming power in a hybrid of Eastern and Western traditions, though a more modern take on female identity issues struggles to convince Trojan Women, Festival Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:33AMOur compulsion to consume and our acceptance of outsiders investigated in two visually impressive shows FOOD, The Studio ★★★ There’s no denying it: Los Angeles-born Geoff Sobelle …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AMThree outstanding shows at the Traverse Theatre tackle unexplored life choices, uncertain trauma and Section 28 Heaven, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AMMale violence, Greek myths and a modern-day cyclops in three strong shows Stuntman, Summerhall ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:19AMThree solo shows at Summerhall cover family secrets, untrodden life paths - and poultry celebrity The Death and Life of All of Us, Summerhall ★★★★ Victor Esses was 16 when he firs…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:13AMCelebration of Scotland's iconic comedy legend Billy Connolly is a moving portrait of a nation Anyone expecting to see the Big Yin himself, Gary McNair breathlessly explains as he dashes on …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:48AMIt might sometimes whizz by, but Lesley Hart's stage adaptation has all the power, passion and profanities you could ask for How do you cram a thousand-page novel, a cast of dozens and profo…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:03AMZinnie Harris reimagines Shakespeare to compelling effect, making the audience complicit You’d hardly call a director particularly perceptive for highlighting Lady Macbeth as the true pow…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:22AMKingship, tolerance and the trappings of power are among the many themes of Rona Munro's passionate, timely new play "The poem is real," intones entertainer-turned-courtier Ellen solemnly as…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:49AMAn energetic, lithe gig-theatre adaptation of Édouard Louis’s 2014 trauma memoir can't escape the book's limitations Those working-class people really are appalling, aren’t they? Racist…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:42AMA slow-burn gothic horror plays with our sense of reality to intelligently creepy effect In many ways, The Stones is what the Fringe is all about: a new theatre company (London-based Signal …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:54AMTwo plays by Scottish writer James Ley set out to shock, provoke – and provide belly laughs too Ode to Joy (How Gordon Got to Go to the Nasty Pig Party), Summerhall ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:18PMJames Thierrée joyfully collides together dance, mime, acrobatics, music and more - but what does it all mean? "I feel I owe you an explanation." That much James Thierrée concedes partway …
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