Saturday, August 24, 2024
From meta-theatrical mayhem to dreams of freedom and escape in three shows from the Fringe's closing days
L’Addition, Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:54AMThursday, August 22, 2024
Jewish gangsters and ice-cold adolescents in two strong shows at Summerhall
REVENGE: After the Levoyah, Summerhall ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:18AMWednesday, August 21, 2024
Two solo shows merge poetry, rap, spoken word and theatre to compelling effect
Òran, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:48AMTuesday, August 20, 2024
Boys playing girls playing boys in two joyful queer shows at the Pleasance Dome
Ni Mi Madre, Pleasance Dome ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:03AMMonday, August 19, 2024
A troubling take on the climate emergency and a pile of suitcases containing tall tales in two intimate shows at Summerhall
Bellringers, Roundabout @ Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:06AMTuesday, August 13, 2024
Unexpected twists in relationships mark out two dramas at the Traverse Theatre
The Sound Inside, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:53AMSaturday, August 10, 2024
Mental health and food form the themes behind two strong dramas at the Traverse Theatre
In Two Minds, Traverse Theatre ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:43AMTuesday, August 6, 2024
Two strong Fringe shows merge truth with fiction - to very different ends
The Mosinee Project, Underbelly Cowgate ★★★★
In May 1950, a small US town awoke to hammer-and-sickle flags…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:27AMSaturday, August 3, 2024
From post-breakup blues to sweet-shop conflagrations in three early Fringe shows
Heartbreak Hotel, Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:30AMTuesday, February 13, 2024
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 01:48AMSaturday, February 10, 2024
A 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 02:42AMThursday, January 18, 2024
Gothic 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 05:06AMFriday, December 15, 2023
Grit, 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 05:24AMThursday, November 2, 2023
A 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 09:06PMMonday, October 16, 2023
An 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 08:43PMMonday, October 9, 2023
The 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 08:03PMSaturday, August 26, 2023
Intrusive 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 04:25AMFriday, August 25, 2023
Government-mandated coupledom and intractable conflicts in two Fringe shows at Summerhall
Distant Memories of the Near Future, Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:25AMWednesday, August 23, 2023
A 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 03:55AMMonday, August 21, 2023
Two strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions
The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:33PMSunday, August 20, 2023
Climate 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 11:33PMSaturday, August 19, 2023
Warm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz
Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:07AMFriday, August 18, 2023
Communicating with the far future and dream-like shadows for children in two contrasting shows
PLEASE LEAVE (a message), Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:13AMThursday, August 17, 2023
Three 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 05:13AMTuesday, August 15, 2023
A 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 04:13AMMonday, August 14, 2023
Illicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results
Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:13AMSaturday, August 12, 2023
Sinister 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 02:13AMFriday, August 11, 2023
Overwhelming 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 06:33AMThursday, August 10, 2023
Our 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 02:13AMWednesday, August 9, 2023
Three outstanding shows at the Traverse Theatre tackle unexplored life choices, uncertain trauma and Section 28
Heaven, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:13AMTuesday, August 8, 2023
Male violence, Greek myths and a modern-day cyclops in three strong shows
Stuntman, Summerhall ★★★★★
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:19AM 
