Monday, 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 " that tr…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:43PM[SHARE]Monday, 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 co-p…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:03PM[SHARE]Saturday, 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: The Arts Desk at 04:25AM[SHARE]Friday, August 25, 2023
Government-mandated coupledom and intractable conflicts in two Fringe shows at Summerhall
Distant Memories of the Near Future, Summerhall ★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, 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: The Arts Desk at 03:55AM[SHARE]Monday, August 21, 2023
Two strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions
The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:33PM[SHARE]Sunday, 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: The Arts Desk at 11:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 19, 2023
Warm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz
Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:07AM[SHARE]Friday, 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: The Arts Desk at 04:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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: The Arts Desk at 05:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, 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: The Arts Desk at 04:13AM[SHARE]Monday, August 14, 2023
Illicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results
Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:13AM[SHARE]Saturday, 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: The Arts Desk at 02:13AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 ★â˜�…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:33AM[SHARE]Thursday, 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 …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:13AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Three outstanding shows at the Traverse Theatre tackle unexplored life choices, uncertain trauma and Section 28
Heaven, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:13AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Male violence, Greek myths and a modern-day cyclops in three strong shows
Stuntman, Summerhall ★★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:19AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 5, 2023
Three solo shows at Summerhall cover family secrets, untrodden life paths - and poultry celebrity
The Death and Life of All of Us, Summerhall ★★★★
Victor Esses…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:13AM[SHARE]Monday, May 22, 2023
Celebration 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: The Arts Desk at 01:48AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 20, 2023
It 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: The Arts Desk at 03:03AM[SHARE]Monday, February 13, 2023
Zinnie 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 power…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 6, 2022
Kingship, 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: The Arts Desk at 01:49AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 23, 2022
An 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: The Arts Desk at 03:42AM[SHARE]Monday, August 22, 2022
A 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: The Arts Desk at 06:54AM[SHARE]Friday, August 19, 2022
Two 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: The Arts Desk at 05:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 16, 2022
James 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 …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 13, 2022
A multi-layered, multi-generational theatrical epic is one of this year's stand-out offerings
First, a bit of housekeeping. Maybe it was the three-and-a-half-hour duration, or maybe the unfa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:33AM[SHARE]Friday, August 12, 2022
Two performer-less shows on the theme of work set the audience to - well, work
Temping, Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★
Sarah Jane is away in Hawaii. But don't w…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2022
Theatre about theatre? There's plenty of it about at the Fringe: here are two fine examples
Every Word was Once an Animal, Zoo Southside ★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:25AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Three shows at the Traverse take in gritty realism and no-holds-barred farce
The Last Return, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:07AM[SHARE]Monday, August 8, 2022
Two shows at Summerhall explore issues of identity - though with contrasting outcomes
Boy, Summerhall ★★★★
Nature or nurture? It's the perennial question behind so m…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:24AM[SHARE] 
