Wiltons Music Hall, London The affecting tale of Jews escaping persecution to find new beginnings in Canada a century ago is a rollicking piece of folk music theatre Old Stock is a pleasantl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMDominion theatre, LondonJay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh have chemistry in the lead roles but this revival is flat and insipid, and the story’s sexual politics are still a problem For a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSurrey House, Goldsmiths College, LondonA two-night stay in a simulated care home, recreated with exceptional intricacy, probes the line between care and control I urinate into the cup and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMMinerva theatre, ChichesterA woman’s withering agency is examined through nostalgia and regret, in Cordelia Lynn’s rewrite of the tragedy Cordelia Lynn’s bleak, modern-day rewrite of H…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMWhen the curtain falls on a marionette’s show, they’re put out to pasture, given a facelift – or turned into burglar deterrents ‘This thing is alive, this thing is alive, this thing …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSix years after its debut, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s monologue is back in the theatre after its tearaway success on TV. We sent three millennial critics to watch it Related: Sexy, subversive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMThe festival is over for another year but plenty of its theatre, comedy and dance hits have announced dates around the UK CollapsibleBreffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghIn a thrilling piece of theatre, a grieving woman immerses herself in quotidian distractions oblivious to three dancers who invade her space Complex, raw and ins…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMSummerhall, EdinburghBert and Nasi’s ramshackle duet explores the end of the world and of their relationship in tender, silly, heart-rending style As doomsday draws near, this impossibly b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghTeddy Lamb untangles the difficulties of relationships in a bold monologue that is bursting with love The ache of lost time is contained in this delicate monologue gr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMSummerhall, EdinburghEmma Frankland plays a winged guide to a burning world in this charged and vulnerable piece about fighting for one’s survival This is a play of knives and fireballs. M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMSummerhall, EdinburghJulia Croft’s performance art piece takes you from the edge of a black hole to the eye of the hurricane in The Wizard of Oz. It’s all very confusing The stars lie by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMRebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole’s latest show started off exploring Brexit, then turned darker. No wonder they hand beer to the audience and down shots on stage To try and win the lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMA trio of performers – Harry Clayton-Wright, Louise Orwin and Rachel Mars – grapple with sexuality in disarming ways Edinburgh’s collective pulse has been raised over the course of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36PMRoundabout, Summerhall, EdinburghDaniel Ward’s bold autobiographical show for Middle Child Theatre describes life for a working-class black kid at an otherwise posh white grammar school Da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMZoo Southside, EdinburghUsing music, Greek myth and family history to explore dementia, this rousing gig/show is intimate and epic This storytelling concert is a tribute to the power of mus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMPlan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMSummerhall, EdinburghBritish sign language interpretation adds energy to a dreary show in which doppelganger radio hosts mock an echo chamber of debate Grey suits, grey hair, grey static. In…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMPleasance Dome, EdinburghWarping the conventions of theatre, this exhilarating play lays waste to the sky-high expense of the festival of which it is a part At once a love letter and a massi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AMUnderbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThe National Youth Theatre’s dynamic and maximalist meditation on social media puts the Facebook CEO on trial – and makes him tap dance In a recent New York…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMAssembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghIn this intimate show backed by a live harp, the effortlessly charming comedian expounds on platonic, brotherly and romantic love At one end of St P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMLeith theatre, EdinburghThe performance poet absorbs all of the uncertainty and anger of our times, and pours it into ferocious, apocalyptic music that both wounds and heals Rarely can a roo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMSummerhall, EdinburghTheir script adapted from interviews with young carers, a young trio trade heartbreaking stories of unpaid and unsupported custody of their parents Brutal but beautifull…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMAssembly Roxy, Edinburgh The unflinching artist skewers prejudice against working-class people as he puts the audience through an uncomfortably abrasive hour of soul-searching This is a deli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghDespite a solid solo performance from McLean Peterson, there’s little funny about the president’s refusal to act on gun control Is Trump not yet beyond satir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLucy McCormick rips up the rulebook with Post Popular, a hedonistic history lesson that is trashy, volatile ... and honest Utterly indelicate and completely unp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMUnderbelly, EdinburghBarrel Organ are on the trail of something in this bewildering piece of devised theatre, but something’s not right My notes are full of question marks. In a retreat fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghOn display like a bust in a museum, Breffni Holahan is superb in this Beckettian monologue by Margaret Perry Breffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMKing’s Head, LondonA tentative tale of lesbian love is unengaging, but the fraught story of a cross-dressing queen and a sailor is shattering and compelling★★☆☆☆/★★★★☆ …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMSecret location, LondonBest experienced in a group, this immersive dining experience is exquisitely designed - if the food seems an afterthought As a hairy monster swells towards me in its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMShe unleashed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Edinburgh fringe. The former actor with the Midas touch tells us her recipe for a hit show ‘We had wine. It was late.” Producer Francesca Moody …
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