Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSasha Frost sparkles as a curious and vulnerable Kay searching for her birth parents, but this unfocused production fails to capture the intimacy of the soul-searching…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMA trio of performances – Daniel Bellus in Beat, Alexander Fox in Snare and Mick Berry’s Keith Moon: The Real Me – put drums centre stage It must be something to do with being at the b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMRobert Softley Gale’s show Purposeless Movements turns the involuntary gestures of cerebral palsy into choreography Becoming a parent for the first time can be nerve-racking for anyone. Kn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMSummerhall, EdinburghIn a series of autofictional shows, Traumboy and Traumgirl offer insights of varying quality amid the intimate revelations and erotic dancing ‘I’m not the person mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMTraverse, EdinburghMale psychotherapists feel the heat in pantomimic telling of a true story about the voyeuristic exploitation of a female patient’s private disclosures If you search onli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMChurch Hill theatre, EdinburghThe 1927 company became darlings of the festival scene after their first fringe outing, but this showcase of traditional tales lacks urgency When the Margate co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMUnderbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThis slight drama, in which a woman sifts through old possessions and memories, leaves so much unsaid one wonders if there is any meaning at all The premise of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMTraverse, EdinburghSet in South Armagh during the Troubles, Meghan Tyler’s anarchic and OTT revenge fantasy hits back at the patriarchy and turns into a bloodbath It turns out Killing Eve …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThe Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghTim Crouch plays a messianic cult leader prophesying catastrophe in a formally adventurous show about the dangers of environmental fatalism And, lo, as…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThere’s lots to love about the polished and fizzy scenes of this family drama, but too many themes leave its message unclear There’s lots to love about this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMAssembly Rooms, EdinburghFrances Barber stars as Zelig-like chanteuse Billie Trix, in this one-woman spinoff from the band and Jonathan Harvey’s 2001 musical Closer to Heaven Despite her g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMYour home, EdinburghDaniel Bye enlists the help of his five-month-old son in an unpredictable hour-long exploration of nature versus nurture A show can have the same words, same actors, same…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMZoo Southside, Edinburgh The pioneering Ontroerend Goed company takes on a conceptually daring view of environmental apocalypse Three years ago, the pioneering Belgian company Ontroerend Goe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVolunteers are game in YESYESNONO’s lively show that uses drama-school exercises to investigate the nature of truth Jim from the Wardrobe Ensemble has been in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMGilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghIn her playwriting, Sheila Atim puts a female scientist on stage with the pharaoh to chat about music, men and misrepresentation Sheila Atim, the Olivier awar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMGilded Balloon, EdinburghEve Nichol’s play combines songs from the Glasgow band’s well-loved album with an ambiguous narrative ‘We’re seeing other people – at least that’s what w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMTraverse theatre, EdinburghBreaking down a thrown burger into its constituent ingredients is a way of confronting assault in this sassy, humane show Behind Travis Alabanza is a container ful…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PMSummerhall, EdinburghThis vivid production shows both sides of the care system through the eyes of a nurse and a patient The spirit of Nye Bevan floats over Alan Harris’s monologue for Nat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSummerhall, EdinburghCardboard Citizens’ gutsy and gut-wrenching stories of the homeless focuses on people instead of just grim statistics Someone at Cardboard Citizens has noticed a patte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJessica Ross doesn’t come anywhere close to making moral or dramatic sense of why four nurses killed elderly patients How to account for the four Austrian nur…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNicola Wren deploys considerable charm in a not-really-showbiz story of childhood pantos, movie bit-parts and self-acceptance The Edinburgh fringe is good at bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMSongs in the Key of Cree, Deer Woman and Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, three shows by Canada’s Indigenous artists, are presented at the Edinburgh festival This summer, Canada’s National I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMTraverse, EdinburghJavaad Alipoor’s kaleidoscopic show delves below the compellingly shocking behaviour to lay bare an epoch-spanning vision of human waste The sensation of racing a high-p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMPitlochry festival theatreForbidden love blooms between Catholic and Protestant settlers in Nicola McCartney’s razor-sharp study of cultural identity Imagine Romeo and Juliet transplanted …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMGlasgow Botanic Gardens A superb Nicole Cooper plays Hamlet as a fiercely wronged daughter, while a stripped-down version of Richard reveals an impulsive gambler on a wild streak ★★★�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMThe Lowry, SalfordFrom Henry V’s speech to Jona Lewie’s Stop the Cavalry, this illuminating production explores the ‘flawed family’ of Europe Way back at the start of the Brexit wars…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThe Stoller Hall, ManchesterWith fascinating – and frustrating – results, the actor plays a woman seemingly possessed by the ghost of the late Velvet Underground singer When 1980s Manche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMHow do you re-enact a homicide for a theatre performance – and should you? Director Milo Rau invited people who knew the victim to take part On 22 April, 2012, Ihsane Jarfi left a gay bar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMCrucible, SheffieldTransformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel’s book unmissable A tip for playwrights: when you want to fiel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMVarious venues, ManchesterIrish company Anu’s site-specific modern stories of struggle bring the radical spirit of 19th-century protesters to life This production is billed as a response t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMCurve, LeicesterAlice Walker’s novel is transformed into an exuberant celebration of community and female empowerment Incest. Child abuse. Rape. Domestic violence … the foundations of A…
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