Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghSongs, physical comedy and clever design come together in Theatr Iolo’s adaptation of Arnold Lobel’s offbeat story, aimed at over-fivesArnold Lobel was a …
Summerhall, EdinburghGabe Winsor’s inventively staged tale is charming and sweetly lo-fi, but the emotion never quite clicksDeep sea diving and plumbing the depths of family history make a…
Summerhall, Edinburgh The comedian brings a calm authority to her tale of a haunted house and digs out maximum horror from a minimal stagingSome shows work their magic on you slowly but Kirs…
Edinburgh comedies by Whisper Theatre, Lightning Rod Special and Olaf Falafel are exploring what it’s like to be a dad, from the hilarious and melancholic to the devastatingly accurate cri…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghA handstand artist and a juggler slide, toss, stack and stand on umpteen glasses without a drop of wine in sightThis Swedish circus two-hander begins with the perform…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspectionThe sign says Plumstanton Library but this…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghMelissa Firlit recreates Dirty Dancing in a one-woman show that mixes trivia, personal memories and a singalongDirty Dancing was the first VHS in our house: snaz…
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe choreographer combines a homophobic killing from 2012 with a remembrance for his father in an often rapturous show about healingIn 2019 at the Edinburgh intern…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThe acrobats in this symphony of ins and outs build and break tension as they clamber over the set togetherFour performers enter the auditorium and walk among us but …
Summerhall, EdinburghWith physical and vocal agility, the tricksy clown duo trigger an avalanche of misinformation in this feverish treatHere is a show every bit as breathless as its title, …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBoth outrageous and tender, this stellar follow-up to Main Character Energy gives new meaning to body languageTemi Wilkey serenades us, asks if we fancy her and…
Summerhall, EdinburghSeed Dance Company deliver a show that builds in intensity as it riffs on imprisonment and estrangementTaiwan’s Seed Dance Company visited the fringe in 2024 with a ra…
Zoo Playground, EdinburghDante Passarelli’s play, part of the São Paulo Showcase, is an atmospheric hour borrowing themes from HamletThis year’s fringe variously puts Hamlet in the Big …
Summerhall, EdinburghEvery comment sparks suspicion in Oisín Kearney’s bold play about a meeting between a mother and a social workerIf you book a seat for Good With Faces you might only …
Disney production ran in Bristol earlier this year and its stars Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks will resume their roles at Theatre Royal Drury LaneThe Greatest Showman, the 2017 Hugh Jac…
Assembly @ St Andrew Square, EdinburghA lusty adaptation by Avenue Q’s co-creator is performed with verve by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter and her fellow studentsNot every under…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAndy Roninson’s tribute to a friend who died aged 21 combines original rock, soul and folk songs in a considered exploration of griefThey say don’t speak il…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Actor Keron Day draws on his experiences of getting along, or not, with live-in carers to give a pithy account of a complex relationshipThe stories told by Patch of Blu…
Rebecca Lucy Taylor leads David Hare’s rock’n’roll drama, Michaela Coel tells us Chewing Gum Dreams and Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo stars in a murder mysteryLike a time capsule …
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonA lesser-known selection from the composer and lyricist’s archive is full of heart and humour, swinging between cabaret blues and pop bangersHow do you m…
The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its directorWho is your Dracu…
New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to bec…
The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is backRosamund …
London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that owns 20-plus venues in UK and abroadThe Bridge theatre in Lond…
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in EnglishJames Norton is to take on his first major Shakespearean stage role…