118 stories by "David Kettle"
Boys playing girls playing boys in two joyful queer shows at the Pleasance Dome
Ni Mi Madre, Pleasance Dome ★★★★Â
A troubling take on the climate emergency and a pile of suitcases containing tall tales in two intimate shows at Summerhall
Bellringers, Roundabout @ Summerhall ★★★★�…
Unexpected twists in relationships mark out two dramas at the Traverse Theatre
The Sound Inside, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
Mental health and food form the themes behind two strong dramas at the Traverse Theatre
In Two Minds, Traverse Theatre ★★★★Â
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 hamme…
From post-breakup blues to sweet-shop conflagrations in three early Fringe shows
Heartbreak Hotel, Summerhall ★★★★Â
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…
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 Scotti…
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, bubbling …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 ★…
Government-mandated coupledom and intractable conflicts in two Fringe shows at Summerhall
Distant Memories of the Near Future, Summerhall ★★★★
A brutal history of America and an intimate examination of Scottish drug-related deaths in two powerful shows
Dark Noon, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★
Two strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions
The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★
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 "…
Warm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz
Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★
Communicating with the far future and dream-like shadows for children in two contrasting shows
PLEASE LEAVE (a message), Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★★
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…
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 ★★★
Illicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results
Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★
Sinister supernatural forces, a broken Balkan childhood and a scream of fury for prison reform in three varied shows
Casting the Runes, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★
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˜�…
