Two vicious dissections of class and identity might just leave you reeling Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today The Stand's New Town Theatre ★★★★★ …
Captivating and macabre, 1927's new show marks a partial return to their own origins A fat cat who gobbles up everything in sight. A king who tests his wife's fidelity with increasingly horr…
Three contrasting shows tackling climate change and mass extinction Sea Sick CanadaHub ★★★★   She's not a performer, Alanna Mitchell tells us. She's …
Ravishing physical theatre on the beginnings of life from Theatre Re Physical theatre company Theatre Re are virtually Fringe royalty these days, with a several-year history of fine shows un…
Three contrasting shows at CanadaHub tackle racism, climate change and clowning Deer Woman CanadaHub ★★★  Â
Pantomime excess in Meghan Tyler's wild but unconvincing new comedy Chekhov famously pronounced that if you're going to bring a gun on stage, you've got to use it. Is the same true for a cha…
Intellectual playfulness in Milo Rau's recreation of a gay hate crime Who'd have thought a play about a homophobic hate crime could be so much fun? Well, maybe that's overstating things a li…
Confusion reigns in an overly ambitious take on technology, time and climate catastrophe You can't question Javaad Alipoor's ambition.
Two compelling examinations of femininity and masculinity at the Traverse Theatre Enough ★★★★   Immaculately turned out in winning smiles, navy and nylo…
New staging brings the iconic 1983 movie's themes and characters into sharper focus 'Cult' is probably an over-used adjective, especially when it comes to movies. But there's undoubtedly som…
Psychedelic Shakespeare feels rather too charming for its own good"Well, that was really sweet," one young audience member in front of me remarked on his way out of Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatr…
The British master-director settles for vaguely Beckett-inflected bafflementOf the Edinburgh International Festival's three productions by 2018's resident company, Paris's Théâtre des Bo…
Playful visual trickery and gnomic bafflement at the International Festival Home ★★★★  Â
Two striking explorations of sexual identity stop short of grabbing the emotions La maladie de la mort ★★★  Toxic masculinity in all its appalling variety is a …
Three intimate storytelling shows at Summerhall offer mixed insights Orpheus ★★★★ Â
Two superb - and very different - examinations of what defines our identity Nigel Slater's Toast ★★★★ Â
Toxic masculinity and reflections on identity at the Fringe's newest venueLaunched just last year to celebrate the country's 150th anniversary, CanadaHub has quickly become one of the E…
Racial politics and gun culture dissected in two provocative shows at the Traverse Underground Railroad Game ★★★★★Â
Cycles of abuse, a health service polemic and a celebration of silliness Coriolanus Vanishes ★★★★Â
A brutal assault on liberal values, and exquisite dance/theatre/cinemaUlster American ★★★★★Â
Enoch Powell's 'rivers of blood' speech re-examined in flawed but timely playYou've got to hand it to David Greig. The artistic director of Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre has show…
Grief, loss, unending pain - and critics talking out of their backsides Meet Me at Dawn ★★★★★
Comedy, tragedy and a whole lot more at Paines Plough's pop-up RoundaboutPike St ★★★★
Alan Ayckbourn's vast dystopian fantasy feels cosy rather than alarmingA society that segregates men and women, prescribes what women can learn, read, wear, even which words they can sa…
Three compelling shows on identity - gender and otherwise - at the Traverse TheatreEve ★★★★Transgender issues are high on the agenda at this year's Fringe, with th…