2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
On almost my final day in Edinburgh, I went to see Samira Elagoz's Cock, Cock…Who's There? at Summerhall, which was part of
After 40 years running Polka Theatre, Stephen Midlane is retiring. He tells Lyn Gardner about working with world-famous children's authors, why it's
1. The smell of Toast in Nigel Slater's Toast at the Traverse. The lemon meringue pie was pretty good too. More fringe
"It's time to free ourselves from the obsession with the perfectly formed, beautifully diverse audience," declared Nicholas Hytner in the Sunday Times
Have we reached peak fringe? It was a question asked at the Devoted and Disgruntled session at Fringe Central on Monday discussing
In recent years, a great deal has been written and discussed about the toll that a month at the festival can take
"At this point, you might be thinking you'd like to exchange your ticket for Thor and Loki, the musical," says US soldier
As we enter the third week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, companies, producers and programmers will be making plans to tour their
Plenty of people think that all the Edinburgh Fringe does is generate rubbish. That may be unfair to the shows that receive
Waiting in queues is usually dull. But on the fringe, I love queues, largely because they are such a terrific source of
Every show and every venue is under scrutiny during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but few experience the level of examination that the
So, you are Fergus Linehan, and you are programming the Edinburgh International Festival. What to do? Do you look to find shows
It is easy to be swept away by enthusiasm at the fringe. I know I am guilty of it. I find it
Many companies and artists currently in Edinburgh will be looking to tour their shows after the festival. It's one of the reasons
Every morning in Edinburgh I pass through a courtyard where gaggles of students take it in turns to warm up for their
For many theatremakers, the festival is fraught with financial risk and competition for punters, but it can provide rocket fuel for an
Twenty years ago, the standing ovation was almost unheard of in British theatre. Even on press nights, giving a standing ovation was
The Austrian playwright Peter Handke once wrote a play called Offending the Audience, which was designed to do just that. The history
The Scout movement's motto is "Be Prepared", and it's a good one to adopt for anyone performing at the Edinburgh Fringe where
I have been in Edinburgh since Wednesday. I always love these first few days of the festival before the city becomes crazily
In Hamlet, the Danish prince commissions a troupe of players to perform at King Claudius' court in Elsinore. Shakespeare own's company, the
Camille - the first tart with a heart - has inspired countless plays and films. But her life, says Lyn Gardner, was far from romanticOn February 5 1847, the prostitute known as Marie Dupless…
The Stage criticism survey makes for fascinating reading, and I don't say that because I and other writers for The Stage did
A country childhood instilled in Elizabeth Freestone a love for touring. After leaving her 'dream job' with Pentabus Rural Theatre, she tells
In Daniel Kehlmann's The Mentor, seen at the Ustinov in Bath and in the West End last year, F Murray Abraham played
