Traverse theatre, EdinburghA high-school English teacher and his former star pupil meet in a brothel in Kieran Hurley's new play With this uneven three-hander, Kieran Hurley has fielded two …
Zoo Southside, EdinburghPolish company Song of the Goat strip Titus Andronicus back to tell a brutal tale of postwar violence, betrayal and revenge If you are going to tell Shakespeare's tal…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghReflecting on feelings, dating and brotherly love, Nathan Queeley-Dennis's first drama is fun and frothy This one-man show by Nathan Queeley-Dennis is writt…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghThree characters take stock of their low-key lives in Angus Harrison's cleverly plotted show If Chekhov were writing today, maybe he would be setting his pl…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghIn Miriam Battye's comedic tour de force, Her and Him go through the motions of getting to know each other Given the survival of the species depends on it, …
Traverse, EdinburghLaurie Motherwell's avoidance of cliche is commendable, but it does leave this tale of a get-rich-quick scheme with little sense of jeopardy Playwright Laurie Motherwell i…
Pleasance @ EICC, EdinburghSouth African actors replay the brutal events of the US's formation as a catalogue of poverty, struggle, violence and pain We know the story. We have heard it told…
Traverse, EdinburghIsobel McArthur's gag-filled farce takes place in a bland modern hotel with a previous life as an opera house Early in Isobel McArthur's head-spinning new comedy, there is…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghPlaywright Ed Edwards frames the story of a juvenile offender through the lens of colonialism In his 2018 play The Political History of Smack and Crack, Ed …
Traverse, Edinburgh A mother is overwhelmed by postnatal depression, just as her musician partner gets a big break, in this heartfelt show drawn from life There is a tremendous amount of hea…
Traverse, Edinburgh A couple gradually face up to the emotional life choices they've made, in this compellingly acted, exquisitely written play by Eugene O'Brien It is a game we all play. …
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh The traumatic secret at the heart of Glenna Morrison's play hits the audience as a shock " but would the drama be greater if we knew all along? Many people hat…
Summerhall, EdinburghWelsh-Iranian musician Roshi Nasehi spins her heritage into standup that is most impressive when she works the stories into sound pieces Having established herself as a…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNamed after a song by Elina Alminas's Estonian father's favourite band, Depeche Mode, this show takes on the boorish failings of the former Soviet republic Pleas…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghWittily drawn historical drama follows self-effacing leader ill-equipped to deal with the encroaching Nazi menace If you think actor Joseph Cullen is cartoonish at t…
Williamson Park, LancasterSam Jones brings innocent charm to the role of Jules Verne's hero in an outdoor version that roams around the park if not quite the globe Jules Verne's caper is a g…
Glasgow Botanic GardensBard in the Botanics stages Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic novella as a tense three-way struggle that asks big questions about human nature It is not quite a Dylan-g…
Director John Young energises this medieval community-theatre tradition with a dynamic and dreamlike journey from the crucifixion to the last judgment It is an inspired idea to present the M…
What can the ancient sport of backhold wrestling tell us about today's struggles over unity and tradition? Our writer heads to the Highlands to see On the far side of the field, a girls' foo…
Manchester international festivalThe audience tour the city listening to a series of voice notes sent by a world-weary survivor. But this promenade performance falters with its form and sens…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterKimber Lee's punky polemic circles through pastiches of Madama Butterfly, South Pacific and M*A*S*H, dissecting years of racist, imperialist and misogynistic tropes…
Hope Mill theatre, ManchesterCoronation Street's Christine Mackie gives a passionate performance as the raging patriarch in a production that has moments of invention but too little clarity …
Pitlochry Festival theatreKirsty Stuart's Blanche is convincingly respectable in this revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, before she spectacularly unravels It must be tempting for an …
Vanya, adapted by Simon Stephens, will see Scott tackle all of the characters in Chekhov's play Andrew Scott is to return to London's West End to play every character in Uncle Vanya. The sta…
Northern Stage, Newcastle upon TynePoliticians' glib statements frame the struggles of one man confounded by a bewildering welfare system, in an adaptation of the Ken Loach film that both mo…