Pleasance Dome, EdinburghWhether tap dancing, singing Abba's Money, Money, Money or lamenting the limitations of bargain-shop 'pound pants', the Welsh cast are cheeky and defiant Emilie Parr…
The Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghPersonal trauma, the horrors of migration and religious rhetoric feature in an impassioned narrative that ultimately feels more private than shared Man…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghLester Purry is at home performing the late playwright's breezy yet purposeful collection of stories from his youth, in its European premiere In the hands of a less…
Festival theatre, EdinburghIvo van Hove directs a mesmerising four-hour adaptation of a divisive novel that unpicks privilege, abuse and psychological damage When Jude St Francis cuts his wr…
Leith Academy, EdinburghThe audience are cast as climate refugees in an immersive show that weaves together issues of class, power and politics Climate campaigners have been sounding the ala…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghShona Cowie combines traditional storytelling with physical theatre in a show about Maggie Osborne that posits her as more entrepreneur than witch As w…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghMaria MacDonell and Jo Clifford consider the classic Hans Christian Andersen story and don't shy away from nature's cruelty I'm no fan of seagulls " on…
Summerhall, EdinburghThe true story of a Sydney suburbanite who organised a campaign to save some local bushland and kickstarted a whole environmentalist movement Towards the end of this one…
Wee Red Bar, EdinburghAn adaptation of David Keenan's novel about a Scottish band who nearly supported Sonic Youth is lovingly detailed A few years ago, the director Stewart Laing invented a…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis four-strong cast imagine what it's like 'feeling safe all the time' in an urgent and impressionistic performance When they ask you not to take photos during…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghUsing letters written by survivors of the 1994 genocide to lost family members, Odile Gakire Katese's show is a tribute to the power of story Odile Gakire Kates…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLaura Horton's absorbing and sensitive play explores the impact of a much misunderstood disorder Sophie looks at her clothes and says she sees them as "versions…
Roundabout at Summerhall, Edinburgh Sam Ward takes hints from his audience to imagine how their lives could go from here, in a bittersweet contemplation of fate There is a joke in Waiting fo…
The Hub, Edinburgh Liz Lochhead's Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity, in this National Theatre of Scotland staging Everybody is …
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Welsh's band of unruly misfits reunite " 15 years older " in an intense, dark farce that rushes to a conclusion all too soon For all that the characters of Tra…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghA Nigerian couple seeking asylum on the grounds of sexual persecution are put to the test as the government's probing questions seep into the cracks of their relation…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghDaniel Hoffmann-Gill restages his father's funeral to give his eulogy the audience it deserves in this tender, honest show I write as someone who got a laugh…
Pitlochry Festival theatreDavid Greig's two-hander adapted from Charlotte Higgins's nonfiction book about our ancient past is a sweet meander There can't be many plays in which the emotional…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghUsing a VR headset and an empty stage, Tim Crouch puts his audience at one remove from the Shakespeare play to comment on the world and theatre itself On the back wall…
Summerhall/Traverse, EdinburghA pair of fringe plays by James Ley delve into sex parties and mechanophilia, with romance, plenty of wisecracks and a disarming feelgood cheer Who would have t…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPlaywright Ben Norris takes the ethical problems with self-driving cars as a metaphor for human uncertainty As we freewheel into the era of the self-driving car…
Just the Tonic Nucleus, EdinburghExploring the late Nirvana star's life and death, Workman delivers a darkly beautiful hour of spoken word Kurt Cobain did not die a poetic death, says Cassie…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghIsla Cowan stars in her own play about a young professional driven by callous men and unequal status to bare her fangs Fight, flight or freeze. Those are our response…
Summerhall, EdinburghHaley McGee performs a funny and wistful solo show that chronicles turning 25 and explores the decades ahead How did Haley McGee grow so wise? You would expect a solo fr…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThis epic drama charts characters from Colombo in the 50s, through the civil war, before settling in Sydney Two young lovers are considering the future after meeting a…