Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSasha Frost sparkles as a curious and vulnerable Kay searching for her birth parents, but this unfocused production fails to capture the intimacy of the soul-searching…
A trio of performances " Daniel Bellus in Beat, Alexander Fox in Snare and Mick Berry's Keith Moon: The Real Me " put drums centre stage It must be something to do with being at the back al…
Robert Softley Gale's show Purposeless Movements turns the involuntary gestures of cerebral palsy into choreography Becoming a parent for the first time can be nerve-racking for anyone. Know…
Summerhall, EdinburghIn a series of autofictional shows, Traumboy and Traumgirl offer insights of varying quality amid the intimate revelations and erotic dancing 'I'm not the person most pe…
Traverse, EdinburghMale psychotherapists feel the heat in pantomimic telling of a true story about the voyeuristic exploitation of a female patient's private disclosures If you search online…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghThe 1927 company became darlings of the festival scene after their first fringe outing, but this showcase of traditional tales lacks urgency When the Margate co…
Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThis slight drama, in which a woman sifts through old possessions and memories, leaves so much unsaid one wonders if there is any meaning at all The premise of …
Traverse, EdinburghSet in South Armagh during the Troubles, Meghan Tyler's anarchic and OTT revenge fantasy hits back at the patriarchy and turns into a bloodbath It turns out Killing Eve wa…
The Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghTim Crouch plays a messianic cult leader prophesying catastrophe in a formally adventurous show about the dangers of environmental fatalism And, lo, as…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThere's lots to love about the polished and fizzy scenes of this family drama, but too many themes leave its message unclear There's lots to love about this sho…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghFrances Barber stars as Zelig-like chanteuse Billie Trix, in this one-woman spinoff from the band and Jonathan Harvey's 2001 musical Closer to Heaven Despite her glo…
Your home, EdinburghDaniel Bye enlists the help of his five-month-old son in an unpredictable hour-long exploration of nature versus nurture A show can have the same words, same actors, same…
Zoo Southside, Edinburgh The pioneering Ontroerend Goed company takes on a conceptually daring view of environmental apocalypse Three years ago, the pioneering Belgian company Ontroerend Goe…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVolunteers are game in YESYESNONO's lively show that uses drama-school exercises to investigate the nature of truth Jim from the Wardrobe Ensemble has been invi…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghIn her playwriting, Sheila Atim puts a female scientist on stage with the pharaoh to chat about music, men and misrepresentation Sheila Atim, the Olivier awar…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghEve Nichol's play combines songs from the Glasgow band's well-loved album with an ambiguous narrative 'We're seeing other people " at least that's what we say we are…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghBreaking down a thrown burger into its constituent ingredients is a way of confronting assault in this sassy, humane show Behind Travis Alabanza is a container ful…
Summerhall, EdinburghThis vivid production shows both sides of the care system through the eyes of a nurse and a patient The spirit of Nye Bevan floats over Alan Harris's monologue for Natio…
Summerhall, EdinburghCardboard Citizens' gutsy and gut-wrenching stories of the homeless focuses on people instead of just grim statistics Someone at Cardboard Citizens has noticed a pattern…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJessica Ross doesn't come anywhere close to making moral or dramatic sense of why four nurses killed elderly patients How to account for the four Austrian nurse…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNicola Wren deploys considerable charm in a not-really-showbiz story of childhood pantos, movie bit-parts and self-acceptance The Edinburgh fringe is good at bri…
Songs in the Key of Cree, Deer Woman and Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, three shows by Canada's Indigenous artists, are presented at the Edinburgh festival This summer, Canada's National Inqui…
Traverse, EdinburghJavaad Alipoor's kaleidoscopic show delves below the compellingly shocking behaviour to lay bare an epoch-spanning vision of human waste The sensation of racing a high-per…
Pitlochry festival theatreForbidden love blooms between Catholic and Protestant settlers in Nicola McCartney's razor-sharp study of cultural identity Imagine Romeo and Juliet transplanted se…
Glasgow Botanic Gardens A superb Nicole Cooper plays Hamlet as a fiercely wronged daughter, while a stripped-down version of Richard reveals an impulsive gambler on a wild streak ★★