Traverse theatre, EdinburghHumanity and understanding permeate Gabriel Jason Dean's play inspired by a real-life relationship but awkward questions remain unasked Families fell out over Brex…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghPanto dame Dorothy Blawna-Gale is sharp-tongued and lovable but the hilarity is underpinned by creator Johnny McKnight's personal story She stands before us in a b…
Summerhall, EdinburghIn Bed With My Brother's story of cult band the Shaggs is a furious and funny rallying cry against patriarchy and perfection If fringe favourites Sh!t Theatre had a mili…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghMaking her fringe debut, the EastEnders star plays a tribute act to the Hollywood legend in this dreary drama Rarely has the cult of celebrity alighted on someone wi…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis tremendous solo show by Jade Franks uses deep rage and deadpan wit to skewer the ruling class She has glittery nail extensions and her hair scraped back. O…
Summerhall, EdinburghEmma Howlett's play spins several stories " including those of astronomer Vera Rubin and a PhD student " with a light touch There are known knowns, there are known unkno…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn a confident verbatim show, Priyanka Shetty snaps from voice to voice to create a rich vision of the social fabric torn by the 2017 Unite the Right rally atta…
Underbelly Bristo Square, EdinburghAlex Hill's boisterous one-man show teases a trade-off between the belonging and camaraderie of football fandom and personal stability Football is coming h…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Niall Moorjani plays a storyteller facing public execution for joining an uprising against India's colonial rulers When it comes to c…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHalf lecture, half nightmare, this high-precision performance blurs the line between medic and patient in a Victorian asylum for mentally ill women In 19th-cent…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAaron Pang's sweet yet sharp one-man show about the mismatch between his erotic desire and physical capability needles the audience's need for comfortable resol…
Williamson Park, LancasterColourful adaptation with pretty original songs makes the most of a family promenade in the park, as Hope Yolanda's energetic hero searches for Toto Who needs Esp…
Royal Court, LiverpoolMotherland writer Helen Serafinowicz transforms a dubious account about the footballer and his then girlfriend into a storybook tale of broad-stroke comedy Sometimes fa…
Grosvenor Park, ChesterThe debonair detective heads north for this breezily daft mystery featuring a missing masterpiece, vicious nuns and a full-bodied rendition of I Will Survive We think …
As Brendan Gleeson prepares for his role in a revival of the 1997 hit, the stars of earlier productions toast its deceptively moving and profound barfly banter Appearances are deceptive. On…
Tron theatre, GlasgowDouglas Maxwell's monologue about a dog walker moves from lighthearted to maudlin as it evokes a world in limbo A few blocks down the road on Argyle Street, a stall is p…
Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere, the joy of pickling, a landmark jazz album and…
Pitlochry Festival theatreRichard Baron and Ellie Zeegen's play follows the writer from wide-eyed child discovering nature in rural Scotland to feisty care-home resident The title comes fro…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeIsabella Rossi, making her debut, gives Arthur Berry's drama of working-class life a burst of colour and energy The first word ever spoken on the New Vic stage w…
Various venues, Edinburgh Delightful shows for youngsters include surreally inventive shadowplay and backstage chaos, while Greg Sinclair brings tricky phrases to life using a cake and someo…
Horden Methodist Church, County DurhamEnsemble '84 generate an exhilarating racket in this gutsy rendition of Brecht's play about the thirty years' war The noise is constant. It is in the …
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh Martin Green's play, set in a village still traumatised by the miners' strike, follows a young musician under pressure from all sides Towards the end of Martin Green'…
Collaboration with Thom Yorke is worth hype in tragedy played with clarity and verve In all the hype around the collaborators on this co-production between the Royal Shakespeare Company and …
Live theatre, NewcastleThe Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson's evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath Emilie Robson's insinuating ne…
Tron theatre, GlasgowA quick-witted trio star in three plays, in roles ranging from an Ulster unionist Homer Simpson to a pandemic prophet If you were the gambling kind, you would have hedge…