Lung theatre company: 'The fringe is a space where people believe in theatre's impact'
Touring theatre company Lung makes work that blurs the line between art and activism. Co-artistic directors Helen Monks and Matt Woodhead tell
Touring theatre company Lung makes work that blurs the line between art and activism. Co-artistic directors Helen Monks and Matt Woodhead tell
On the eve of their late mother's birthday the Pelican sisters " Joy, Storm, Sage and Maya " return to the family
Kieran Hurley's play makes a triumphant return to the Traverse for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Premiering in December last year and
This slick, smart production by New Light Theater Project is rooted in truth. In 1942, a group of 15 young women were
1927's new show takes the form of a tapestry of folk tales, or "folk jokes" as the company terms them. The style
Actually " Trafalgar Studios, London Anna Ziegler's last play in the UK was Photograph 51, starring Nicole Kidman. Her 2017 play about
Daniel King isn't satisfied. He's comfortably off and he's recently become a father, but he still feels there's something missing in his
Caroline Horton begins her new show by saying sorry. This is not the show she'd hoped to make. During its creation she
Anya Tate-Manning's charming and gentle storytelling show is about the loss of a friend, but also more generally about the bonds that
Adopting a child is a complicated and emotionally testing process, as Daf James' play for Paines Plough's Roundabout space makes clear. It's
Appropriating the slogan from the infamous ad campaign, The Roaring Girls' autobiographical show is less an exercise in body positivity, more of
One of the emerging themes in this year's festival is that of care, both of one's self and of others. Rachel and
In 1965, Gloria Szymanski, a 30-year-old American woman, allowed herself to be filmed while engaged in therapy sessions with three different therapists
Meghan Tyler's Crocodile Fever is a play of gleeful excess. Set in south Armagh in 1989, it's a wickedly twisted tale of
Shit Theatre's Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole do a very convincing job of suggesting that their work is slapdash and thrown together.
Dritan Kastrati was 11 years old when his parents sent him on a treacherous journey from his home in northern Kosovo across
Luka likes porn. A lot. She watches it at work. She watches so much of it that her boss has started to
One of the rules of Milo Rau's manifesto for NTGent states that the goal of theatre is not to depict the world,
Walrus Theatre scored a big Edinburgh Fringe hit with 2015's Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Sam Steiner's deft, elegant play about relationships
Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation " Festival Theatre Studio, Edinburgh Writer and theatrical experimenter Tim Crouch presents a new piece for
How much of our lives do we remember? Are there benefits to forgetting? Luca Rutherford's nuanced, thoughtful show explores the role that
Essie is losing her grip. She's lost her job and split with her girlfriend. She feels like one of those folding chairs.
A sense of instability permeates Stef Smith's play. By the end the world feels on the verge of collapse. Toni (Amanda Wright)
Dael Orlandersmith's compassionate exercise in documentary theatre explores the aftermath of the shooting in 2014 of Michael Brown, a young black man,
Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley's 2017 show The Believers Are But Brothers was an intricate, intelligent exploration of online radicalisation that augmented