Theatre is supposed to reflect society, challenge and change but how can it do that when its programming doesn't fully embrace the full gamut of ethnicity, sexual orientation and balance of …
I booked my ticket for Penelope Skinner's new play, Angry Alan, before the Fringe started and it has subsequently won a Fringe First Award which raised expectations " and it didn't disappoin…
I walked out of Queens of Sheba feeling a bit teary in a kind of happy/sad/exhilarated way. It's the first Fringe play I've seen that has evoked such a strong emotional response.
Part exploration of love and relationships in extraordinary circumstances, part tutorial in creative ego clashes (or how not to write a play) You Only Live Forever is a new comedy by Viscera…
It's a story that sweeps you up in a mixture of warmth, humour and tragedy.
Su Pollard's Birdie, like the play Harpy, isn't the persona she presents. The wit and humour give way to something that feels like an emotional punch in the gut.
You feel like you are eavesdropping on a conversation at the table next to you " The Approach is utterly compelling and its resonance lingers long after you've left the theatre.
There is no doubting Killymuck's powerful message, it is moving and tough but there is also love and laughter along the way.
Simon Evans and David Aula have written and are performing in not one but two shows back to back at the Fringe: The Vanishing Man and The Extinction Event.
There is good writing here and some good ideas but it loses its way. The Journey is the story of a romance set on a lonely spaceship but it's also a play within a play, the trials and tribul…
If you've watched Peaky Blinders then with Incognito Theatre's Tobacco Road you'll be on familiar territory.
Writer Madeline Gould's pitch black play Ladykiller perverts stereotypes to explore female criminality but more than that. Her (Hannah McClean) uses female stereotypes to her murderous advan…
Not content with performing one play at the Edinburgh Fringe director/performers Simon Evans and David Aula are performing two - back to back. The two plays - The Vanishing Man and The Extin…
Award-winning writer/director Kat Woods returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Killymuck. Here she talks about breaking working-class stereotypes - and why you should always perform like it's …
We know right from the start how this play is going to end, the story is the journey: What leads three teens to step over the edge?