The Mill at Sonning, ReadingA fine ensemble cast deliver plenty of laughs and more in Robin Herford's terrific production of the playwright's intertwined tale of three couples Reviewing the …
The festival's top prize has gone to a warmly witty act, previously nominated for best newcomer, with the chops to become a household name So Amy Gledhill has won the Edinburgh comedy award,…
Zoo Southside; Dance Base, EdinburghA subtle Danish revamp of Romeo and Juliet goes head to head with German B-boys, an Australian spin on Russell Maliphant and a Scottish double bill of dyn…
The festival's relentless pace is demanding for performers, especially with an underlying health condition. Three acts explain how their month has gone An hour before she was due on stage fo…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers another intelligent and compelling hour, exploring sport, gender, trolls and her schooling When Chloe Petts got a regular Saturday morning …
The Studio, EdinburghFiction and reality blur in this unruly but utterly engrossing show, which blends documentary and theatre " and will stay with you long after you have left There seems t…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThe mesmerising Australian comic's song-laced, sassy and polemical set is a clarion call for queer expression Highest star wattage on the Edinburgh fringe? G…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh The Australian standup, nominated for the Edinburgh comedy award, delivers a restlessly zany sequence of songs and thumbnail sketches Promising a set more mem…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghActor-playwright Libby Rodliffe plays plate-spinning Bea, desperately working several jobs, in a monologue co-written with Isley Lynn Jobsworth is billed as a r…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh This show about body image doesn't always hold its focus, but Gledhill has a winning mix of northern mockery and good cheer 'I've had some good news, I've had…
Pitlochry Festival theatre Harry Mould's sweet and sexually frank debut focuses on the female volunteers at the Samaritans in the 1970s charged with talking to 'telephone masturbators' This …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThese games lampooning business jargon and CV exaggeration are relatable and initially amusing but soon start to drag A grabby title and a clear concept sell ti…
Lyceum, Edinburgh In David Ireland's complex two-hander, co-starring Sean Gilder, a troubled youth is persuaded to join the 12-step programme by a former addict There are few certainties in …
Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh It starts with boundless energy … then gathers momentum, as this comic's silliness builds a tale of desperate ambition Rob Copland rockets into the room, pure …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBeyond its larky interactive stunts and impersonations, the standup's restart-the-show gimmick coheres into an affecting personal story of redemption The First …
Summerhall, EdinburghIn a compelling collaboration with Bryony Kimmings, the German company Still Hungry deconstruct, satirise and celebrate the circus Three women are remembering their intr…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh A polemical show blends powerful audio recordings of those at the sharp end of the austerity economy with distracting stage business This drama's title alludes…
Sketch duo Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill's solo shows have both been nominated for the fringe's top prize, alongside acts including LA clown Natalie Palamides For the first time in its 43-…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Part-clown, part-mime and part overgrown child, Lyons leads us through mythic history to reconnect with a lost world of imagination In comedy terms, Elf Lyons …
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh A sequinned 'RaveRend' and his sidekick Trev help the audience banish sadness in this ebullient hour Anointed with glitter paint, taking our seats to a score o…
Monkey Barrel @ the Tron, EdinburghOne half of the Delightful Sausage duo undertakes an epic quest with his pals as he deals with middle age Twentysomethings, there is nothing here for you! …
Assembly George Square, Edinburgh Maddie Lynes' play subtly tracks a sibling relationship across the decades, sliding between flashbacks and the present day Three Sisters Productions is a th…
Usher Hall, EdinburghIn Europe for the orchestra's 70th anniversary, Thierry Fischer leavens an epic Alpine Symphony and a taxing Ginastera Violin Concerto with a showstopping Carmen Fantasi…
As Duncan Macmillan's celebration of the little things in life lights up the Edinburgh fringe, 10 years after its debut, the actors who have helped make it a hit all over the world explain i…
The 85-year-old actor, who fell from London stage in June, says he still has 'agonising pains' and avoids leaving the house Ian McKellen says his fat suit "saved" him after he fell off stage…