Underbelly, Bristo Square, Edinburgh Emma Taylor gives magnetic life to a spectrum of mansplaining and rage but these scenes don't quite build towards a bigger vision A fast sequence of scen…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Joe Sellman-Leava's dramatised lecture, with droll asides from Dylan Howells, could hit harder at a greater length The title is a phrase coined by a strategist for …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup delivers bullet-proof set-pieces in a masterclass on threading emotional significance through joyful autobiography Last year, a late reveal recast A…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghNaomi Petersen and Graham Dickson complete the trio who weave a tangled web out of three words suggested by the audience Before she became a star via This Is…
Trafalgar theatre, London With four actors playing 130 parts, this revival of Patrick Barlow's take on the spy film is fitfully funny but ultimately frustrating 'Think of the strain involved…
Company of Others is performing rituals at King Edward's Bay, Tynemouth. Director Nadia Iftkhar hopes to help audiences " and passersby " open up about bereavement The North Sea shifts from …
Back for its 15th year, this festival favourite finds a bespectacled primate sitting silently on stage for 56 minutes " to wild applause The queue snakes around the bar, stretches down the c…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In this winning pastiche set at a gender reveal party, Doherty plays a monstrous estate agent battling occult forces Come to a show called Gay Witch Sex Cult, …
One standup asks moral questions about her family's post-Soviet wealth, the other uses a self-satisfied persona to survey his gilded lifestyle. Both strike comedy gold at Edinburgh fringe At…
West joined a starry cast for script-in-hand readings of Christopher Marlowe's complete works in Canterbury. The resulting films are frustrating On paper, it sounds a fine idea: to film all …
With a seaside-postcard sensibility, the standup delivers racist and sexist material that jars with the spirit of the fringe As if we didn't know to expect old-fashioned from Bobby Davro, th…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe Mancunian's sophomore fringe set, addressing his diagnosis of gout, is delivered with feral roars and fine one-liners In these days of intensely autobiogra…
Lasting Covid impact and need to attract audiences behind move to performances running straight through For some it's an indispensable part of their night at the theatre, a chance to top up …
From locking playwrights up until a drama emerged to dreaming up Sarah Kane's Crave in a pub; the talent behind half a century of innovation reveal their secrets It began over a pint in a Be…
Comedian was in top 10 on three previous occasions " here are this year's best gags, as voted for by a public panel A joke by Mark Simmons has been declared the funniest of this year's Edinb…
Photographer Murdo MacLeod covers Scotland's annual arts spectacular, from a musical Mexican seance to colourful juggling Continue reading...
Gilded Balloon at the Museum, EdinburghAlan McHugh's play is about grief and the agony of treatment " but also hope and laughter in the face of adversity What a lovely thing to have done. Wh…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghGlasgow-based Singaporean d/Deaf writer and actor Ramesh Meyyappan is Harry, who is trying to piece together his life story like an existential detective Thi…
Debuts rich in neurodiversity and self-analysis jostle for attention at this year's festival with a beloved grandma, the Russian elite and a misguided attempt at an apology We've reached the…
A zesty courtroom drama about cakes (or biscuits?) and a combat epic using dozens of jelly teddies offer sweet and sour clashes at the festival The sweet spot for Edinburgh fringe comedy is …
Ustinov Studio, BathDirector Richard Jones tries to capture the menace felt by the play's first audiences, but the result is overmannered Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party was almost univer…
The Studio, EdinburghÉmilie Monnet of the Anishinaabe of the Canadian Great Lakes and Waira Nina of the Inga of the Colombian Amazon immerse the audience in a ritual of light, sound and …
Boat Inn, Kidlington; Regent's Open Air theatre; Shakespeare's Globe, LondonGroundbreaking Labour MP Jennie Lee is given her due in Mikron's vibrant new touring show; the 60-year-old musical…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup weaves real-world experiences of racism with whimsy about angler fish and joining the yakuza There are few things more tedious, they say, than liste…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Exploring coercive relationships, Laura Horton's play features three middle-aged women in 'snazzy cardigans' performing a real-time maiden gig 'This next song is called…