Assembly George Square, EdinburghShe was chewed up and spat out by the US, but now the TikTok sensation gets to tell her story in this slick production With her TikTok series a smash during …
Park theatre, LondonTawni O'Dell's raw, reflective account of real-life trauma is more diary than drama, making for an often jarring production When her daughter was raped, novelist Tawni O'…
Summerhall, EdinburghWith big hair, long dress and Appalachian accent, Charlene Boyd finds common voice with the singer in a personal and political show The most powerful country songs are t…
The comic on starting the career her ex was planning, how Jaffa Cakes help you judge people and why standups need Tupperware How did you get into comedy? I was dating a comedy nerd who want…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Texan comedian delivers a playful show about a holiday from hell that tackles mental health and wokeness It is rare for an act to firmly establish themselve…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghA show about unresolved masculinity combines elements of musical theatre with the experimental comic's own ruminations on ego and oblivion If you were picking a come…
His charged dark comedies tackling the extremities of religious conflict have occasionally led to walk-outs. Will his new play " about men, alcoholism and masturbation " be just as provocati…
The streamer's latest remarkably laugh-free comedy special is another procession of eye-rolling jokes about cancel culture and LGBTQ+ people He's the guy from Fear Factor, right? That would …
Summerhall, EdinburghThe schoolboys from the 2018 comedy Square Go are back and on their way to a disco with high hopes and fears On the way out, I hear someone tell his friends he had been …
With catchy tunes and endless zingers, this hit comedy is finally on a London stage but only for two nights. When will it get a full run? That is the question … What's the sign of a good m…
Edinburgh PlayhouseThis double bill has sun and shade, and if at times the momentum gets stuck there's still a mighty spring in its step There are slimmer pickings than usual for dance in th…
Summerhall, EdinburghWriter and actor Sam Ward dissects how a community breaks down in this vivid one-man show It is not the kind of topicality Sam Ward would have wished for, but the curren…
Children's author, YouTuber, 'sausage bird' designer … the comic who was born Derek Chickpeas (maybe) talks about cooking up his hilariously daft alter ego " and we pick some of his funnie…
The Stand, EdinburghThis movie-mad comic lampoons Hollywood through sketch and song but some of his material could have been left in the cutting room Films are the best art form, declares Ch…
Cadogan Hall, LondonJulia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's tale about an accident-prone dragon is brought to life with sparky rhymes, nuanced acting and high energy Freckle Productions special…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This tremendous solo debut finds the comic veering between stranger-than-fiction verisimilitude and hilarious gothic exaggeration 'Childless cat ladies" have b…
Traverse, Edinburgh When a disappointed novelist teaching creative writing encounters a student fascinated by Crime and Punishment a dangerous passion is sparked At one p…
Glaswegian, 44, says angioplasty was 'shot across the bows' and she will now swap Red Bull for hummus A car breaking down when you're hours away from an important Edinburgh fringe warm-up gi…
Traverse, EdinburghThe actor-playwright trims Rostand's classic and plays the lead with charisma in a breezy, feelgood show The joy of Virginia Gay's irreverent version of the Edmond Rostand…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDowning Street's chief of staff is imagined to be gossipy and gregarious in this wickedly silly show Sue Gray is one of the most recognisable names in the UK, b…
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh In Eline Arbo's taut production of the neo-classical play, Ilke Paddenburg's Amazon queen presents a fearsome clash of sensuality and aggression When two tribes go to…
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Monkey Barrel, the Hive, Edinburgh The acerbic standup delivers a character-comedy show playing some captivatingly awful yet extremely relatable individuals A scouse woman in a glittery head…
Traverse, EdinburghJoanne Ryan's two-hander, inspired by her own story and brilliantly performed by Pom Boyd and Karen McCartney, elevates everyday family dynamics with a light touch The str…
As he hits an extraordinary landmark, the playwright relives his first drama, which made him £30, and recalls bouncing back from the stroke that left him desolate and devoid of ideas It i…