Traverse; Lyceum; Studio, EdinburghNat McCleary's new play gets to grips with Scottish identity; a French-language take on Lars von Trier glides between stage and screen; and dinner is serve…
Sadler's Wells, LondonSet in an asylum, the choreographer's bleak yet passionate adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic romance triumphs in a newly honed revival The choreographer Matthew Bourne…
Assembly Checkpoint, EdinburghPerformers Olivia Porter and Jarred Dewey bring this inventive show to (after)life with their dark, messy and often astonishing physical comedy It begins like a…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAudiences will fall for upbeat stooge Magliano, who delivers a fun, well-wrought follow-up to last year's sellout show " and ends on a perspective-shifting twis…
Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, EdinburghBradley throws a kids' birthday bash full of nostalgic fun as they discuss their parents' recent split, deftly immersing the audience in games and stories W…
With her smash hit Starstruck exploring fairytale romance and what happens next, the comedian breathed new life into the sitcom. But, as the series returns for a third run, she's now wonderi…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghGrace stars as the Black Widow actor to poke fun at cross-racial casting, in an intricate takedown of fixed identity that will leave your mind buzzing 'An ac…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDevastating testimonies from field hospitals, jungles and mountain outposts are performed verbatim-style in Tiago Rodrigues's disquieting show It feels like an intrusi…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghObehi Janice's one-woman show collects her adventures in the dating game but they don't lead anywhere that interesting Obehi Janice had friends at school who, like her…
Pregnancy is a privilege but is also weird, awkward and difficult. The cathartic nature of standup helps us consider the confusion of imminent parenthood At the start of the year, when I boo…
Two new shows at the festival question senses of hearing and sight in engaging and eccentric ways Seeing is believing, right? That is a phrase used repeatedly by Mamoru Iriguchi and co-star …
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghOscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little drama What would Oscar Wilde be d…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghUsing snippets of pop culture, lip-syncing, video and clowning, the pair craft a rich exploration of eating disorders and gender dysphoria Frankie Thompson, res…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghUnpicking relationships with swagger and a dash of Hannah Gadsby-esque introspection, the standup seems ready for the big league Olga Koch has turned 30, and " per t…
Her latest play, A Mirror, mixes her keen eye for human behaviour and her experiences in North Korea, but there's another influence that the writer has never spoken about " her autism diagno…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThough she emerged as 00s comedy royalty, Allen's show about kicking back against dull domesticity only raises a few smiles How to calibrate your expectations o…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMoving beyond the gag about Rishi Sunak which dragged her into a media storm, Navabi's first fringe show introduces us to a comic of promise Leila Navabi underw…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghTwo-hander presents a woman, who has miscarried on a US flight, confronted by a steely lawyer who explains she is representing the foetus The tension builds from the…
Imaginary friends, runaway horses and Roger McGough's take on the Wind in the Willows are among the treats for younger audiences at the festival Summerhall, 11.30am, until 20 August Continue…
The comedian, songwriter and actor on how Scotland's annual arts jamboree has evolved, loathing corporate gigs and his Pick of the Fringe turning 30 How did you get into performing?In the 19…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPlumbing the realms of the unexpected, O'Neill plays both parts of a clowning double act, masterfully testing the limits of freak-out comedy 'One banana, two ba…
Summerhall, EdinburghMax Percy's physical theatre show mixes ideas on sex, power dynamics and homophobia into an audacious reflection on generational trauma Putting a shirtless young man on …
Festival theatre, EdinburghOng Keng Sen's high-octane production for the National Changgeuk Company of Korea is scintillating from start to finish This operatic production leans into several…
The legendary playwright's humble beginnings and Pulitzer-winning career are explored in the first authoritative biography of him The host was Bill Moyers, former White House press secretary…
Regent's Park Open Air theatre, LondonThis adaptation of the classic musical is a joy, from the faded nightclub set to Carl Mullaney's showstopping I Am What I Am Tim Sheader's revival of th…