Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes an intelligent political drama, a reimagined As You like It and a play about Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter's passion for cricket The Made in…
Outdated terminology, racist gags, almost entirely white audiences … with just a few fantastic exceptions, fringe shows do not feel like they are for people like me I'm sitting in the audi…
Pleasance, EdinburghMaddix is a fluent, playful comic, but the window opened here on his conflicted psyche feels unresolved " for him as much as his audience 'I needed to say it more than yo…
During a standup set Rock said that to return after Will Smith attacked him at this year's awards would be like returning to the scene of a crime Chris Rock has reportedly declined an offer …
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThere are few bells and whistles in Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher's fringe debut, just two seasoned US comics in effortless harmony with each other Here's …
The baby-faced oddball has gone from performing to tiny audiences to winning live comedy's most coveted prize, the Edinburgh festival fringe comedy award What does an Edinburgh comedy award …
Venues say they expect sales to be 25% down on 2019 as visitors and artists alike priced out of attending Venues at the Edinburgh fringe say they are expecting a 25% decrease on ticket sales…
The Globe theatre sparked outrage when it announced its plans to stage a non-binary Joan of Arc. The play's writer explains why the French warrior would have approved 'I'm always hungry for …
In my drag stage persona, I feel invincible. Now I have worked out how to channel a little of that into my off-stage self One of the peculiar things about being a drag queen is that nobody k…
I've spent my whole professional life loving and writing about the fringe. But rocketing rents, a lack of diversity and its overwhelming scale are pushing this world-class cultural crucible …
Cult LA theatre show Cages uses holographic avatars that blend seamlessly with real actors Avatars of human beings that are indistinguishable from the real thing have been created for a new …
Soho theatre, LondonChris Fonseca signs and dances his early life story with a guileless charm, drawing on rap, immersive sound and comedy to lighten the darker moments The music is blasting…
Pitlochry festival theatreSara Shaarawi's two-hander captures tenderness and sadness as the sisters negotiate the Islamic revolution, exile and betrayal Fatemeh has just introduced her siste…
Festival theatre; the Hub; Leith Academy; Studio, Potterrow, EdinburghThe hurt is all too real in Ivo van Hove's visceral staging of Hanya Yanagihara's bestseller; Liz Lochhead's Scots Medea…
Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh The Dave's Edinburgh comedy awards best newcomer nominee carries a confidence and warmth that is hard to resist In a lesser controversy at this year's fri…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonJamie Wilkes's Parolles steals the show in Blanche McIntyre's unromantic, social media-inflected production All's Well That Ends Well is one of …
Live at No 40, GlasgowDirector Dominic Hill brings exuberance to Shakespeare's tale of two sets of identical twins unknowingly at large in the same city Ephesus is quite the place. It has it…
Young Latina whose act tackles disability is among the winners at prestigious awards ceremony Both of the top prizes for being funny at the 2022 Edinburgh fringe festival have gone to foreig…
Australian comedian scoops £10,000 prize as Mexican-born American Lara Ricote is named best newcomer The top comedy prizes at this year's Edinburgh festival fringe have gone to foreign ta…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghSergio Blanco's bad-taste drama uses deadpan humour and a tapestry of cultural allusions to probe our fixation with death In Mary Shelley's novel, Victor Franke…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe standup puts her working-class status front and centre in this compelling and cathartic journey through her Covid years Lauren Pattison had two ambitions f…
Don't assume that the arts are just about entertainment " they have a crucial part to play in the mental health of the nation The playwright Alan Ayckbourn is a standout figure in British t…
While debates about cancel culture rage on at Edinburgh, a trio of performers are critiquing 'edgelord' humour, while still remembering to be funny 'Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture" is no…
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford upon AvonRosie Sheehy dazzles as a woman calling the shots in this feverish production that underlines the play's curious ambiguities This problem play c…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghPugh shambles his diffident way into the spotlight with a stealthy, clever and heartwarming show Incompetent, negative, a follower not a leader: Josh Pugh is h…