King's theatre, EdinburghThe music of D'Angelo sets the mood for inimitable choreographer Kyle Abraham's intimate house party production The music of 90s neo-soul star D'Angelo is sparse but…
Underbelly, EdinburghOutlandish physical antics and a spontaneous stage presence keep Wardeh's audience laughing as he clowns through a cast of oddball characters Clown is in vogue again, co…
The Studio, EdinburghShihya Peng and Marco di Nardo bicker ceaselessly through movement in a child-friendly exploration of cultural misunderstanding Will these two dancers find any common gr…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHoult hangs up the dress and luvvie cadences of his fringe-staple alter ego Anna Mann in a camp, silly yet surprisingly emotional show When a character comic bi…
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal BathBrandstrup's superbly danced reimagining of the Minotaur myth is paired with mezzo Christine Rice's impassioned Phaedra in Britten's cantata As a young man …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe 'dinosaur' generation is put on trial in Dawn King's near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast The Trials is fuelled…
Dance Base, EdinburghDancers push their bodies to the fine line between good pain and bad " which makes things complicated when the body stops behaving, as Lea's smart show explores There ar…
As the 75th Edinburgh festival reaches its third week, Guardian photographer Murdo MacLeod takes a look at more of the shows on offer Read all our Edinburgh festival reviews Continue reading…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWilson relives her tumultuous turn as a teenage talent show contestant armed with laughter and song, topped with a touching tribute to her plucky younger self '…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghOkatsuka's slightly incapable, slightly on-edge persona is a fun time, whose yarn about an intruder frames material on marriage, mental illness and migration It…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThe sweat and the groove are all that matters in Emma Martin's mesmerising dance sequences, which capture the power of getting lost in your own rhythms Sweat pools, h…
Usher Hall; Queen's Hall; Greenside @ Nicholson Square EdinburghThe striptease is all Strauss's in the Bergen Philharmonic's expertly revealing Salome. Plus, the new-ish Takács Quartet, a…
Howls of rage from Hong Kong to Malta vie with King Lear in the metaverse and Sophie Duker on the labour-saving benefits of threesomes Art in the time of political contests, climate crisis,…
King's Head theatre, LondonChristopher Wollaton impresses in a one-man show about body dysmorphia but his script suffers from a lack of proper plot "What we are showing here is important," s…
Lyceum theatre, EdinburghHu Shenyuan and Aakash Odedra join forces to reimagine an ancient story as a spectacular spiritual quest The speed at which Hu Shenyuan's hands race across Aakash Od…
Leith Academy, EdinburghThe audience are cast as climate refugees in an immersive show that weaves together issues of class, power and politics Climate campaigners have been sounding the ala…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe answer may seem obvious but the commanding comic's fringe debut eschews any clear structure with mixed results Back in 2020, Thanyia Moore was planning her…
The Mash House, EdinburghThe New Jersey comic mines his lineage for laughs in a pensive dispatch from cosa nostra America (or somewhere nearby) The "dead dad" show is a fringe comedy cliche.…
After lockdowns kept them out of touch with audiences, standups explain their exhilaration at coming together to raise laughs at Edinburgh fringe The lights go down signalling the start of t…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMaturity has made the awkward standup more at ease with himself and lent heft and fruitful battle-scarring to his shtick It's a feature of standup that comedy w…
Comedian Grace Campbell on why after being raped last year, she worried that her openness about her sex life would be used against her Grace Campbell, comedian and author of Amazing Disgrace…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghShona Cowie combines traditional storytelling with physical theatre in a show about Maggie Osborne that posits her as more entrepreneur than witch As w…
Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows, EdinburghUsing their own bodies as gymnastic apparatus, the Australian troupe perform an immensely skilful and physical show about trust and control Y…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghMaria MacDonell and Jo Clifford consider the classic Hans Christian Andersen story and don't shy away from nature's cruelty I'm no fan of seagulls " on…
Readers on freedom of expression and hate speech, following the cancellation of the comedian's Edinburgh fringe show In Brian Logan's reasonable and informed article (Who went too far: Jerry…