Questions of free speech offer no simple answers, but it's clear that this is a watershed moment in comedy If we don't defend free speech, we live in tyranny. That's the tenor of the coverag…
Summerhall, EdinburghVeering between danger and comedy, Chou Kuan-Jou's exploration of sexuality has some potent ideas and clever mood shifts Three semi-nude performers writhing around the s…
The festival stands at a crossroads, with costs for performers soaring and many younger acts staying away. But it still offers comics a boot camp like no other At the last Edinburgh fringe B…
Making his fringe debut with a show about a troubled standup, the actor explains why he loves solo performance, his issues with The History Boys, and why this government's days are numbered …
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghThe problems facing 16-year-old Toye when he resolves to include Black voices in his school curriculum are brought to compelling life How do you change the …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAustralia's 2019 wildfires are the focal point of this contemplative look at what theatre can do in the face of environmental collapse Theatre-maker David Finni…
Just because a joke works in one country or language doesn't mean it will in another. Globetrotting standups talk about routines that have bombed " and the changes that saved them When Yurik…
After building a career in comedy, the 27-year-old landed her first screen role in the series about the relationship between two female comics. And after being twice nominated at the Emmys, …
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghUsing letters written by survivors of the 1994 genocide to lost family members, Odile Gakire Katese's show is a tribute to the power of story Odile Gakire Kates…
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe twee 19th-century tale is dazzlingly transposed to a Silicon Valley landscape, where Dr Coppélius is building an AI creation in corporeal form Narrative balle…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA gang of New Zealand comics and their very special guests become Elvis impersonators, hobbits and chimney sweeps in a fun fringe night Great was the excitement…
It's a form of comedy that has fallen out of favour with TV, but a trio of fun acts are keeping the sketch flame alive One of the pleasures of the fringe is checking in with standups as they…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLaura Horton's absorbing and sensitive play explores the impact of a much misunderstood disorder Sophie looks at her clothes and says she sees them as "versions…
Underbelly, EdinburghAlex Howarth's hugely moving play has plenty of humour and a homemade aesthetic, while asking tough questions about parenting and the law When Cassie and her younger sis…
Roundabout at Summerhall, Edinburgh Sam Ward takes hints from his audience to imagine how their lives could go from here, in a bittersweet contemplation of fate There is a joke in Waiting fo…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Consummate storyteller James Rowland revisits his childhood friendship with an elderly neighbour and shares heart-tugging experiences As theatre recovers from the pande…
As the Belgian director brings his new production of A Little Life to Edinburgh, he says the British stage has been brilliant at maintaining links with Europe Ivo van Hove, one of Europe's m…
Some comedians at Edinburgh fringe express concern after promoter pulls Sadowitz's second performance Jerry Sadowitz had his show cancelled at the Edinburgh fringe because its content was "e…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Shôn Dale-Jones once imagined his childhood home Anglesey separating from the UK. Now he revisits the Welsh island in a Brexit Britain where belonging has become a v…
The Hub, Edinburgh Liz Lochhead's Scots verse spits wit and venom as male power meets female determination with operatic intensity, in this National Theatre of Scotland staging Everybody is …
Sex, social commentary and Ian McKellan in a dance Hamlet: where else but the first full fringe since 2019, with standouts including Sheeps, Bilal Zafar and 'a show without actors' Day five …
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh The Bruce Willis action film has had a big impact on superfan Richard Marsh. He retells the story in rhyme, with his finger for a gun Richard Marsh has clearly seen…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Welsh's band of unruly misfits reunite " 15 years older " in an intense, dark farce that rushes to a conclusion all too soon For all that the characters of Tra…
Pleasance theatre cancels Scottish comic, saying his material 'does not align with our values' The Scottish comedian Jerry Sadowitz has had his Edinburgh fringe show cancelled by the venue a…
King's Theatre; Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghThe actor makes his dance debut in a visually stunning yet curiously empty life of the poet. But every move counts in the Freedom Ballet of Ukrain…