Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghStrangers' junk items give a semblance of structure to the latest by this gloriously skittish man-child who revels in the inane Spencer Jones's new show is set …
The Stand, EdinburghThe big-thinking leftie is revived for the age of climate change and Corbyn " but is he still as radical as he once was? The last time Simon Munnery was doing his Alan Pa…
An open letter expressed 'dismay' and 'alarm' at the programming of comedian Kate Hanley Corley's show A comedian has pulled her show from the forthcoming Melbourne fringe festival after she…
Lyceum, EdinburghOona Doherty's empathetic embodiment of machismo and feminine swagger makes visible the violence and vulnerability of her hometown Dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty's Ha…
Park theatre, LondonAn array of disturbed characters are cogs in the grimmest of machines in Eugene O'Hare's frustrating but well-written debut Sex trafficking is a big and serious subject. …
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Sordidly silly sketches including a semi-clothed standoff, a gory childbirth and an appearance by Satan bring the house down with their delinquent humour We wa…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe Bristolian standup's blunt good sense is deployed to optimal effect in taking fashionable feminism in the Instagram age to task After several shows in which…
In Ritualia and Learning from the Future, Colette Sadler poses questions about the human body. But does she find answers? It's a bold move for any contemporary choreographer to reimagine Bro…
London Hughes and Jessica Fostekew are among the comics on the shortlist of nine nominees, while Catherine Cohen is up for best newcomer The shortlist for the biggest prize in live comedy, …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMcNicholas throws down a heavyweight hour of standup and storytelling about his champion grandad Terry Downes Terry Downes was world middleweight boxing champio…
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe avuncular storytelling sage leavens seven-and-a-half-hours of myth-recounting with boyish enthusiasm and silly voices Stephen Fry is lying prostrate on the st…
Almeida, LondonJuliet Stevenson delivers one of the peak performances of the theatrical year in Robert Icke's striking reimagining of Schnitzler As a director and writer, Robert Icke special…
Call comes as Equity union is inundated with complaints from acts appearing at festival The Edinburgh festival fringe has an "appalling" record of sexual harassment and assault, according to…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Romanov raised by wolves meets a struggling Lancashire boy in a memoir dipped in glamour and pulsating to powerpop There's a well-travelled road from boy- or g…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghIn a thrilling piece of theatre, a grieving woman immerses herself in quotidian distractions oblivious to three dancers who invade her space Complex, raw and ins…
Caught between self-love and neurosis, Cohen has taken Edinburgh by storm with a musical show that plays up to her generation's stereotypes. She's even got a song called Look At Me ... 'The…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghLina Limosani and Seeta Patel target the whitewashing of colonial history in a punchy, pertinent piece of dance theatre Australian choreographer Lina Limosani and Bri…
Performing at the festival can be a taxing experience. Objectively Funny has created a peer support network that turns attention offstage It's lunchtime in Edinburgh's Old Town and I've swap…
Summerhall, EdinburghTim Etchells' thought experiment doggedly asks what if you could go back and right the wrongs of your past? Tim Etchells is surely a master of the late-night pub convers…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghMatthew Greenhough's buzzy one-man show clashes comedy, factionalism and jazz trumpet into a plea for tolerance between the echo chambers Are we "trapped in sep…
James McNicholas is used to performing comedy sketches. Now he's letting his guard down for the story of middleweight champ turned movie star Terry Downes They called him the Paddington Expr…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghSounds and samples are tailored to the hack comic's every comment, punchline and flirtatious wink in this fun character show The hack comic is such a mainstay of…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh In a thoughtful sophomore fringe show, the standup reflects on her relationship with a fellow comic Sarah Keyworth's 2018 fringe show " which secured her a bes…
Summerhall, EdinburghBert and Nasi's ramshackle duet explores the end of the world and of their relationship in tender, silly, heart-rending style As doomsday draws near, this impossibly bea…
Renowned as the squire and surprise Casanova in Thrones, the star is now wrestling with audiences in Edinburgh. He talks about his meteoric rise to fame and why he won't be going back to sch…