He quit booze and Scotland " and became a chat show sensation in the US. As he returns to standup on his home turf, we rescue him from selfie-takers on the streets of Glasgow On the morning…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghDespite a solid solo performance from McLean Peterson, there's little funny about the president's refusal to act on gun control Is Trump not yet beyond satire? T…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVolunteers are game in YESYESNONO's lively show that uses drama-school exercises to investigate the nature of truth Jim from the Wardrobe Ensemble has been invi…
Monkey Barrel Comedy, EdinburghThe polemicist style of his early work may have given way to a more conflicted thinker but the comedy remains emphatic Ahir Shah has long joked about the contr…
Summerhall, EdinburghThough it is unashamedly bleak, there are fragments of brightness as Caroline Horton's show recognises mental health as something that ebbs and flows Caroline Horton ope…
Usher Hall, EdinburghJohn Eliot Gardiner fulfilled his ambition to conduct Bernstein's work, but this concert performance should have been staged Bach not Bernstein is the composer one asso…
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghKitson delivers a last-minute set of quarter-baked routines, but it's still a pleasure to be entertained by his unique humour It's from one extreme to the other w…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghIn her playwriting, Sheila Atim puts a female scientist on stage with the pharaoh to chat about music, men and misrepresentation Sheila Atim, the Olivier awar…
Her last standup show, about working in a New York sex dungeon, was a fringe hit " and is now bound for TV. How will she top it? Desiree Burch is putting the finishing touches to her new Edi…
★★★☆☆/★★★★☆Summerhall, Edinburgh/Assembly Roxy, EdinburghIn two bold new shows, fathers and their children are caught in a damagin…
Dance Base, EdinburghCompany Chordelia's show confronts the certainty of non-existence and evokes the brevity of a dancer's onstage life The weighty issue of mortality informs Kally Lloyd-Jo…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghEve Nichol's play combines songs from the Glasgow band's well-loved album with an ambiguous narrative 'We're seeing other people " at least that's what we say we are…
We want to hear from BAME people who are attending - or have attended - the festival. What has your experience been like? In the run-up to this year's Edinburgh fringe, the biggest festival …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIt's not a new message but it's made with charm and comedy in this three-hander about how women's bodies are policed Remember that weight-loss product ad splash…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghBreaking down a thrown burger into its constituent ingredients is a way of confronting assault in this sassy, humane show Behind Travis Alabanza is a container ful…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe incarnation of a woke social media caricature raises a few smiles but mostly pokes predictable fun at the softest of targets Only the terminally woke would…
Summerhall, EdinburghRecounting his experiences with a stalker, the comedian seems to live the horror afresh in a gripping show If you followed Richard Gadd's career up to his Edinburgh come…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNew Diorama's beautifully crafted play casts doubt on titillating tales of the notorious serial killer, but can't escape the clutches of morbid fascination From…
Traverse, EdinburghDritan Kastrati's journey as an 11-year-old to the UK with people smugglers is a survival story that speaks to what it is like to be caught between two cultures Dritan Kas…
King's theatre, EdinburghAndrew Bovell's adaptation of Kate Grenville's novel about the collision between settlers and Indigenous Australians combines masterly storytelling with metaphorical…
Summerhall, EdinburghThis vivid production shows both sides of the care system through the eyes of a nurse and a patient The spirit of Nye Bevan floats over Alan Harris's monologue for Natio…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghLucy McCormick rips up the rulebook with Post Popular, a hedonistic history lesson that is trashy, volatile ... and honest Utterly indelicate and completely unp…
In playwright Sam Steiner's new Edinburgh festival show, the action unfolds over table tennis. In this diary, he recalls pulling all-nighters, rallying actors and waiting for balls from Chin…
Summerhall, EdinburghCardboard Citizens' gutsy and gut-wrenching stories of the homeless focuses on people instead of just grim statistics Someone at Cardboard Citizens has noticed a pattern…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJessica Ross doesn't come anywhere close to making moral or dramatic sense of why four nurses killed elderly patients How to account for the four Austrian nurse…