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Traverse, EdinburghStef Smith's latest production depicts the two female leads rejecting male classification and raising themselves up
Stef Smith wrote a fascinating dystopian drama in Human…
Summerhall, EdinburghWith a flurry of feathers and splash of water, Kim Donohoe and Pete Lannon ask how much can ever know another creature
At a moment when we urgently need to reassess our …
Artists ask to be paid in euros and dollars as pound continues to fall amid no-deal risk
Increasing numbers of artists are asking to be paid in dollars and euros instead of sterling because …
Our photographer hits the ground running to capture highlights, from a journey through Kate Grenville's The Secret River to a fierce look at power by comedian Lucy McCormick Continue reading…
Edinburgh PlayhouseMomentous dance and strong performances make Helen Pickett's canny reworking of the story a gift of a show
Choreographer Helen Pickett's clever reinvention of The Crucible…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDirector Milo Rau asks disturbing political questions while attempting to honour the real-life victim of a senseless homophobic crime
This is exactly the kind of show …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCohen crackles with attitude as she serves up an alarming but entertaining song-and-chat about sex, love and self-image
One of the most eye-catching newcomers a…
Underbelly, EdinburghBarrel Organ are on the trail of something in this bewildering piece of devised theatre, but something's not right
My notes are full of question marks. In a retreat from…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNicola Wren deploys considerable charm in a not-really-showbiz story of childhood pantos, movie bit-parts and self-acceptance
The Edinburgh fringe is good at bri…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghRobins delivers a masterclass in tone, tempo and character as he shares his failed attempts at flirting and home improvement
If you're John Robins, there's alwa…
Royal Opera House, LondonWhat Yuri Grigorovich's Soviet-era ballet lacks in subtlety it makes up for in sheer virtuosity and spectacle
Liberation! Courage! Indomitable will! Sacrifice for th…
The Enron playwright talks about retelling the murder of the KGB whistleblower, our surreal political era, and how Billie Piper helped her through dark times
Lucy Prebble operates an "elepha…
Troubadour White City, LondonDespite a soaring lead and plenty of ideas, this production doesn't quite get off the ground
Although a new theatre ought to be a cause for celebration, the Trou…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe comic best known as a cheeky-chappy explores male emotional inarticulacy and antisemitism
When you've pranked Theresa May at the Tory conference, or public…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghIn her show Venus, the standup explores her sexuality, education and how black people are used as props in white narratives
'What colour am I?" Sophie Duker as…
Theatre Royal Bath; Royal Exchange, Manchester; Passenger Shed, BristolRupert Everett's astute direction of Chekhov results in a meeting of minds, and a luddite history is given a modern edg…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghOn display like a bust in a museum, Breffni Holahan is superb in this Beckettian monologue by Margaret Perry
Breffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
Songs in the Key of Cree, Deer Woman and Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, three shows by Canada's Indigenous artists, are presented at the Edinburgh festival
This summer, Canada's National Inqui…
Underbelly, EdinburghPoltergeist's mischievous show asks how we determine the worth and meaning of artworks
A plastic shoe, scuffed around the edges, sits atop a white plinth. A figure stan…
The standup, writer and Mock the Week regular on the things that make him laugh the mostNot the Nine O'Clock News, specifically Gerald the gorilla. Continue reading...
Dorfman theatre, LondonAndy Stanton's adaptation of his own children's books is packed with eccentricity and verbal flourishes " all at the expense of the story
This is no ordinary family sh…
Traverse, EdinburghJavaad Alipoor's kaleidoscopic show delves below the compellingly shocking behaviour to lay bare an epoch-spanning vision of human waste
The sensation of racing a high-per…
Artists say event will become unsustainable and increasingly elitist if costs keep spiralling
Concerns over spiralling rents have dominated the lead-up to this year's Edinburgh festival frin…
As she prepares to direct an unstaged script by the late pirate queen of counterculture, theatre-maker Kate Valk recalls how they met " and how she dealt with Acker's challenging attitude to…
Fringe of Colour campaigns to persuade venues to give free tickets to young local people of colour
It prides itself on being the biggest arts festival in the world, but the "overwhelming whi…
