Assembly Checkpoint, EdinburghDean is a standup with the popular touch and an easy swing to his style. Just don't go expecting anything high-conceptWednesday was a day of ups and downs for s…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghThis feminist fantasy about women worldwide suddenly growing vastly bigger and stronger than men is uneven but eloquent about power dynamicsWhat would happen if ever…
Director who developed regional theatre in the Midlands and north of EnglandJohn Harrison, who has died aged 94, was a key figure in the British regional theatre of the 20th century and the …
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThe star revisits his success as a singer and soap-star to find out whether he is older and wiser, or just olderWhat an odd confection this touring show by J…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonA dazzling Jude Owusu is haunted by the dead as the RSC revives Marlowe's story of violence, vengeance and vanityMichael Boyd, in his return to the RSC, brings t…
A show about entertainment industry sexism and the dynamics of double acts is making Edinburgh audiences laugh and sob. Its writer and stars tell allFor many, this year's Edinburgh fringe ha…
Minerva, Chichester History, morality and quantum mechanics collide in Michael Blakemore's storming revival of a modern classicMore information has come to light, since Michael Frayn's play …
Just the Tonic @ The Tron, EdinburghSupposedly the story of his attempt to go on a mission to Mars, Moore's set is actually a string of high-quality jokes Comedy is not just about jokes, as …
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA beaver disturbs the budding rapport between two neighbours in Jean Ann Douglass's surreal and wonderfully written dramaDora and Ronnie live side by side in Rho…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghA man sits outside a prison in self-imposed punishment, in this philosophically provocative but dramatically inert dramaThe set is not a million miles from Druid Theat…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNouveau Riché's pared-back piece has insight, power and beautiful a cappella singingWhat makes theatre? Words, of course, but sometimes plays are wordless. Stag…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom gags about vintage frocks to her toilet roll-hoarding mother-in-law, Ward is endearing, if under-poweredNot every Edinburgh comedy set needs a theme, story…
Britain's exit from the EU is quicksand for artists as well as politicians. This year, it's inspired polemical cabaret and a drama that goes nowhere fastThe Edinburgh fringe's best response …
Assembly George Square, EdinburghSketch duo Celeste Dring and Freya Parker are unstoppable in an outrageous and irreverent hour for 'ladies and predators''Good afternoon, ladies and predator…
The Said al-Mishal Centre brought theatre, dance and music to the beleaguered residents of Gaza City. Its destruction in an Israeli air strike last week has sparked outrage " and dealt a hea…
Felicity Ward, Alex Edelman, Glenn Moore, Larry Dean and Kieran Hodgson also among standups in the running for £10,000 main prize " but the list has some striking omissions The shortlist …
The Studio, EdinburghStewart Laing sensitively takes Édouard Louis's groundbreaking coming-of-age story from page to stageWhen Édouard Louis was growing up in a poor working-class vi…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghThe audience wear ponchos for this one-man show about a schoolboy trying to keep his head above water, and learning it's OK to be awkwardGoggles on and guit…
Park theatre, LondonA real-life mother and daughter play the lead roles in Tom Latter's capable revival of Jim Cartwright's playThe hook for this revival of Jim Cartwright's famed 1992 play …
He's been derided by Daniel Kitson, shamed by Stewart Lee " and now our comedy critic has been depicted having his brains blown out by Sam Campbell. Just as well he can take a jokeI can see …
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghEndearing storytelling carries the day in Alissa Anne Jeun Yi's show, combining standup, poetry and rapAlissa Anne Jeun Yi's flyers call her Edinburgh fringe deb…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThrough song, dance and costume, Neema Bickersteth brings to life a wealth of characters with incredible energyThis Canadian import at the Edinburgh fringe from Volca…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghA parade of daft characters and killer gags illustrate Roberts' credo that absurdism reflects the chaos of being aliveLeft-field standup John-Luke Roberts ha…
Assembly Checkpoint, EdinburghFrom corrupt cartels to 'snakehead' smugglers, the journalist-cum-author presents a plain-talking breakdown of complex global illsWhen Misha Glenny ventured int…
Assembly, George Square, EdinburghIn a set called Produced by John Cleese, the Python's daughter shares the bill with political standup Steve HofstetterHaving eschewed nepotism in the past t…