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Dance Base, EdinburghRamesh Meyyappan's solo theatre show explores our daily struggle to hold it all togetherYou know the feeling. The alarm clock goes off and for a few seconds it's all a b…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe Aussie standup ditches blithe character-comedy for a brave show that is often more sad than funnyNo one who's seen the Aussie act Steen Raskopoulos would ass…
Roundabout at Summerhall, EdinburghDating apps and cute cat gifs are stifling a couple's ability to communicate in Eve Nicol's play for Middle ChildWhat's a monogamist to do in the age of th…
He found fame at 18 in Caroline Aherne's sitcom, but is celebrated today for taking on Jeremy Hunt and Nigel Farage. He talks about existential angst, the death of his sister " and his 'supe…
In her new show, the choreographer Jasmin Vardimon uses the Greek myth of Medusa to explore womanhood and our ecological future. Tristram Kenton photographed the rehearsals in Sitges Continu…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith its chummy chat and Strictly gossip, this fringe show is like being force-fed pages of OK! magazineHis show is called Confessions and promises "candid chat…
Finborough theatre, LondonJordan Seavey's provocatively titled new play charts the ups and downs of a relationship while making sharp points about the persistence of homophobia'Is he straigh…
Summerhall, EdinburghShould Jon stay or should he go? That is the question in a drama of short sentences, questions and heavy sighsBig Aftermath of a Small Disclosure is a play. The play is …
Liverpool comedian follows in footsteps of Ken Cheng and Tim Vine in winning awardComedians often strive to find laughter through the tears, and the winner of this year's funniest joke of th…
Dance Base, EdinburghThe four brothers that make up Taiwan's Chang Dance Theatre share stories of family life in a tender and playful showOne childhood memory recurs in this vivid, bracingly…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghCamilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts explore institutional racism and mental healthcare in a fast-paced hourIn Freeman's first five minutes, six figures on stage…
Just the Tonic at the Mash House, EdinburghArtistry and geekery combine in a set that shows off Ewins' clever video editing and pranksterish sense of funBrexit. #MeToo. Editing a newspaper o…
The son of theatre director and polymath Jonathan Miller, on moving back to the London street where he grew upTen years ago, William Miller, a former TV producer turned entrepreneur, bought …
A multimedia show from the Russian punk activists still being persecuted for anti-Putin protest is as funny as it is nerve-shreddingPussy Riot might put the punk rock in modern protest, but …
There was plenty of Homer, a stellar lineup and, for now, no problem crossing the border at the third annual celebration of the life and work of Brian FrielTamsin Greig, Alex Jennings, Maxin…
Naked dancing is par for the course. The must-see show is Anna Valeska Pohl and her Barbie dollsDance is in demand at this year's Edinburgh festival fringe, with queues forming on wet paveme…
Theatre Royal, Bath; Donmar, LondonPatricia Highsmith's most famous creation comes back to haunt her, while the ghosts are closer to home in revivals of Miller and FrielShe liked to watch sn…
Assembly Rainy Hall, Edinburgh Mark O'Rowe's compelling new work draws breathtaking performances from Aisling O'Sullivan, Cathy Belton and Derbhle Crotty"People are sitting at a table having…
Stand Comedy Club, EdinburghIn his new show Dr Cosmos, Moran ranges across religion, politics, cat personalities and TV ads for shampooElsewhere on the fringe, twentysomething tyros will hur…
Richard Thomas returns with a new musical, Marcus Brigstocke pronounces on what is good and bad in the world, and Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina defies the Russian authorities to appear at Edi…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghMiguel Hernando Torres Umba takes us into Colombia's heart of darkness to reveal the human cost of the west's most popular illegal drugOne-person shows that have bot…
Celeste Dring and Freya Parker's comedy duo on the things that make them laugh the mostCeleste Dring: John Kearns testing out his sweet shop routine in a back room in Croydon. A real feat of…
Assembly George Square theatre, EdinburghKaren Cogan is compelling as a pleasure-seeking thirtysomething in this vivd solo show staged by Fishamble and Soho theatreYou can imagine another wr…
Lyceum, EdinburghKatie Mitchell and Alice Birch's stage adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novella is skilfully designed but strangely dullingKatie Mitchell and Alice Birch's fourth collaborat…
Summerhall, EdinburghA sobering examination of British children caught in media crossfireIn the spring of 2014, what was the Trojan horse? Was it the Islamist doctrine allegedly smuggled int…
