The Almeida's show £￥€$ (Lies) is so taken by the shiny technicalities in the world of finance that it misses the fundamentally political nature of the crashI'm sorry for what …
Donmar Warehouse, LondonOverly abstract production lifted by first-rate performances in an engrossing tale of decaying culture and rocky relationships As Translations closes at the National,…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghThe comedy trio return in stunning style, weaving rage, hurt and absurdity into one gleefully funny sketch showSix years ago in the Queen Dome venue " one of Edinbur…
Ustinov Studio, BathThe writer gets a mystery visitor in Joanna Murray-Smith's smartly self-referential salute to her riveting crime tales'The most important crime novelist in practice," wro…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFran Bushe's comedy uses glitter and smart songs to advocate better understanding of sex for womenFran Bushe wants to fix sex. Armed with glitter, songs and a d…
Summerhall, EdinburghValentijn Dhaenens takes us behind the speechifying in a compelling study of how politicians operateIt's six years since Valentijn Dhaenens blasted fringe-goers with his…
The theatre director Braham Murray was my cousin and closest friend. He enjoyed sustained and loyal relationships; for the past 10 years his partner was the theatre producer Patricia Weller.…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Sam Wills' mime and prop-act is a big draw, but his new show ramps up expectations with too little comedy payoff A new show, with all-new routines, from the er…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghSome signature sex gags raise the odd laugh and a late religious theme intrigues " but really, the end can't come too soonWhen Frank Skinner was on the way up as an …
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Amid the garish sex comedy, the standup provocateur makes a striking effort to embrace the complexity of gender politicsThose who shoot from the hip can easily…
Summerhall, EdinburghGary McNair's darkly humorous drama asks how far we'd go to save the person we loveThe future Gary McNair imagines is a raggedy one, worn down and patched up with dodgy …
Summerhall, EdinburghKatherine Radeva takes on the dying days of communism in her native Bulgaria and considers the Britain she lives in todayIn the same year Europe marks the 30th anniversa…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Palamides' goofy interactive comedy about a macho 'douchebag' has a confrontational sting in its taleYou could piece together Natalie Palamides' remarkable new…
Southwark Playhouse, LondonWith numbers co-written by the award-winning Hamilton creator, the real gem is the show's scoreBetween creating In the Heights and Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda co-…
Her savage send-up of the London intelligentsia was a box-office disaster. But could Doctors of Philosophy now be about to hit its prime?On Tuesday 2 October 1962, a play by Muriel Spark was…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghThe IT Crowd actor turns playwright with this subtle monologue play in which three studio sitters bare their emotional woundsThe trick to writing a monologue …
Unusual musicals abound at the fringe, from an F1 spin on Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit to a satire on 'inspiration porn'For a mainstream art form, the musical comes in many odd shapes. Kud…
Traverse, EdinburghThe activist-comedian takes the temperature of universal healthcare and delivers a grave diagnosisMark Thomas is standing centre stage, feet splayed, shoulders feeling the…
Homos, Or Everyone in America is set in an almost quaint pre-Grindr world. Its writer reveals how his funny, provocative drama was inspired by a hate crimeIn the opening scene of Jordan Seav…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThis gripping production revives 17th-century court transcripts " and thumbscrews " to show just how little society has changedBy rights, a verbatim report of a …
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghSchoolboy banter and playground scraps expose underlying insecurities in Gary McNair and Kieran Hurley's playThe playground is a battlefield. Max and his be…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghBritain's Got Talent winner Lee Ridley combines the political and personal with razor-sharp observations about disability'If you expect me to be that sweet and innoc…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghDamien Warren-Smith's alter ego delivers a drama masterclass, leading us from clownish chaos to feats of comic genius'Theatre is dying. Garry is our only hope," …
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSerena Manteghi gives a high-voltage performance but the story feels far too familiar in Christopher York's play for the Stephen Joseph theatreIt's not only the…
Roundabout @ Summerhall, EdinburghSimon Longman's teen tale of 'left behind' Britain pulls no emotional punches but risks becoming two-dimensionalKate, Sam and Pete live in a town made for l…