Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAnnie Lareau lost 35 of her fellow students on the downed Pan Am flight, but her focus on the personal in this three-hander leaves a gaping hole At the start of…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghOddball songs, surreal asides and a glorious persona combine in a show that reflects on the standup's late father Since childhood, Katie Norris has been called …
Monkey Barrel, the Hive, EdinburghThe Edinburgh comedy award nominee ambles through tales of debt, chicken shops and his eccentric grandad in a show that's loose but brimming with intelligen…
theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, EdinburghThis playful performance explores loneliness, liberty and life in early adulthood through two adventurous cats and their demanding humans Ellie Rose Amit …
Theatre Royal BathThe actor's minimal staging of the Shakespeare comedy favours stillness and feeling over comic fizz, with moving performances from Gloria Obianyo and Amber James Ralph Fien…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom a nude life-drawing class to a Colombian kidnapping, with help from his Ghosts co-star Lolly Adefope, Smith-Bynoe uses audience members' stories to comic e…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghFaustus is not damned alone in a parable about western hubris leading to war, colonialism and environmental exploitation As told by Goethe and Marlowe, the story of Fa…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghThere's a hint of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet in the cocksure, poppy aesthetic of this charismatic display of acrobatics, tumbling and clowning It wouldn't be the E…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe Mancunian manchild shows wild commitment in a show about dyspraxia, drug use and internalised homophobia We say we want men to talk about their mental health, Dan…
Swan theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonJames Ijames swaps swords for shots in a riff on Shakespeare's revenge tragedy that's as playful as it is poignant If you've ever felt Hamlet needs less gore…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghA furious and unsettling Shakespeare reboot exposes colonial violence and demands accountability for crimes against Indigenous people 'Aren't you sorry you forc…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA wickedly amusing fringe debut considers the relationship between comedy, feminism and sexiness Can you be funny and good-looking? You'd think the question bar…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAt 34, the comedian has ditched the shy self-abasement for diss tracks and politics " even if his set is inspired by his fondness for orange With Orange Crush, …
Seven of the eight nominees for best show have not previously been nominated in the same category at the 'Oscars of live comedy' Standup about infertility, jokes about a Georgian gourmand, a…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghIn an uneven show, one of the most intriguing comic voices of his generation tackles sex, race and British identity 'I used to be a cool young comic with cool young f…
Globe theatre, LondonRobin Belfield's staging of Shakespeare's comedy has plenty of charm, but its darker undertones are glossed over It is festival time in Illyria, with masked revelries al…
Rachael Gunn's disastrous summer at the Paris Games in 2024 has inspired a silly show about 'Spraygun' but its jibes are unfair Everyone can have a bad day at the office. But for most of us,…
The dancer and choreographer recalls five decades of collaboration with the visionary stage director, including Einstein on the Beach There was a production of Bob's in New York in 1975, A L…
I was working non-stop as a standup comedian, and thought I loved the hustle. But when I found myself sobbing into the carpet after a back spasm, I had to reassess everything For as long as …
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Peruvian boy has a sexual awakening in a show about religion, patriarchy and homophobia, featuring sweet and smutty songs with a Latin twist The image of Jesus…
Assembly Roxy, EdinburghEmma Maye Gibson's outre alter ego conjures a bacchanalian helter-skelter of burlesque moments that never quite cohere This experimental act from Australia knows how …
As our politics becomes ever more polarised, Channel 5's move to revive one of British television's most influential series deserves to succeed Reflecting on the impact of the BBC drama seri…
Good Omens star, who grew up in Port Talbot, tells Edinburgh TV festival schemes that helped him break into profession are all but gone Michael Sheen has warned the pathways that helped him …
Oasis's tour gobbled up Edinburgh audiences while fringe comics put on shows about Britpop and Arctic Monkeys. The music industry and the funny business could be more entwined than ever 'Com…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe slick standup's fringe debut is full of searching questions about the right to keep and bear arms 'I've got a gun." Nice to be pitched, with that opening li…