Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghChakira Alin's buoyant show is shot through with bitterness as she gives a lucid account of Hackney's transformation In her solo show about the aftermath of gen…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe standup's tale of teenage travails, guilt and redemption borders on the sentimental but gets the balance right There's trauma comedy, finding laughter in the very…
From a Polish prince of Denmark to pickled vegetables and tributes to Billy Connolly and Marilyn Monroe, our photographer explores the many worlds of the festival Continue reading...
Several portrayals of the royal's tumultuous life take place in Edinburgh this month, each examining her relationship with Elizabeth I and challenging the narrative of two women at war 'It w…
The city is plastered with festival posters during August. If you want to make an impression, beware goofy grins and try channelling Charli xcx The Edinburgh fringe is in full swing and I'm …
Summerhall, EdinburghOli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer bring absolute focus to a shatteringly powerful show of street dance choreo and techno beats This could be the definition …
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghPity poor Batilda Bigbum as she navigates a failed courtship and flight to a nunnery, before being burnt as a witch in this uproarious comedy One of the great charac…
Surprise finds at the festival include a sweet kids' show about embracing your differences and a beautifully choreographed martial arts duet, in a year with work-in-progress energy For start…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghNa-keisha Pebody captures the roiling uncertainty of growing up in a show with upbeat music and audience interaction Chardaye Brown is a 17-year-old Leicester g…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghIn an eyebrow-raising debut, Galvo shares not very fond memories of her education in Ireland Rachel Galvo ditched a career in business a few years back, fleeing Dubl…
Zoo Playground, EdinburghBelgian actors Verona Verbakel and Anemone Valcke share anecdotes about their industry in a knotty show about ambition and failure When we arrive, the screen behind …
The blockbuster show has returned to Broadway to further cement its place as the most popular jukebox musical of all time The siren call comes from inside the house at 1634 Broadway: two pli…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghEmily Woof draws a connection between the female adulation around the Fab Four and radical artist Valerie Solanas's 1968 shooting of Andy Warhol A revolver is s…
Summerhall, EdinburghHannah Maxwell's delightfully meta hour, namechecking Richard Gadd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's breakthroughs, is a blueprint for three potential shows " with the audience…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghZero per cent alcohol? Ghosting? ADHD? Our self-flagellating host has a skewed take on them all You could write theses on comedy's relationship with social maladjust…
Summerhall, EdinburghThe theatre-maker's childlike passion for stories and illustrations makes facts a hoot in this faux seminar You can't argue with the title: here is a weird, wonderfully …
They lit up the 80s and 90s with abrasive tracks that were like kitchen-sink dramas. But can the Wedding Present's acerbic songs work on stage? We meet the team making it happen " and the 'r…
Summerhall, EdinburghWe're just sensory-seeking animals, says choreographer Léa Tirabasso, with a high-energy hour performed by six impressive dancers The surrealist worlds of choreographer…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe New York foursome's freewheeling logic will have you laughing without knowing why in a fringe debut that's smart enough to revitalise sketch comedy With ske…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghCombining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 case How do you stage the life and trial of Lizzi…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghAn anti-work activist and a nepo volunteer join the group for a research study in Dan Bishop's polished play When plays get under way we wait for something to happen…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDrawing on her experiences moving from Nigeria to the UK, this livewire standup delivers a multifaceted first fringe show The fringe is nothing if not a place w…
Monkey Barrel at The Hive, EdinburghThe standup follows a first half of in-your-face jokes about American democracy with a palpably painful account of the loss of her mother Standup shows ab…
Festival theatre, EdinburghMary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas's production about the queens' distant relationship The second half of thi…
Summerhall, EdinburghFrom existential angst to dotty monk routines, US clown John Norris marches to the beat of his own drum With his show and persona Mr Chonkers, American clown John Norris…