Monkey Barrel, EdinburghAmusing vignettes about arrogant consultants and undignified poos keep things light as Phillips documents a harrowing hospital experience Expectations and reality don…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghIn Hannah Moscovitch's powerful play, a journalist's triggered memories of abuse are voiced by a man This two-hander about consent, abuse and the doubt cast over w…
Summerhall, Edinburgh Beth Paterson leads us through her discovery that the grandmother who berated her as a child was a Holocaust survivor This story, told by Beth Paterson, is about her "n…
Summerhall, EdinburghThomas jumps adeptly from terrorist to drug lord in writer Ed Edwards's gripping and subtle one-man show There is an alarming sense of cogs being wound in this prison dr…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe character comic returns with another daft set of surreal characters and sharp one-liners " this time stuck in an open-all-hours cafe When Lorna Rose Treen w…
A lively, wriggly tube creature, mesmerising birds for babies and a joyful take on Joyce's Ulysses will delight young audiences at this year's festival Assembly Rooms, 10.10am, until 24 Augu…
Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe 2023 best newcomer winner rebuts her 'mild' reputation with choice quips and boyband erotica On her first visit to the fringe, Urooj Ashfaq left as the surprise w…
Old College Quad, EdinburghLebanese choreographer Omar Rajeh's outdoor dance fizzes with communal energy but its overstuffed concept blunts its political impact What you might not have expec…
Traverse, EdinburghSibling envy, a stumbling acting career and addiction are covered in an indistinctive show by the sister of Carl There are many urgent topics demanding our attention on th…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh Alan Bissett embodies both the expansive Big Yin and the detached author of Lanark in a thoughtful, entertaining search for their conn…
Traverse, EdinburghIn Dan Colley's evocative play, a retired actor with dementia loops through scenes from the classic tragedy A play remains a classic for as long as it continues to yield n…
Lyceum, EdinburghPerformers dig up the stage, roll in the sack and merge with machines in Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman's arresting show Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman's take …
@sohoplace theatre, LondonHenry is the first of a group of star performers taking Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe's hit show about depression into the West End Since its premiere in 2013,…
Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Robert Daws stars as the great comic author in this one-man show but is let down by lukewarm humour Robert Daws has lots of previous form on PG Wode…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe south Londoner's avian theme frames a fine debut about family, neurodivergence, pigeons, pigeons and more pigeons Twenty years ago, Original Pirate Material…
Barbican, London Will & Grace star reprises his Tony award-winning role as Oscar Levant in Doug Wright's play about a ratings-crucial TV interview There is a small set of stage plays in …
Summerhall, EdinburghIn a poetic performance, former teenage grunge obsessive Emma Frankland takes heart from a fantasy about the Nirvana musician There is a fashionable theory among pop rev…
The sense of wonder never wavers in Hart's charming 'best of' set, a fringe favourite in a year of crowd-pleasing card work, mentalism and a hidden-squirrel routine Magic is addictive. The m…
Richard Lee says technology can transform audience engagement, especially for those with hearing loss. Chris Walters recalls the advice of the late Speaker The increasing use of microphones …
Summerhall, Edinburgh Polish company's musical take on Shakespeare's death-fixated drama is full of feeling, but its story never really sings It begins with lines from Under the Earth I Go, …
CabVol1 at Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh After last year's Live!!! Kent-Walters's hilariously monstrous alter ego has returned from hell to reclaim his club from gentrifying usurper Vegas Dave Wi…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith brilliant one-liners, dazzling music and two formidable performers, this fringe highlight sees a cute newcomer end Earth's 750m-year stint of singledom Doe…
Dance Base, EdinburghMalcolm Sutherland's meta production about isolation and the search for intimacy knowingly ties its themes to the experience of the fringe The dry title belies a show wi…
Assembly George Square Studios, EdinburghNina Khyzhna performs a collage of poetic dance-theatre that embodies the everyday trauma of life in Kharkiv In Pokémon lore, the distortion world i…
Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House, EdinburghA joyful ensemble channels the spirit of 70s counterculture with dazzling costumes and cheeky choreography in a flawed show This riotous ense…