Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe wily Zucker and lanky Venn flounce their way through an hour of whimsical routines, infusing everything with an irresistible pleasure and spirit of innocence…
Voodoo Rooms, EdinburghHodgson leads us through the missteps of his early love life accompanied by his musical spirit-guide in another warm and playful solo storytelling showNo comic act has…
Underbelly Topside, EdinburghUsing storytelling and a live score, Gabblebabble weave Dahl's works with an account of his hospital stay after the concussion that kickstarted his creative life…
At 2.6m words it's something of a mouthful, but John Chilcot's Iraq war report is being tackled by comics at the 2016 fringe in a performance expected to take two weeks. Here, they explain w…
Roundabout at Summerhall, Edinburgh The self-absorbed Tobes must grow up fast in Luke Norris's neatly performed cancer drama, which is witty but struggles with a passive central character'It…
This year's crop of Dreams " taking in Blitz spirit and colonial India " shows how Shakespeare's comedy is fertile ground for infinite interpretation. But it is Benjamin Britten's opera vers…
Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh Puffing on a treadmill, the comic builds from his crazed inner monologue while out jogging to offer a lurid portrait of a consciousness in meltdown'Who is the re…
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn moves to the music at the end of a rally in Sunderland on Friday afternoon. Corbyn used the rally in the north-eastern city to announce the creation of a 'bank of…
Lyceum theatre, EdinburghThis end-of-the-pier retelling of Twelfth Night is a charming mix of humour and heartbreak, steeped in the traditions of of vaudevilleThe illusions of love and theat…
Scottish Ballet | Akram Khan Company | Dance at the fringeA superb double bill, pairing Crystal Pite's monumental work Emergence with Angelin Preljoçaj's hymn to male dancing, MC 14/22 (C…
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. | Measure For Measure | Jesus Christ Superstar | Dancer | Harry Potter And The Cursed ChildBeginning life at the RSC's Midsummer Mischief festival in 2014 and…
Edinburgh Playhouse With riffs on the allure of Magic Mike and the horrors of marriage, the comic is on bleakly funny form " but the reflex cynicism lacks his usual subtletyLouis CK arrives …
The Edinburgh festival 2016 offers everything from straight drama to showbiz revues to verbatim polemics " here's a selection of shows photographed by Murdo MacLeod Capturing the castle: Edi…
Rehearsal studio, Lyceum theatre, EdinburghKarine Polwart's warm solo show guides us through the landscapes of her Midlothian home with history and humourEvery year, 2,400 pink-footed geese …
From Adrian Mole to The Inbetweeners, the comedian reveals the things that make her laugh the mostPhil Kay. I just love the way he makes you feel exhilarated to be alive. The first time I gi…
It has hosted one of the world's longest-running LGBTQ festivals and after 30 years, Dixon Place still makes space for the city's avant garde performersThe accolades hang all over the walls …
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Premiered after the Suez crisis, Osborne's portrait of a clapped-out music hall star mirrored a Britain in decline. Sixty years on, it continues to reflect a country questioning its place in…
With alliances between standups increasingly common, relationship gags are entering a brave new era in which both parties get to air their dirty linen on stageAs comedy gets ever bigger, and…
Edinburgh is hosting heaps of US comics including Bill Burr, Ari Shaffir and Mary Lynn Rajskub, star of TV's 24. Do they have much in common?"This is an American-style hour," says Ari Shaffi…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh A Nasa-funded experiment to teach dolphins English is cleverly dissected in this multi-layered show by Breach TheatreIn the 1960s, a US research programme led by Jo…
Stand Comedy Club, Edinburgh The comedian ditched her planned show when the EU referendum shock gave her something better to dig into. The result is splenetic, alarming " and hilariousDeath …
Theatre and TV director who oversaw a brilliant five-year period at the Liverpool Everyman in the 70sThe theatre and television director Alan Dossor, who has died of cancer aged 74, supervis…
Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Best Laid Plans finds the musical comedian in compellingly candid form as she tenderly pokes fun at life's serious disappointments You can tell something's in the a…
The Edinburgh festival provides many with their first theatre experience and the same goes for the West End's Potter spectacular. There are no rules for enjoying a show " all you need is you…