Monday, October 26, 2026
He made Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter fart, left Judi Dench unable to control herself and told a fry-up fantasy about Helen Mirren. A new biography details the star’s mischiefJasper Re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 10, 2026
Feted for cooking up shows that can be mouthwatering as well as thought-provoking, the artist discusses his fusion of South Korean and European cultureWhen I meet Jaha Koo in Oslo, where he …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2026
Charing Cross theatre, LondonBüchner’s jagged masterpiece about a soldier’s descent is told with enchanting and stirring songs that occasionally defuse its stark terrorWhen Georg Büchn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 1, 2026
An addict meets his sponsor in David Ireland’s two-hander, Gillian Anderson dazzles in A Streetcar Named Desire and Winsome Pinnock’s audio dramas are revelatoryFor an addict in the Alco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 19, 2026
Southwark Playhouse Borough, London The sequence of richly atmospheric novels about lonely souls in the capital is condensed into an engrossing play that could be more unsettlingPatrick Hami…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2026
The Arts at Marble Arch, LondonElvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis’s 1956 get-together is respun with an unsubtle script but some vigorous performancesWith the Ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Almeida theatre, London Josh O’Connor makes a powerful return to the stage as a New York violinist driven by dire straits to risk everything in the ringClifford Odets proved himself a cont…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:50AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 10, 2026
The Ali G and Borat creator is reported to be taking the lead in The Popinjay Cavalier, a swashbuckling comedy Tarantino is developing for early 2027He will soon be seen resuming his old Sta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste lead a brilliant staging of Arthur Miller’s tragedy, a Shelagh Delaney deep-cut is released and Black Watch turns 20Ivo van Hove’s staggering West End…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:50AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 29, 2026
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghFour clowns stir up a strange stew of ideas about faith in this playful and highly physical comedy‘Anyone ever been born before?” That’s a rare…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 28, 2026
Edinburgh has given festival audiences a look at two long awaited musicals – Bliss and Disenchanted! – with both aiming to now scale up their spectacleThe Edinburgh fringe is mostly wher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2026
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghSongs, physical comedy and clever design come together in Theatr Iolo’s adaptation of Arnold Lobel’s offbeat story, aimed at over-fivesArnold Lobel was a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Summerhall, EdinburghGabe Winsor’s inventively staged tale is charming and sweetly lo-fi, but the emotion never quite clicksDeep sea diving and plumbing the depths of family history make a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:20PM[SHARE]Summerhall, Edinburgh The comedian brings a calm authority to her tale of a haunted house and digs out maximum horror from a minimal stagingSome shows work their magic on you slowly but Kirs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Edinburgh comedies by Whisper Theatre, Lightning Rod Special and Olaf Falafel are exploring what it’s like to be a dad, from the hilarious and melancholic to the devastatingly accurate cri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:15AM[SHARE]Zoo Southside, EdinburghA handstand artist and a juggler slide, toss, stack and stand on umpteen glasses without a drop of wine in sightThis Swedish circus two-hander begins with the perform…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Well-tuned performances help along a familiar set of laughs as a rickety library gets a new manager and an inspectionThe sign says Plumstanton Library but this…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 23, 2026
From Taiwanese steampunk dance to Australian climate comedy, here are 13 quick-fire fringe reviewsAll our Edinburgh festival reviewsFor new perspective on the strange ways we behave, we all …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:15AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 22, 2026
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghMelissa Firlit recreates Dirty Dancing in a one-woman show that mixes trivia, personal memories and a singalongDirty Dancing was the first VHS in our house: snaz…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe choreographer combines a homophobic killing from 2012 with a remembrance for his father in an often rapturous show about healingIn 2019 at the Edinburgh intern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:05AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Zoo Southside, EdinburghThe acrobats in this symphony of ins and outs build and break tension as they clamber over the set togetherFour performers enter the auditorium and walk among us but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:05PM[SHARE]Summerhall, EdinburghWith physical and vocal agility, the tricksy clown duo trigger an avalanche of misinformation in this feverish treatHere is a show every bit as breathless as its title, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBoth outrageous and tender, this stellar follow-up to Main Character Energy gives new meaning to body languageTemi Wilkey serenades us, asks if we fancy her and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2026
Summerhall, EdinburghSeed Dance Company deliver a show that builds in intensity as it riffs on imprisonment and estrangementTaiwan’s Seed Dance Company visited the fringe in 2024 with a ra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 16, 2026
Zoo Playground, EdinburghDante Passarelli’s play, part of the São Paulo Showcase, is an atmospheric hour borrowing themes from HamletThis year’s fringe variously puts Hamlet in the Big …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:40AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 15, 2026
Summerhall, EdinburghEvery comment sparks suspicion in Oisín Kearney’s bold play about a meeting between a mother and a social workerIf you book a seat for Good With Faces you might only …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM[SHARE]Disney production ran in Bristol earlier this year and its stars Oliver Tompsett and Samantha Barks will resume their roles at Theatre Royal Drury LaneThe Greatest Showman, the 2017 Hugh Jac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55AM[SHARE]Friday, August 14, 2026
Assembly @ St Andrew Square, EdinburghA lusty adaptation by Avenue Q’s co-creator is performed with verve by Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise’s daughter and her fellow studentsNot every under…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AM[SHARE]Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAndy Roninson’s tribute to a friend who died aged 21 combines original rock, soul and folk songs in a considered exploration of griefThey say don’t speak il…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Summerhall, Edinburgh Actor Keron Day draws on his experiences of getting along, or not, with live-in carers to give a pithy account of a complex relationshipThe stories told by Patch of Blu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM[SHARE]Monday, August 3, 2026
Rebecca Lucy Taylor leads David Hare’s rock’n’roll drama, Michaela Coel tells us Chewing Gum Dreams and Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo stars in a murder mysteryLike a time capsule …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Southwark Playhouse Borough, LondonA lesser-known selection from the composer and lyricist’s archive is full of heart and humour, swinging between cabaret blues and pop bangersHow do you m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 7, 2026
The dreaded bloodsucker will be getting his fangs into the Edinburgh fringe this year – in a deeply creepy, liberty-taking show with a sisterly twist. We meet its directorWho is your Dracu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AM[SHARE]From returning comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti to Flo & Joan’s cheeky One Man Musical, these are surefire standouts at the fringeEdinburgh festival 2026 reviewsIt may contain a brief…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:40AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2026
New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’The Duke of York’s theatre in the West End is to bec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AM[SHARE]The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is backRosamund …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55AM[SHARE]Monday, June 29, 2026
London Theatre Company founded in 2017 by Hytner and former National Theatre colleague Nick Starr has been sold to company that owns 20-plus venues in UK and abroadThe Bridge theatre in Lond…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 28, 2026
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in EnglishJames Norton is to take on his first major Shakespearean stage role…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Miranda and Eisa Davis’s concept album based on the 1979 film is to be realised for the stage, co-directed by Jenny Koons and Hamilton’s Andy BlankenbuehlerLin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The 84-year-old actor has spent decades bringing Samuel Beckett’s plays to life. Does his recent diagnosis give him new insights into playing ‘sad clown’ Krapp in a drama about age and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:15AM[SHARE] 
