We are sitting around a table in the sedate surroundings of the Georgian House, the Robert Adam-designed...
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It is the greatest duet, performed solo. Ventriloquism acts became a popular entertainment in the 18th century...
Music is a lifeline for Abigail and Shaun Bengson. Baring their souls through song, Ohio is introduced...
What happens when theatre meets film? It is a question artists keep returning to. The West Country...
Victoria Melody jokes that she joined a historical reenactment society as a response to getting divorced. It...
Some circus shows start with relatively simple tricks and work up to their big finish, saving the...
If you thought there could not be a more Edinburgh-centric show than James Graham’s Make It Happen,...
Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti is best known for her Susan Smith Blackburn prize-winning 2005 drama Behzti. Featuring...
Expectations and reality don’t always align when it comes to childbirth. Lily Phillips (not that one, she...
This two-hander about consent, abuse and the doubt cast over women’s testimonies is magnetically minimalist. Lauren (Michelle...
There is an alarming sense of cogs being wound in this prison drama by Ed Edwards. It...
This story, told by Beth Paterson, is about her “nanna Niusia … and I remember her as...
Lorna Rose Treen: 24 Hour Diner People review – ‘best joke of the fringe’ winner serves up silliness

Lorna Rose Treen: 24 Hour Diner People review – ‘best joke of the fringe’ winner serves up silliness
When Lorna Rose Treen won the best joke of the fringe award two years ago with a...
Whale, Where Are You Going? Assembly Rooms, 10.10am, until 24 AugustThe old man who sits at the...
What you might not have expected from this outdoor promenade show, which purports to be about power...
On her first visit to the fringe, Urooj Ashfaq left as the surprise winner of the best...
There are many urgent topics demanding our attention on the fringe. Having a famous brother is not...
There is a scene in Alasdair Gray’s landmark novel Lanark in which the author himself makes an...
A play remains a classic for as long as it continues to yield new meanings. Shakespeare’s King...
Belgian theatre collective FC Bergman’s take on “the crisis of modernity” in this show, which travels from...