Theatre at the <a href="/events/edinburghfringe">Edinburgh Fringe</a> and <a href="/events/eif">Edinburgh International Festival</a>.
Theatre
Alfred Jarry's original production of Ubu Roi in 1896 caused riots on its opening night and has since shaped…
Producers, writers, actors are continually exploring what constitutes a theatrical experience and All That is…
Samuel Clayton’s Statements is a masterclass in character performance, that deals delicately, yet…
With the darkness of Goya and hints of Chagall, two pan faced, black clad characters with touches of red and…
A soaring polyphony on the grief and waste of war.
The theme of lucid dreaming has a lot potential. The ability to enter a dream state while still conscious and…
"Hello, I've got the perfect table for you..." intones the head waiter. Not words frequently heard in…
“What wind blew you here?” asks Miss Havisham as she sits at her dressing-table, frozen in time, preparing…
In the decrepit splendour of a chaotic old sideshow known as Riley’s Odditorium, we meet Riley’s family of…
Edinburgh has had its fair share of drug addicts. We buried Thomas De Quincey the self-confessed opium…
The story of Edinburgh’s notorious Deacon Brodie has been picked, plucked, gathered and cropped by a variety…
We are welcomed to this taster of Fear Camp by the three blazered and badged staff.
Political satire is hardly a new concept, but this piece by Tom Basden (if.comedy Best Newcomer 2007) manages…
The old sink in the corner of the Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall is the accidental prop that reveals…
"There's an awful lot of tech on that set."
First impressions set up expectations which may or may not be…
Introducing the double-bill Dalgety and Fragile, both by David Greig, director Emma Callander gave us a bit…
As we trudge through our muggy, too-hot-for-the-Scots-but-can’t-complain summer Morna Pearson’s new comedy…
The first black man to be born in America out of slavery chose his own name. He called himself Freeman.
Owle Schreame’s Droll is an engaging piece of late night lunacy performed for the “Merriment and Delight and…
As Beatriz and her little sister Rosa put final preparations in place for the youngest woman's wedding,…