Theatre

Theatre at the <a href="/events/edinburghfringe">Edinburgh Fringe</a> and <a href="/events/eif">Edinburgh International Festival</a>.

The existentialists have taken over the asylum as Panta Rei Theatre seeks to explore the boundaries of…
There is nothing I hate more in this world than people that do nothing other than speak of themselves.
The multi coloured geometric shaped external space of Pleasance Beside, designed by Simon Scullion, is the…
If there were one subject I wish I knew more about, it would be Greek Mythology. All of those ancient Gods…
Samuel Beckett is well known for his philosophical dabblings. Actually, dabblings is something of an…
The story of Electra, so typical of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece, has murder and revenge at its…
Arthur’s Seat in Holyrood Park is the main summit of the group of hills that rise above the city of Edinburgh…
Swedish writer August Strindberg’s 1888 drama about the taboo of sex between the upper and lower classes has…
Sophie Treadwell was an American news journalist during the 1920s at the time of the sensational New York…
The notorious bullet catch trick, where a bullet fired at the mouth of the magician is caught in his teeth,…
Based on the  Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this multi-skilled company combine…
It is very easy to enter the Mental Health discussion with a sorrowful, even morbid, tone. Humourlessness is…
With the darkness of Goya and hints of Chagall, two pan faced, black clad characters with touches of red and…
With its timeless appeal and loved by  children all over the world, everyone knows the story of Peter and the…
Margaret Rutherford was an extraordinary English character actress, renowned for energetic, feisty roles,  …
Lou Salome must be regarded as one of the most interesting women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth…
There are any number of shows at the Fringe designed specifically for children, but very few are performed by…
Many years ago, at the end of a play, a noted Scottish dramatist in the next seat muttered, ‘It’s just…
As reveille sounds and the Stars and Stripes whips around the flagpole, we join Captain Thomas Morton…
As Tam struggles home after another big Saturday night of boozing, up in the morning early is a certain Rab…