Theatre

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

The spirit of Edinburgh’s Fringe festival continues to thrive in the National Theatre of Scotland’s…
Albert Lamorisse’s Oscar-winning 1956 film set in Ménilmontant in the 20th arrondissement of Paris is a…
The idea of over two thousand shows is a daunting one for any prospective Fringe goer. The very phrase ‘…
For those of a certain generation and set of experiences, both in Edinburgh and beyond, Wojtek the ‘Polish’…
Summerhall’s Demonstration Room, an old Dick Vet lecture theatre, is the suitably strange setting for Clout…
An icy chill shuddered down my spine as I approached Paradise On The Vault on Merchant Street.
It is very hard to see 4.48 Psychosis solely as a play. It is, and always has been, so much more than that. I…
David Lean’s 1945 film Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, received five Oscar…
Seeing the words ‘coming of age’ is usually a guarantee that I would give a production a body swerve.  Too…
The Fringe can go from glitter and glamour to paper and cardboard at the turn of a corner, but in the case of…
They are everywhere. And I have seen my fair share of them. So, when I spied a show in the Fringe guide…
All aboard for a magical realism mystery tour. Like all journeys it starts with a small step, but…
How to turn some 600 pages of print into a fast-paced piece of theatre? Answer; take two highly talented…
Producers, writers, actors are continually exploring what constitutes a theatrical experience and All That is…
The National Theatre of Scotland has the ironically inclusive slogan of ‘theatre without walls’ having in…
It’s a cracker, for sure.
Don Juan has died and has gone to meet his maker, or rather the anti-maker, the Devil. We watch as Don Juan…
Tailors have had a tendency to be men, but it is generally women who do the sewing at home; the making and…
Waiting in a rain pelted marquee with technicians setting up lighting, front of house staff bustling around…
A fresh and contemporary musical from Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years is…