Theatre

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

Never having been to see anything at the free fringe, I had no idea what to expect.
Welcome to Reykjavik, or as the sign at the airport reads “Velkomin Heim” (Welcome Home). It’s a city which…
Modern art isn't everybody's cup of tea, but is there a chance that it could change your life?
I first heard of this show through Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance.
The Wooster Group of New York specialise in experimental work, often taking a classic play, dissecting the…
Yasmin is a smart cookie and has always had a way with words. She is also an angry young woman.
The latest show from Worcester based mask theatre company Vamos, Finding Joy, is based on the true life story…
Chalk About dances gently through some complex themes, exploring emotions and identity with a childlike…
What happens when you put the Macbeths, Richard III and Juliet Capulet into a psychiatrist’s chair? Dr Bard…
In the world of magic, women are generally no more than ‘the lovely assistant’. Not so with French cult…
Crossing the River Jordan focuses on three stories involving Palestinian confrontation with Israeli guards at…
The film Casablanca is part of every individual's memoryscape who is aged 50 and above.
A brilliant show: funny, touching, and completely satisfying to someone who had no familiarity with the books…
It must be difficult to understand what being a different gender, to your own, would be like.
Sitting sipping a latte in the genteel surroundings of the Summerhall courtyard, I'm buttonholed to go to a…
The play opens with Alex, a tutor in creative writing, giving his last lecture of the term. He tells one of…
In a San Francisco apartment, a talented but unsuccessful artist struggles to complete the piece of work…
The award winning BBC Radio 4 series may have gone to bed in the 80s but it has risen thirty years on as…
Standing centre stage, Clair Whitefield, wearing a simple red T shirt and loose blue trousers, begins to tell…
Created by Edinburgh’s own Arthur Conan Doyle, the eccentrically alluring tales of Sherlock Holmes have been…