Theatre

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

Three very different chairs stand in the performance space of Traverse Two, waiting to be occupied by three…
There was a nice mix of people sitting inside the Udderbelly this afternoon. Grandparents shared programs…
The Traverse theatre is staging 'scratch' short plays by some of Britain's best writers. Starting at 9.30am,…
In Sachsenhausen concentration camp an elderly Jewish Berlin watchmaker (Benjamin) and a flamboyant German…
Stalag Happy is a little work of art.
Having already brought to the fore Shakespeare's Women with Susannah York and Berkoff's Women with Linda…
Following a tale of mistaken identity this black comedy follows a variety of characters to the doors of…
Ruhe - which means "silence" in German - is an extraordinary piece of theatre. It deals with the thorny…
In the current climate of economic recession and general "cutting back" on outings this summer, numbers…
I had a laugh even on the way in to see Sir Barrington Ganch the other day.
As its title suggests, this new play by Bill Dunlop has more than just a soupcon of the French about it. Set…
There are fine theatrical moments in Jidariyya, from the opening in a hospital emergency room to its close.…
Slick lives up to its name in the perhaps somewhat restricted space of Traverse 2; essentially a pantomime…
"Cúirt An Mhéan Oíche" in the original, "The Midnight Court" to those not blessed with an understanding of…
A friend, an intellectual property lawyer, once speculated what music might play in institutional day-rooms…
A Japanese parable of greed, sloth, industrialisation, lust, deception, lies, and stupidity. Not bad for…
The Tell-Tale Heart is an adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe gothic, dark tale. A gripping monologue, we are…
Alfred Jarry's original production of Ubu Roi in 1896 caused riots on its opening night and has since shaped…
Never having been to see anything at the free fringe, I had no idea what to expect.
As the man himself admits at the end of the show, the big old barn that is Traverse 1 is really a bit too…