1,283 stories by "Arifa Akbar"
Assembly George Square Gardens, EdinburghOscar Wilde hides in a bunker on a dystopian dance floor, but while there is much high-energy music there is little drama
What would Oscar Wilde be d…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghTwo-hander presents a woman, who has miscarried on a US flight, confronted by a steely lawyer who explains she is representing the foetus
The tension builds from the…
Festival theatre, EdinburghOng Keng Sen's high-octane production for the National Changgeuk Company of Korea is scintillating from start to finish
This operatic production leans into several…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghJenny Sealey, the artistic director of disabled-led theatre company Graeae, becomes playwright and performer in this engaging autobiographical tale
Jenny Sealey tell…
theSpace, EdinburghAndrew O'Hagan's script has some witty lines but this drama about the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood lacks narrative focus
This monologue opens in a st…
Summerhall, EdinburghJamie Armitage's police procedural seems straightforward but the live-stream cameras give eerie clues to a story that is not as it seems
This mini police procedural uses…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThis fantastically silly show by writer-actors Valen Shore and Alison Zatta reflects on the adrenalised rise to fame for young pop stars
On the face of it, a mu…
Summerhall, EdinburghEloina Haines' performance considers her own " and other women's " labia and the obscene pressure to make this body part conform
If the Edinburgh fringe has never really…
The Studio, EdinburghGeoff Sobelle is firmly in control of this clever show full of tricks, but it doesn't really feed the soul
A gigantic banqueting table dominates the room, with members o…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghValentijn Dhaenens switches between 13 characters, with the help of technology, to tell a story of poverty and social injustice
It is maverick, perhaps reckless, to a…
Lyceum theatre, EdinburghThe 2003 film forms the basis for this intriguing show about far-right tyranny but it is not a straightforward adaptation by any means
A row of actors introduce them…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This cult novel adaptation follows one woman's journey toward self-determination, though it needs more work before it's a killer hit
This musical comes with im…
Summerhall, Edinburgh The Neutrinos present two very different shows in the same lounge-like space: Inhaus sits the audience in the middle of a pop gig, while Darkroom's quiet soundtrack dra…
Available onlineDelivered by smartphone in voice notes, videos and texts, this 'real-time documentary' follows Afghan teen Sajid on an arduous trek across Europe
This innovative production i…
Minerva theatre, ChichesterBased on the 70s TV drama, this musical depicts patriarchal power structures in the music industry which haven't changed much in five decades
Almost two decades be…
Garrick theatre, LondonThe likes of Al Murray, Neil Morrissey and Mel Giedroyc can't rescue Simon Nye's woefully tedious show about the real-life heist of King Charles II's crown jewels
Ther…
Naked choruses, sexual fantasies, rubbish tip wastelands and nods to refugee camps … Athens' Epidaurus festival is thrilling audiences " and thrusting theatre into the 21st century
A giant…
Royal Court theatre, LondonDaring production ranges boldly from very funny Westminster satire to suffering families at the sharp end of Home Office policy
'Words don't crack bones … Do the…
The experimental collective bus us into unknown woodland at night, where we stumble across mysterious characters and slowly become part of a fugitive community
We have been instructed to tur…
The theatre's new artistic director proved himself a canny commercialist attuned to promising writing at the New Diorama. How will his maverick sensibility adapt to a major venue?
In appoint…
Chichester Festival theatreGina Beck is radiant as Maria in this immaculate and impish production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical
Chichester has set quite a record for staging West End-…
Finborough theatre, LondonThe first professional production of Merton Hodge's quippy drama in more than 80 years shows how a play can date
Merton Hodge's whimsical play became an internation…
Crucible, SheffieldBilled as an opportunity to reframe Boublil and Schönberg's original, this is more of a tweak but it is a visually captivating production
Last autumn, a theatre company o…
Royal Court theatre, LondonThree generations of women in a Merseyside house banter, bicker and disappear into their smartphones in this nuanced play from Michael Wynne
Cuckoo is a delicately…
Park theatre, LondonLewis Aaron Wood's play about a rugby player with anxiety artfully conveys the energy of the sport but the characters are flimsy
A new, welcome body of male-centred plays…
