128 stories by "David Kettle"
A brutal history of America and an intimate examination of Scottish drug-related deaths in two powerful shows
Dark Noon, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★★
Two strong shows in the Fringe's #DANISH strand offer financial temptation and otherworldly interactions
The Insider, ZOO Southside ★★★★
Climate change gets an exquisitely beautiful, gently humorous treatment by two Belgian puppetry and mime companies
A toy car " in fact, a mobile home with comically enormous antenna on top "…
Warm-hearted wisdom from an 80-something plus ambitious circus at House of Oz
Maureen, House of Oz ★★★★
Communicating with the far future and dream-like shadows for children in two contrasting shows
PLEASE LEAVE (a message), Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★★
Three one-on-one shows offer absolution, advice and a choreographed blind date
With its throbbing crowds and its performers baying for attention (and for audiences), the Edinburgh Fringe can…
A patchy operatic send-up and an unflinching examination of dirt and degradation in two very different shows
The Grand Old Opera House Hotel, Traverse Theatre ★★★
Illicit gay encounters form the themes of two provocative shows - with contrasting results
Adults, Traverse Theatre ★★★
Sinister supernatural forces, a broken Balkan childhood and a scream of fury for prison reform in three varied shows
Casting the Runes, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★
Overwhelming power in a hybrid of Eastern and Western traditions, though a more modern take on female identity issues struggles to convince
Trojan Women, Festival Theatre ★â˜ 
Our compulsion to consume and our acceptance of outsiders investigated in two visually impressive shows
FOOD, The Studio ★★★
There's no denying it: Los Angeles-born …
Three outstanding shows at the Traverse Theatre tackle unexplored life choices, uncertain trauma and Section 28
Heaven, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
Male violence, Greek myths and a modern-day cyclops in three strong shows
Stuntman, Summerhall ★★★★★
Three solo shows at Summerhall cover family secrets, untrodden life paths - and poultry celebrity
The Death and Life of All of Us, Summerhall ★★★★
Victor Esses…
Celebration of Scotland's iconic comedy legend Billy Connolly is a moving portrait of a nation
Anyone expecting to see the Big Yin himself, Gary McNair breathlessly explains as he dashes on …
It might sometimes whizz by, but Lesley Hart's stage adaptation has all the power, passion and profanities you could ask for
How do you cram a thousand-page novel, a cast of dozens and profo…
Zinnie Harris reimagines Shakespeare to compelling effect, making the audience complicit
You'd hardly call a director particularly perceptive for highlighting Lady Macbeth as the true power…
Kingship, tolerance and the trappings of power are among the many themes of Rona Munro's passionate, timely new play
"The poem is real," intones entertainer-turned-courtier Ellen solemnly as…
An energetic, lithe gig-theatre adaptation of Édouard Louis's 2014 trauma memoir can't escape the book's limitations
Those working-class people really are appalling, aren't they? Racist,…
A slow-burn gothic horror plays with our sense of reality to intelligently creepy effect
In many ways, The Stones is what the Fringe is all about: a new theatre company (London-based Signal …
Two plays by Scottish writer James Ley set out to shock, provoke " and provide belly laughs too
Ode to Joy (How Gordon Got to Go to the Nasty Pig Party), Summerhall ★★★★
James Thierrée joyfully collides together dance, mime, acrobatics, music and more - but what does it all mean?
"I feel I owe you an explanation." That much James Thierrée concedes partway …
A multi-layered, multi-generational theatrical epic is one of this year's stand-out offerings
First, a bit of housekeeping. Maybe it was the three-and-a-half-hour duration, or maybe the unfa…
Two performer-less shows on the theme of work set the audience to - well, work
Temping, Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★
Sarah Jane is away in Hawaii. But don't w…
Theatre about theatre? There's plenty of it about at the Fringe: here are two fine examples
Every Word was Once an Animal, Zoo Southside ★★★★
