Freeman review at Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh " 'harrowing stuff realised with vitality and vibrancy'
Inspired by the story of William Freeman, the first defendant to plead insanity in a US court, Camilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts'
Inspired by the story of William Freeman, the first defendant to plead insanity in a US court, Camilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts'
I have no idea what goes on in The Extinction Event. Not a clue. Simon Evans and David Aula " theatre directors
You won't come across many shows like The Hit, a solo hour of storytelling performed entirely by a puppet. Strangeface's play takes
Pteronarcophobia. That's the fear of flies. And it's what drives this intelligently staged co-production between master storytellers Les Enfants Terribles and family-focused
Based on Karel Capek's 1936 sci-fi novel of the same name, Knaive Theatre's War with the Newts immerses you in an apocalyptic
This is vital verbatim theatre. Adapted from more than 200 hours of interviews and reams upon reams of public documents, Lung Theatre's
Ah, be still my beating heart. Tallulah Brown's Songlines, co-produced by DugOut Theatre and HighTide, is the kind of quirky teenage love
There's a commendable degree of ambition to House of Mirth's new play Chihuahua, but the execution isn't there to match it. Phil
The National Student Drama Festival is such a potent Petri dish for young companies; it's galvanising to see so many recent participants
Oof. Last Tapes Theatre Company's Valerie hits you like a ton of bricks. It lands an emotional gut-punch so strong it almost
It takes a while to get your head around Hunch, Kate Kennedy's intensely physical solo show about the perils of indecision, but
Eva O'Connor's new play – in Edinburgh as part of the Culture Ireland Showcase " attacks that classic crux of contemporary Irish
Busking can be a scary business. Just you, your instrument, and an audience that, more often than not, walks past without a
Here's a young company taking on a big subject. Dreamland is the debut show of Hyperdrive Theatre, an outfit formed from East
Stories don't come much more dramatic than Liverpool's 2005 Champions League final win in Istanbul, when they came back from 3-0 down
Plays should be written about the Holocaust. But not by Philip Wharam and Tim Marriott. It's a terrible topic that demands sensitivity
Ingvild Haugstad hails from Det Andre Teatret, a Norwegian fringe theatre specialising in improv and absurdist comedy. This short solo piece earned her
Jointly produced by Scottish company Dogstar Theatre and Swedish outfit Profilteatern, Let's Inherit the Earth offers one of the zanier shows available
It's a bit disconcerting to come across a straightforward tragicomic play at the Edinburgh Fringe, but that's what Max Dickins' Kin is.
Work can be incredibly stressful. And if you'd somehow forgotten that during August in Edinburgh, Alastair Curtis' three-handed comedy Dining Al Desko
Shows don’t come much sweeter than this. The Backpack Ensemble " an emerging company hailing from the University of Lincoln " heaves
Theatre Temoin has been an Edinburgh Fringe fixture for a while now, and it's a company unafraid of tackling big issues "
Poltergeist Theatre " remember the name, because these guys are going places. The Oxford-based collective, one of the New Diorama's Graduate Emerging
There's a lot stuffed into Mandi Riggi's Leviticus. Probably too much, in truth. It's presented here by Where Are They Going, a
To spend an hour with amiable Australian storyteller Wil Greenway at the Fringe is to escape Edinburgh, to trade the hustle-bustle and