2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Royal Botanic Gardens, EdinburghThis is such a lovely idea. It comes from Fuel, a theatre company full of good concepts, who are rethinking where we might find theatre and what it might be.&…
Pleasance CourtyardGo to the theatre and generally you know where to find the show: on the stage. But over the last few years theatre has broken out of the theatres and is running amok on th…
Catch Audience and Forest Fringe at Edinburgh while you still can. Or head for the theatrical riches of Margate and LondonThe Edinburgh fringe finishes this weekend, with Monday offering a l…
Summerhall, EdinburghJust when it seems as though every available space in Edinburgh has been colonised by the big venues, up pops a brilliant new space, with not a comedian in sight. Summer…
Underbelly, EdinburghLife in the palace is awfully dull for the king's youngest daughter, who is not allowed to stray beyond the gates. Her elder sisters are not exactly ugly, but they are i…
Pleasance, EdinburghEdinburgh TheatreMinsk 2011 Pleasance ∂∂∂∂∂You might think that, if you lived under a dictatorship, you would have more pressing things to w…
Traverse, EdinburghOstensibly, this show is part of a long theatrical tradition that allows the minor characters in classic plays to take centre stage and have their say. None, perhaps, dese…
AssemblyYay! This is such fun. Smart, thoughtful and tuneful, too. We've already had one terrific piece of American song theatre at the fringe this year in the Team's Mission Drift, and now …
Traverse @ the PointWeddings, don't you just love them? The drunken uncles, the weeping bridesmaids, the embarrassing best man's speech? Everyone has their wedding story, and Adrian Howells …
It's been a very good Edinburgh fringe, although perhaps not a classic one. A classic fringe almost certainly means at least one or two five-star shows, and I haven't seen one, not yet. Miss…
King's, EdinburghToru Okada has lost his job, his and his wife. His whole life has become a kind of absence, and he is the void at its centre. A man alone and isolated in the big city. But l…
Assembly George SquareWhen Bryony Kimmings was growing up, she thought the pub was a magical place. Aged 12, she drank so much that she passed out and soiled herself. Kimmings is not an alco…
A wild child gets her iron claws into a hunk of a bear in a twisted fairytale from a group who blend storytelling, puppetry and live action to beguiling effectWho are they? Very much the rig…
As The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle debuts in Edinburgh, London relies on its musical big guns and Bristol brings out the puppetsRight, this is going to be another brief What to See because the ma…
Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh"We're going to remember this day," says Henry's dad with a smile as his son is wheeled off for experimental surgery that it is hoped will cure Henry of the epi…
Traverse, EdinburghWe are living in an era of rapid cultural change: the certainties of yesterday are no longer certain today. The world tilts, and we are not sure of our place. How can we b…
Forest Fringe, EdinburghThe fringe offers many strange sights, but I can think of few more curious than watching an audience queue up to have their money shredded, in much the same way as si…
Underbelly, Edinburgh My mother always told me to say no to strange men offering unsolicited rides in their cars, but you need to say yes and jump in if you are going to enjoy the exhilarati…
St George's West, EdinburghAt the door to the meeting room we are met by Hannah Jane Walker and Chris Thorpe, and welcomed in with a cup of tea. So far, so cosy. We settle down around the co…
Take Time Out at the Edinburgh festival to immerse yourself in a water polo team pep talk from this interactive theatre groupWho are they? A group of photographers, producers, administrators…
Underbelly, EdinburghNature has taken her revenge on humanity. Her "menopausal rage" has produced devastation and rising sea levels. Millions are dead and all attempts to save the world " re…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghLast year Chris Larner took his ex-wife Allyson " with whom he had remained good friends " to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland where she ended her life. It was a l…
Pleasance Dome, EdinburghIt is 2011, and Frieja's father has recently died. She is fulfilling his last wish and taking his ashes to the icy wastes of Norway. They are the same mountains wher…
This energetic female duo return to the Fringe with a Scary Gorgeous new show " and there's not an ounce of flour in sightWho are they? RashDash " one of those companies that go from zero to…
Traverse, EdinburghIn the kitchen of the Golden Dragon restaurant and takeaway, a crisis is unfolding. While the customers concentrate on making their choices from the extensive menu, behind…
