2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
Blow Off | The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil | The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time | Doctor Faustus | The Glasgow GirlsWhen the pressure gets too much, something h…
Last call beckons for for Helen McCrory's The Deep Blue Sea, David Hoyle delivers an education, Great Yarmouth goes Out There, and National Theatre Wales celebrates Roald Dahl It's almost yo…
Sunny Afternoon | Yerma | Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour | 1984 | The Sugar-Coated Bullets Of The BourgeoisieJoe Penhall's musical telling the story of the Kinks has enjoyed a long West End…
Maxine Peake arrive as Blanche DuBois in Manchester, Maria Aberg's Doctor Faustus pays a house call to the Barbican and Tron tells of the life of Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-SommerBeth Ste…
Some theatregoers feel short-changed by a short play. But can brevity be a bonus, or do you expect a full-night's entertainment?Linger at a press desk on a first night and you are guaranteed…
Groundhog Day | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Every Brilliant Thing | In Fidelity | StrifeReuniting the team behind Matilda (composer Tim Minchin, director Matthew Warchus and designer Rob How…
Cambridge Theatre, LondonThose who think that the West End is always dumbing down and that an intelligent musical is an oxymoron will have to stay behind for detention with the diabolical Mi…
At this year's festival there were some bold shows such as Breach Theatre's Tank and Matt Regan's Greater Belfast. But too many companies are playing it safeSo the Edinburgh fringe is almost…
King's theatre, EdinburghThierrée's new show is a spellbinding mix of ravishing visuals, breathtaking acrobatics and Heath Robinson-style contraptions Related: James Thierrée: 'Baryshnikov…
Yerma | The Truth | The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil | Sunny Afternoon | The View From Castle RockSimon Stone has a knack of reinventing familiar classic stories, as he did bri…
Lyceum, EdinburghLars Eidinger is a monstrously watchable Richard " played like a seductive rock star gone to seed " in Thomas Ostermeier's mesmerising productionThe storm clouds gather over…
Full of costumes and musical magic, the fringe can cast a spell over most adults " but for the very young, it's a creative introduction to a whole new worldI love introducing people to the E…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghPlays by Somalia Seaton and Chino Odimba are strongly performed, but would have benefited from time in developmentTheatres can endlessly develop playwrights …
Traverse, EdinburghJulia Taudevin teams up with three musicians in an explosive piece of gig theatre about a woman who decides to blow the patriarchy sky-highWhy aren't women angrier? What w…
This year's Edinburgh fringe is full of personal stories and real-life drama, but not every production mines the lives of others with equal success"I'm just raw material," complains Alan Ben…
Traverse, EdinburghRob Drummond's light-touch show tries to make two of its spectators fall in love, as he asks whether we really are genetically programmed to cheat In theatre there is much…
Summerhall, EdinburghIdealism and self-interest are pitched against one other in a playful yet moving show about the politics of EuropeThere is a moment at the start of this collaboration be…
Torch songs are lighting up the city this year, from Alan Cumming's take on Adele's Someone Like You to Lady Rizo's anthem of a sleep-deprived mum"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is," o…
Forest Fringe at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, EdinburghIra Brand, performing in male drag, takes a thoughtful tour in a show that questions our notions of power, gender and identityEver wante…
Us/Them | Matilda: The Musical | Heads Up | Always Orange | Young ChekhovA show for young people about the 2004 Beslan school siege may sound an unlikely proposition, but Belgium company Bro…
Edinburgh International Conference CentreTwo Scots team up with a woman from West Virginia in a play that uses folk music to explore the misery of the Highland clearances and mass emigration…
This year's acts demonstrate circus's capacity for topical introspection as well as clownishness " though its conservative approach to gender could use a shake-upThere has been an explosion …
Summerhall, EdinburghSh!t Theatre turn rifling through the post received by former residents of their flat into rambling but pertinent social theatreIn 2013, Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Bi…
The Space on Niddry St, EdinburghIntertwining the stories of Chelsea Manning and hactivist Aaron Swartz, this fascinating, busy play meditates on knowledge, privacy and and powerWhen Aaron w…
Messy, badly behaved and sometimes simply astonishing, the theatrical outfit that broke the festival's mould is celebrating its past shows Related: Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to…
