2,878 stories by "Lyn Gardner"
The joys of curating your own festival, in search of human rights in Edinburgh "Â and have the Olympics really had an effect on the fringe?Fringe amnestySome years the festival throws up d…
Assembly George Square, EdinburghThey say you can't make an omelette without cracking eggs but if anyone could it would be this quartet of performers who test the very limits of the human bo…
Puppetry gets a boost, a Macbeth beneath the seagulls and art on the menu at the Hunt and Darton cafeNo strings attachedOne of the things I love about the fringe is the fact that audiences a…
TraverseFind a winning formula and repeat it is the mantra of many successful businesses, but giving the audience more of what they want can be a trap for any artist. So this year Daniel Kit…
Short shows that make a big impact, disabled artists on the fringe " plus come and say hello at the book festivalShorter, but not always sweetWhen I first started coming to Edinburgh in the …
King's TheatreFive men, naked but for shorts and bowler hats, are wheelchair-bound like the inmates of a hospital or sanatorium. They wheel themselves around in circles, at first in silence …
Lowland Hall"Captain Banquo and I are in the helicopter … Scotland 52 has landed." This contemporary version of Macbeth, set during a Middle East conflict, gets the 2012 Edinburgh internat…
Arthur's Seat"A good walk spoiled," was how Mark Twain once described the game of golf. The phrase comes to mind in this mix of art and sport created by NVA on the steep mountain above Edinb…
Traverse"This is not about fathers and sons," says comedian Mark Thomas in this solo storytelling show. But how could it not be? A picture of Thomas's father, Colin, dominates the stage, mak…
What to see in Edinburgh and beyond, audiences behaving badly, and the worst Edinburgh venues for theatreSight linesWhich are the best and worst festival venues for seeing theatre? A comment…
The artistic director of the Traverse tells Lyn Gardner about dream plays, theatre in the morning and jelly snakesYou've recently taken over the Traverse " how's it going?I've only been in t…
The performer who wanted his mum to shoot him, why cuteness is now a cult and how Forest fringe went paper-basedShooting your own sonAfter seeing Rob Drummond's wonderfully entertaining but …
Pleasance DomeWhat connects a book about the way ants communicate, a Cumbrian mining accident, a British official in a 1952 air disaster, and a young Egyptian woman travelling to museums acr…
TraverseIt's hard when someone you love decides to leave you; harder still when you've been together for years. And it's almost impossible to bear when you think that they are making the wro…
Circuses take over the fringe, Daniel Bye gives value for money at St Stephen's " and for great food be sure to visit the mosqueWords of wisdomQuote of the day comes from Daniel Bye, who at …
Assembly MoundMiss Julie is suddenly on the rage again, as witnessed by recent revivals at the Royal Exchange in Manchester and London's Young Vic. But she has never raged quite so fiercely …
St StephensCruelty and dysfunctional families are the stuff of fairytales. What mother sends her daughter out into the forest on her own? Is it any wonder that the queen was j…
TraverseHow do you make sense of the chaos? How do you find your place in the world? How do you change it? They're questions that every generation asks, but they seem perhaps more urgent for…
Today's roundup includes the best cafe, the best loos and the best shows for both adults and children " plus I want to hear your fringe memoriesSeeing starsShould theatre critics use stars, …
Pleasance CourtyardThere is always something a little voyeuristic about going to the theatre, sitting in the dark and watching other lives unfold. Natural Shocks take that idea further in Pe…
The Olympics arrive on stage, plus the shows to see and avoid in the first instalment of my new daily Edinburgh blogThose who dare don't always winSo we're out of the starting blocks. I've b…
TraversePlaywright Simon Stephens has form when it comes to teenage murder. In Herons (2001) he depicted one child killing another, while 2009's Punk Rock offered a Columbine-style massacre…
Traverse"This isn't magic; it's a conversation," says Rob Drummond in this remarkable, multilayered and utterly gripping show inspired by the infamous bullet-catch trick. It's remarkable for…
TraverseWhen Sophie (Rosie Wyatt) was little, her father made her feel important. Now she's grown-up, Dad is dead " and grief makes her feel as if she is disappearing. Even her office lets h…
All eyes are on the opening of the Edinburgh fringe, but treats are also in store further south "Â at Derwentwater in the Lake District, French company Ilotopie walk on water and in London…
