Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDavid Greig follows Tarkovsky and Soderbergh with this bold, rewarding take on StanisÅ‚aw Lem's novel about a sentient planet speaking to its visitors If a sentient…
Derby theatreSarah Brigham's revival of Richard Bean's brilliant and chaotic comedy hoodwinks the audience into its games, but lacks the original's taste for danger Such was the air of spont…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeWith modern-day parallels and an excellent ensemble, this play about two powerful women tests the limits of intolerance and compassion How refreshing to be plung…
Dundee RepPeter Arnott's brilliant vignettes about a 1879 railway bridge disaster imagine the lives and hopes of passengers stalked by death Peter Arnott has written enough plays to know you…
Pitlochry Festival theatre, Port Na CraigRarely has theatre seemed so much part of the public sphere as in this electrifying adaptation of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel There is a thrilling tr…
Scottish Storytelling Centre, EdinburghDrawing on her dual Scottish and Kenyan heritage, Mara Menzies weaves together an exquisite set of stories about the power of language to liberate and …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghThis full-blooded agitprop cabaret comprises 10 monologues about resistance and emancipation, based on true stories about the treatment of women in Nigeria In a week w…
Summerhall, EdinburghLaura Dalgleish is magnetic as a woman marauding through the Newport night after family pressures become too much Theatre is a laboratory where we put a character centre…
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe avuncular storytelling sage leavens seven-and-a-half-hours of myth-recounting with boyish enthusiasm and silly voices Stephen Fry is lying prostrate on the st…
Summerhall, EdinburghTim Etchells' thought experiment doggedly asks what if you could go back and right the wrongs of your past? Tim Etchells is surely a master of the late-night pub convers…
Drawing from folk music, Celtic myth " and a drunken night out, three plays are imbued with a deep sense of terrain Karine Polwart's Wind Resistance, which makes a welcome return to Edinburg…
Summerhall, EdinburghAhmed El Attar's bruising two-hander dives into the long lead-up to 2011 in an attempt to determine what causes mass revolt What causes a people to rise up? Is it a simp…
Kings theatre, EdinburghAn updating of Sophocles' classic, set on election eve, has such political resonance you can imagine Boris Johnson not far away The play has hardly begun and already …
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghSasha Frost sparkles as a curious and vulnerable Kay searching for her birth parents, but this unfocused production fails to capture the intimacy of the soul-searching…
A trio of performances " Daniel Bellus in Beat, Alexander Fox in Snare and Mick Berry's Keith Moon: The Real Me " put drums centre stage It must be something to do with being at the back al…
Robert Softley Gale's show Purposeless Movements turns the involuntary gestures of cerebral palsy into choreography Becoming a parent for the first time can be nerve-racking for anyone. Know…
Summerhall, EdinburghIn a series of autofictional shows, Traumboy and Traumgirl offer insights of varying quality amid the intimate revelations and erotic dancing 'I'm not the person most pe…
Traverse, EdinburghMale psychotherapists feel the heat in pantomimic telling of a true story about the voyeuristic exploitation of a female patient's private disclosures If you search online…
Church Hill theatre, EdinburghThe 1927 company became darlings of the festival scene after their first fringe outing, but this showcase of traditional tales lacks urgency When the Margate co…
Underbelly, Cowgate, EdinburghThis slight drama, in which a woman sifts through old possessions and memories, leaves so much unsaid one wonders if there is any meaning at all The premise of …
Traverse, EdinburghSet in South Armagh during the Troubles, Meghan Tyler's anarchic and OTT revenge fantasy hits back at the patriarchy and turns into a bloodbath It turns out Killing Eve wa…
The Studio, Festival theatre, EdinburghTim Crouch plays a messianic cult leader prophesying catastrophe in a formally adventurous show about the dangers of environmental fatalism And, lo, as…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThere's lots to love about the polished and fizzy scenes of this family drama, but too many themes leave its message unclear There's lots to love about this sho…
Assembly Rooms, EdinburghFrances Barber stars as Zelig-like chanteuse Billie Trix, in this one-woman spinoff from the band and Jonathan Harvey's 2001 musical Closer to Heaven Despite her glo…
Your home, EdinburghDaniel Bye enlists the help of his five-month-old son in an unpredictable hour-long exploration of nature versus nurture A show can have the same words, same actors, same…