Zoo Southside, Edinburgh The pioneering Ontroerend Goed company takes on a conceptually daring view of environmental apocalypse Three years ago, the pioneering Belgian company Ontroerend Goe…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghVolunteers are game in YESYESNONO's lively show that uses drama-school exercises to investigate the nature of truth Jim from the Wardrobe Ensemble has been invi…
Gilded Balloon Teviot, EdinburghIn her playwriting, Sheila Atim puts a female scientist on stage with the pharaoh to chat about music, men and misrepresentation Sheila Atim, the Olivier awar…
Gilded Balloon, EdinburghEve Nichol's play combines songs from the Glasgow band's well-loved album with an ambiguous narrative 'We're seeing other people " at least that's what we say we are…
Traverse theatre, EdinburghBreaking down a thrown burger into its constituent ingredients is a way of confronting assault in this sassy, humane show Behind Travis Alabanza is a container ful…
Summerhall, EdinburghThis vivid production shows both sides of the care system through the eyes of a nurse and a patient The spirit of Nye Bevan floats over Alan Harris's monologue for Natio…
Summerhall, EdinburghCardboard Citizens' gutsy and gut-wrenching stories of the homeless focuses on people instead of just grim statistics Someone at Cardboard Citizens has noticed a pattern…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJessica Ross doesn't come anywhere close to making moral or dramatic sense of why four nurses killed elderly patients How to account for the four Austrian nurse…
Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghNicola Wren deploys considerable charm in a not-really-showbiz story of childhood pantos, movie bit-parts and self-acceptance The Edinburgh fringe is good at bri…
Songs in the Key of Cree, Deer Woman and Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools, three shows by Canada's Indigenous artists, are presented at the Edinburgh festival This summer, Canada's National Inqui…
Traverse, EdinburghJavaad Alipoor's kaleidoscopic show delves below the compellingly shocking behaviour to lay bare an epoch-spanning vision of human waste The sensation of racing a high-per…
Pitlochry festival theatreForbidden love blooms between Catholic and Protestant settlers in Nicola McCartney's razor-sharp study of cultural identity Imagine Romeo and Juliet transplanted se…
Glasgow Botanic Gardens A superb Nicole Cooper plays Hamlet as a fiercely wronged daughter, while a stripped-down version of Richard reveals an impulsive gambler on a wild streak ★★
The Lowry, SalfordFrom Henry V's speech to Jona Lewie's Stop the Cavalry, this illuminating production explores the 'flawed family' of Europe Way back at the start of the Brexit wars, Rufus …
The Stoller Hall, ManchesterWith fascinating " and frustrating " results, the actor plays a woman seemingly possessed by the ghost of the late Velvet Underground singer When 1980s Manchester…
How do you re-enact a homicide for a theatre performance " and should you? Director Milo Rau invited people who knew the victim to take part On 22 April, 2012, Ihsane Jarfi left a gay bar i…
Crucible, SheffieldTransformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel's book unmissable A tip for playwrights: when you want to field …
Various venues, ManchesterIrish company Anu's site-specific modern stories of struggle bring the radical spirit of 19th-century protesters to life This production is billed as a response to …
Curve, LeicesterAlice Walker's novel is transformed into an exuberant celebration of community and female empowerment Incest. Child abuse. Rape. Domestic violence … the foundations of Ali…
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis dizzylingly funny drama boasts a tremendous cast, witty costumes and surprising set 'This is not a ballad," says Prudencia Hart early on in David Greig's di…
As his bold new Oedipus heads to Edinburgh, the director discusses revamping Sophocles and the 'poisonous nostalgia' behind Brexit The teenagers in the audience are all squirms and giggles. …
Albert Halls, BoltonDespite the cast's best efforts, Oscar Wilde's comedy gets almost no laughs in a production that tries too hard to be funny With a good Oscar Wilde aphorism, you can't te…
Royal Exchange, ManchesterRelocating Harold Brighouse's classic to Manchester's Hindu community, Tanika Gupta finds some sharp political parallels and a very funny new cultural context It is…
★★★★☆/★★☆☆☆ Theatre by the Lake, KeswickCharlotte Keatley's 1987 work about mothers and daughters is a wonderful gesture of empath…
Various venues, Edinburgh Inventive stagings keep young minds enthralled as detectives test their bravery, dancers evolve and superheroes fall out There's an extraordinary moment in the midd…