The island of Patmos is apparently flush with hallucinogenic mushrooms, which may have contributed to the more lurid fancies of its most famous inhabitant, St John, author of the Bible's Boo…
Now that's what I call storming. A gigantic mainsail is thrashing overhead, as if in a hurricane. One man clings to the yardarm while, down below, a sailor appears to be sliding, spread-eagl…
Here's a Spider-Man reboot with a difference. Over the course of a hypnotic hour, Scottish Writer of the Year Alan Bissett weaves together a series of compelling, odd little monologues, perf…
An international festival to celebrate the work of writer Samuel Beckett has begun in the town where the Nobel Prize winner went to school.
We are familiar with the one-man show, in which a single actor plays all the roles.
It's 11pm and there are lights strobing and music thumping as you enter the theatre for Beats. DJ Johnny Whoop, who started out on the 90s Glasgow rave scene, is on the decks while Jamie War…
It is a dozen years since the last staging of the YorkMystery Plays and two dozen since they were performed against the magical backdrop of St Mary's Abbey.
Mies Julie is the jewel of Assembly's glittering South African season this year. Produced by Cape Town's Baxter Theatre, it thrums with menace and passion. The relationship between Julie and…
The eponymous volcano rumbles ominously in the distance and the skies darken. It's the Pathetic Fallacy in full throttle as extramarital desire correspondingly seethes and churns amongst the…
This is a lovely idea. For Monkey Bars, Chris Goode interviewed over 70 six to eleven year olds about the world and then put their words, verbatim, into the mouths of besuited adult actors a…
Based on the biblical Apocalypse, Angelin Preljocaj's And Then, One Thousand Years of Peace sometimes looks downright dangerous.
It's part of the power of this one-man show from theatre director-turned-performer Joe Douglas that it might leave you feeling particularly unsatisfied when he leaves the stage.
A neighing woman with a tail and mane leads a real horse onto the straw-strewn stage. Radu Stanca National Theatre of Sibiu is famous for its epic productions and vast ensembles; to compensa…
Is there such a thing as The One? Two double-handers at the Fringe ponder the possibility in tender, funny and touching style. Blink, by Bruntwood Prize winner Phil Porter is an odd little r…
Up & Over It's Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding storm through an entire grumpy argument by rapping their hands on the table. Smacks become thumps, soften into wheedling brushes and thund…
Brazil's Deborah Colker has tied up her dancers, dangled them from the rim of a giant wheel and thrown them off the roof of a two-storey house. Putting them in pointe shoes, though, as she d…
Have the tectonic plates surreptitiously shifted? The capital of Scotland was, surely, transported last week to the avant-garde heart of continental Europe, as theatregoers at the Edinburgh …
An opportunity to hear homeless people tell their tales has arisen at the unlikely venue of next weekend's Westcountry Storytelling Festival, an annual folk celebration of the narrative arts…
Maurice, a retired jeweller living in Penge, is expecting a visit from the Queen. Sixty years ago, when he took charge of the crown jewels overnight, she promised to find him, should she eve…
The Edinburgh Fringe is all about talent-spotting but forget Footlights - if you really want to see the next generation of performers first, the smart money is on Double Edge Drama. This is …
One of the most prominent venue operators at the Edinburgh Festival has spoken out against a rival who is "threatening to destroy" the event with his claims of infighting, and called for a t…
EL James' "bonkbuster" Fifty Shades of Grey has been turned into a musical.
When the dancers of Flash Mob ask the audience to join in with a dancealong routine, they get a giggly, enthusiastic response. It's a happy ending for a friendly show that brings together da…
Imagine the wisecracks and paranoia of Woody Allen, the tape-recorders and monologues of Samuel Beckett, the surrealism of N F Simpson…and that would give you some idea (a very inflated on…
Punch and Judy is making a comeback - but without the violence or dropped baby.