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A fusion of Scottish variety and Egyptian cabaret put together by Egyptian-Scots playwright Sarah Shaarawi and poet and editor Henry Bell
Despite its flaws, Ben Whishaw returns to the Almeida to give a mesmerising portrayal of Luke, a Silicon Valley aerospace billionaire, who believes God has spoken to him
The bonkers show 'Sacrifice' by Iceland Dance Company mixes dance, art and film
The former half of satirist duo Parsons & Naylor and lead writer on 'Spitting Image' pulls off another good quality political drama at the Fringe
Nancy Meckler's 'King Lear' may not be a great production but it is an honourable one that gathers in a gutting climax
The National Theatre of Scotland present a pair of plays which explore the experience of transgender people in the 21st century, performed by the people whose stories are being told
The star of Ken Loach's 'I, Daniel Blake' is back doing stand-up and tells the story of his shock rise to fame in film
This new play by Rob Drummond doesn't address enough of the specific problems posed for democracy by the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump
When the actor and comedian Deanna Fleysher's show first appeared at Edinburgh in 2015 it became a low-level word of mouth hit - now it's gone mainstream
From speed-dating to gambling, rifling through suitcases to find terrorist activity and having a cucumber between her thighs, Holly Williams braves some of Edinburgh Fringe's interactiv…
Biography of three-time world heavyweight champion being developed for stage by 'Bat Out of Hell' producer David Sonenberg
With the Roundhouse's huge, pillared space working as an art gallery or a stage during the run, +/- Human is both installation and dance work
This co-production between the Lyceum and Istanbul's DOT Theatre of Eugene Ionesco's 1959 absurdist comedic play Rhinoceros is hard to laugh along with
Two plays currently on in London show how little things have really changed for women in 100 years. And it's a theme echoed by other performances, says Ben Brantley
Sylvia Morgan explores how the struggle for transgender people is a leading theme at this year's Edinburgh Fringe
The Mariinsky Ballet brings together Carmen, Wayne McGregor's Infra and Marius Petipa's Paquita
'The idea that... the idea that we just have to try again. We just have to try again. It's such a beautiful, powerful idea'
Legendary Broadway actress Barbara Cook has died at the age of 89.
Diana Vishneva is one of the Mariinsky Ballet's biggest stars, but her role in Alexei Ratmansky's production feels rushed and thin
The star of 'The West Wing' and 'Grease' takes the lead in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's play about a family and its secrets
'I think now you get a lot of rich kids going into the arts who wouldn't have bothered before because they had different career paths. But all these professions are drying up now&a…
This solo piece about hero worship and The Smiths' frontman by Gary McNair follows on from his Fringe hits 'Gary Robertson is Not a Standup Comedian' and 'A Gambler'…
'He's been admired and respected for a long time ... but many people are less aware of the fact that he had also been the first black theatre manager,' said Professor Tony How…
Emma Hatton is a wonderfully compelling Evita in this robust staging of Tim Rice's classic
This bitter-sweet 1980s comedy offers a frank, moving portrait of gay relationships just before the AIDS crisis
