Gentle yet resonant, Janis Mackay and Nada Shawa’s Mending Nets, is a weaving of poetry, dance, and storytelling into a tapestry of shared humanity. Created as a bridge between Scotland and ...

In literary event Murder Ballad & The Unrecovered (Thursday 14 August) you can find out more about the titular mystery titles when authors Lucy Ribchester and Richard Strachan swing by Edinburgh ...

It’s not such a leap to imagine Lewis Major Projects soon moving from the Fringe to the Edinburgh International Festival, such is the majesty and skill of their work. Triptych Redux builds on ...

Gingham never looked so good. In She’s Behind You, Scotland’s pantomime powerhouse Johnny McKnight teams up with National Theatre Of Scotland to deliver a whip-smart, unapologetically queer ...

In a dimly lit bunker, our hero begins her quest to find the perfect two-piece suit. And so the audience are invited along on Sam Nicoresti’s transitional, transgender and occasionally ...

Faye has not been dealt a kind hand in life. In control on the surface (especially in a darkly funny sexual encounter), she seems hardened and uncompromising. But as Ian Pattison’s play unfolds ...

Forget Storm Floris; strong winds can’t blow away our reviews (mainly because that’s not how websites work), so here’s every five- and four-star review we’ve punted onto our site over the ...

As a potential descendent of James Watt, a new-ish father and a climate scientist specialising in future models of environmental disaster, Dr Matt Winning has more reason than most to brood about ...

There’s an unassuming air to Eric Rushton’s delivery. He’s not quite deadpan, but he is subdued enough to knock-off grade-A punchlines with a shrug, basking in a superlative gag rate to ...

Like any actress, Maria Teresa Creasey would like to be immortal, always in the hearts of those watching her on stage and screen. Given that her profession is a vampiric one, the protagonists of ...

Hot Chips is an experiment that will evolve as the Fringe continues, Trygve Wakenshaw reassures us, and audience members should come along later in the run to discover how it’s developed. Right ...

In this hotly anticipated Fringe debut from the talented Glaswegian comedian, Jack Traynor tells of how his grandad (the ‘big man’ who brought him up) has been reduced by dementia and is ...