The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Scotland.
In the 1980s, the era of Thatcher, managed decline and "the enemy within", a crack formed between the northern and southern parts of England, splitting them apart physically as well as socially.
Foreign Radical is a piece of interactive theatre focusing on surveillance and suspicion in an age of prominent terrorist threat.
Adapted by Pelle Koppel from the controversial young adult novel by Janne Teller, Nothing tells the story of a class of young people searching for the meaning of life.
This bit's called the blurb whatever the f*ck that means.
They're back! Why? Money.
Creatives is a dark comic pop-opera written by Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia with music by Laurence Mark Wythe.
Rachel (Austentatious, The IT Crowd, Murder in Successville) has been invited to be a guest speaker at her old school, but what kind of a role model is she really? Through stand-up, character and musical comedy, she explores what messed up message she can possibly offer to impressionable young minds
Two for one is more commonly applied to tickets at the Fringe rather than the plays themselves.
The Odyssey is one of the most iconic stories of all time, telling the tale of Odysseus' long and epic journey home from the Trojan War.
Few years in recent memory have included such a host of dramatic events, so it is perhaps no surprise that the turbulent time that was 2016 has been chosen as the subject of this new musical from Evolution Theatre.
Based on the 1984 cult movie of the same name and following a successful run at London's Southwark Playhouse, the rock musical comes to the Edinburgh Fringe prior to returning to London for a limited run at the Arts Theatre in autumn 2017.
Well, well, well.
Multi award-winning stand-up and absolute mess Harriet Kemsley has survived another year and returns with her best show yet.
The cult-favourite alternative comic humbly invites you to his brand-new, absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris.
Starring Richard Oliver, Robert Picardo and Sylvester McCoy, A Joke depicts three men meeting in a void and attempting to figure out who they are and what has brought them together.
American theatre company Squeaky Wheelz Productions have brought a new play to Edinburgh set after a nuclear apocalypse has wiped out the United States.
Cool kids, high school identity issues, a whole lot of singing and the starting of engines.
Ed Gamble returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show 'Mammoth'.
Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story is the shocking true story of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, two soon to be trainee lawyers who kidnap and murder a 14 year old boy in their desire to commit the perfect crime.
'It Shoulda Been You' opened on Broadway in 2015, with a cast including Tyne Daly, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard in a production directed by David Hyde Pierce.
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain - exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life.
Joe's NYC Bar is a show that really understands the Celtic concept of "craic" - the great pleasure of good company and good conversation.
Edges is the first musical from Pasek and Paul, now better known for La La Land and Dear Evan Hansen.
The typically implausible G&S style plot involves two companies going to extreme lengths to secure good reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe with rival productions.
How would you get through your day without being able to sing a full song, read a poem aloud or even debate at length which Fringe show to see? That's the premise behind Sam Steiner's award-winning play Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons , which returns to the Fringe this year in the lovely Roundab
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Jitters Summerhall (Old Lab) (8/06-8/30) |
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Count Arthur Strong - And Its Goodnight From Me! EICC (5/30-5/30) |
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NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/31) |
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One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/29) |
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Concerts of the Future Summerhall (Lobby) (8/06-8/30) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Parkies theSpace @ Surgeons Hall (8/07-8/29) |
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Glob Underbelly (8/05-8/30) |
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Dracula: Lucy's Dream Pleasance at EICC (Lennox) (8/06-8/29) |
