A cunning ruse leaves audiences facing their own privilege and complicity in Cliff Cardinal's bold theatrical creation There is, let's be honest, a certain self-congratulatory self-satisfact…
A Ukrainian bin man, an unseen used car dealer and every daddy's dream twink in three contrasting Fringe shows Refuse, Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★
Bringing the Faust legend to comment on colonialism produces bewildering results What new light can the age-old legend of Faust selling his soul to the devil shed on colonialism in Africa, s…
A slippery show about memory and a rug-pulling Deliveroo comedy in the latest from the Edinburgh Fringe Imprints, Summerhall ★★★★
Experimental digital performance art, classical insights and gay shame in three strong Fringe shows The Ode Islands, Pleasance at EICC ★★★★
Two dramas on prison life offer contrasting perspectives but a similar sense of compassion Ordinary Decent Criminal, Summerhall ★★★★★ÂÂ
From drag to Japanese erotica via a French cookery show, three of the Fringe's more unusual offerings Kinder, Underbelly, Cowgate ★★★ Drag artist Goody Prostate (yes, …
Two powerful shows consider the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with mixed results The Horse of Jenin, Pleasance Dome ★★★★★ÂÂ
A joyful gay romance and an intimate one-to-one encounter in two strong Fringe shows The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holi…
A visually stunning stage re-adaptation of a recent gay classic plunges the audience into blood and earth As shockingly beautiful as it is horrifyingly brutal, actor Armando Babaioff's deepl…
Nothing less than the history of human civilisation is the theme of FC Bergman's visually stunning show With the sheer density of theatrical creations jostling for attention across Edinburgh…
A deft, epoch-straddling climate six-hander and a celebration (and take-down) of the pantomime dame at the Traverse Theatre The Beautiful Future is Coming, Traverse Theatre ★★â˅
Twists in the tail bring revelations in two fine shows at the Traverse Theatre Lost Lear, Traverse Theatre ★★★★ A rehearsal room; a tense preparation session for a p…
James Graham's dazzling comedy-drama on the rise and fall of RBS fails to snarl You could distinctly hear the murmurs of recognition from the Edinburgh audience " responding to knowing menti…
An intimate one-to-one encounter and an examination of brotherly love at the Traverse Theatre I'm Ready to Talk Now, Traverse Theatre ★★★★
Three early Fringe theatre shows offer blissed-out beats, identity questions and powerful drama Alright Sunshine, Pleasance Dome ★★★★★
From meta-theatrical mayhem to dreams of freedom and escape in three shows from the Fringe's closing days L'Addition, Summerhall ★★★★ÂÂ
Jewish gangsters and ice-cold adolescents in two strong shows at Summerhall REVENGE: After the Levoyah, Summerhall ★★★★★ÂÂ
Two solo shows merge poetry, rap, spoken word and theatre to compelling effect Ã’ran, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★ÂÂ
Boys playing girls playing boys in two joyful queer shows at the Pleasance Dome Ni Mi Madre, Pleasance Dome ★★★★ÂÂ
A troubling take on the climate emergency and a pile of suitcases containing tall tales in two intimate shows at Summerhall Bellringers, Roundabout @ Summerhall ★★★★Å
Unexpected twists in relationships mark out two dramas at the Traverse Theatre The Sound Inside, Traverse Theatre ★★★★★
Mental health and food form the themes behind two strong dramas at the Traverse Theatre In Two Minds, Traverse Theatre ★★★★ÂÂ
Two strong Fringe shows merge truth with fiction - to very different ends The Mosinee Project, Underbelly Cowgate ★★★★ In May 1950, a small US town awoke to hamme…
From post-breakup blues to sweet-shop conflagrations in three early Fringe shows Heartbreak Hotel, Summerhall ★★★★ÂÂ