The first thing that strikes about The Happiness Project is the colours. Shocking pink and neon yellow on a plain background and plastic-grass floor.
In a world full of fear and worry, we all need a reminder that there's still hope. Luckily, in The Man Who Planted Trees at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, two storytellers and their puppe…
Exploring grief and the impact of trauma on memory and family relationships, Paradigm Lab's Pink House by Madison Pollack at PQA Venues is somewhat heartbreaking and completely honest.
Thunderstruck by David Colvin at Assembly Checkpoint is a deeply felt and human tale, whose relationship with its source and inspiration nevertheless makes for some uncertain moments.
Of Mice and Men, in the Gilded Balloon Teviot Wine Bar for the full fringe, benefits from one fine performance and one exceptional one.
Never go back, they say. Aspiring poet and English Lit student Tay finds out why when she returns home to Dundee for
In A Game of Death and Chance, the National Trust for Scotland's first ever Fringe show, four characters from the 17th century " and death himself " have occupied an old Edinburgh tenement t…
The roots of director and creator Bence Vagi's most recent Cirque Danse creations are clear in Paris de Nuit, the circus evocation
Fela Kuti, the revolutionary Nigerian band leader who invented Afrobeat, was imprisoned for his anti-authoritarian music but had a decidedly dodgy attitude
Bence Vági has honed his circus acrobat troupe to a Zen-like level of movement-through-stillness in this dark and atavistic vision of masculinity
The favourite tropes of kids detective fiction are given a fast-paced workout in Stef O'Driscoll's cracking take on Nathan Bryon's script about
The monumental impact of being deaf is explored in Hélène Blackburn's physically intense choreography for 9, performed by her company Cas Public
There's a whopping 27 different offerings made in Edinburgh in this year's musicals and opera section of the fringe programme.
Sassy, rude and distinctly scuzzy round the edges, the Anonymous Badger Creative's production of Down It Fresher! in the Free Fringe is a case of writing what you know about.
Using her own son's experiences of being bullied at primary school for wearing dresses and all things glitter, Annie Cusick Wood has
As the fringe continues to grow, so does the input from Edinburgh-based companies. This year there are an unprecedented 93 different productions in the theatre section of the Fringe programm…
The classic Cold War era monster movie, Them!, in which humanity is under threat from giant mutant ants, played on people's fear
Amelie is a slick, clever and hugely appealing production which reveals the heart of the original in a way which the initial Broadway production did not, if the clips of the latter are to be…
In the week when moves to regulate Airbnb failed and it was decided to curtain Princess Street Gardens off during commercial gigs, Active Inquiry's The Sideshow feels remarkably relevant.
Over 50 years on and the Age of Aquarius is still providing a relevant, controversial (in parts) and " eventually " thunderously entertaining piece of musical theatre in Hair.
This touring production of Captain's Corelli's Mandolin allows aching heartbreak to overcome any nods to cloying sentimentality.
Edinburgh International Festival is facing a 10% cut to its grant from the city council, prompting fears of "accelerated decline". The planned
Passports at the ready! It's time to jet off to the Club Tropicana Hotel in this brand new jukebox musical which is touring the country.
The new show by Wonder Fools tells the story of a group of men from the former mining village of Prestonpans, a
The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland took place at the Tramway in Glasgow on June 9. Here are the winners in