Figs in Wigs are back and this time they’ve got their period (dresses).
In a holding room, participants wait.
Dances Like a Bomb is a dance and physical theatre piece by Irish Dance Company Junk Ensemble.
Come and enjoy a night in celebration of one of the world’s most beloved entertainers, the one Ms Judy Garland.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, featuring original text and music which depict the extreme cruelty resulting from retaliation.
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionise medicine – and people believe her.
Writer/performer Jenny Witzel tells her story of living on a boat in an “up-and-coming” neighbourhood in South-East London.
A guitar, microphone and stool wait expectantly on an empty stage.
La codista / The queuer is a deceptively simple show about a woman who waits in line for other people.
Banana is a wacky hour of outside-the-box clown comedy that makes you smile from ear to ear.
Travellers! Come along the journey of your life to the land of holiday wishes, dreams.
Discover this iconic Flemish play by Cyriel Buysse.
A dance performance exploring the working body across two seemingly distant sectors: agriculture and dance.
‘Breathtaking, heart-stopping, terrifying’ ***** (Cherwell.
After a slow and rocky start, Ontroerend Goed’s Funeral becomes an emotionally resonant space for processing a person’s grief.
Gerry Carroll – Young.
‘Why do I speak English??’ I have been asked this in an accusatory manner.
Report To An Academy is not Franz Kafka’s best work, but Robert McNamara brings the elusive central character with precision and animal rage that is very watchable.
Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside.
Look into the human face of greed – live acting, visuals and a binaural soundscape that gives you the chills.
‘Stand-out dance of the summer’ (Guardian on 201’s Skin).
Jaz Woodcock-Stewart from award-winning company Antler collaborates with choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple.
‘I think I might be ill.
‘Awesome late-night hilarity’ (ThreeWeeks) will be too good to miss.
The Relentless Approach of Better Times is Emma Smith’s testimony to the importance of galvanised positive action in response to forced mass migration, climate change and political…
Kat is a woman (has been for quite a while now).
It’s a day like any other.
Firsthand is an audiovisual artwork – an outcome of residency by artists Marta Adamowicz and Robert Motyka on the concept of home through the connections with the remembered and …
Blood Red Lines was developed with and performed by victims and survivors of the tragedies of South Armagh, border counties and Dublin in the darkest days of the Irish Conflict.
Originally published in 1915, The Rainbow was extraordinarily ahead of its time as Lawrence explores the experiences of three generations of Polish women living in Nottinghamshire …
Heroes.
From the Heart of the Incident is the extraordinary story of Dr Issam Bassalat Hijjawi, a highly respected and much-loved Edinburgh medical doctor and Palestinian activist held in …
A poetic, subtle and witty dance performance on conventions, expectations and perception.
Saber Came to Tea is an entertaining short play with original music and magic that tells the story of one young woman’s defiant stand against the constraining social norms of her f…
After years of patching up a rapidly deteriorating airport on an island lost in a Foie Gras scandal, Lick is staring down the propeller of a cargo plane.
Saved is a multi-layered, retro-mechanical music show built around rescued 70s home organs.
“You can disappear into the timelessness of motion.
A Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres co-production.
Join Art27 Scotland Artist in Residence Elaine Cheng as she explores the binaries of Hong Kong and China through her new sonic composition, discussion and tales of the life of thos…
A grenade hits Joe Bonham in WW1.
We all have a mother, and an opinion about how she should be.
Award-winning political theatre based on the movie about the harmless, loser boxer Rocky, who against all odds defeats his own inferiority and unreasonable loser life.
‘I’m still waiting for my child.
Zkeletonz are ‘one of the UK’s most innovative and independent bands’ (DestinationNative.
Argentinian dance music greets us as we enter the space for two-man physical theatre experience Un Poyo Rojo, but the vast majority of the show takes place in silence.
An Afrofuturist history of the universe from the Big Bang to dreamshout death.
Scottish Dance Theatre’s Ritualia shakes tradition to its core in this bold re-imagining of Nijinska’s 1920s ballet, Les Noces.
Not Today’s Yesterday.
Billed as part Brazilian street dance and part Scottish ceilidhe with everyone invited to share the dance floor and a whisky, this suggested a rather more joyful, carnivalesque exp…
Combining Temper Theatre’s signature fluid muscular movement, fragmented imagery and soul-shaking soundscapes, Nightshifter attends to a world in desperate need of emergency care.
When two scientists struggle to parent their youngest son, they create Inka.
Be a passenger on our cliche-free poem/song journey tonight: relationships, nature, places and much more! It’s alternative.
Circus is inherently exciting to watch – the whole point of it is to see human bodies interact with the world in a way you didn’t think was possible.
A stripped back, thrilling and edgy contemporary dance work.
A requiem for our digital age from Toronto/Macau composer Njo Kong Kie (winner, 2018 Toronto Theatre Critics Award, Best New Musical).
The dream of old age and the fear of reaching it! In a battle against time, the Danish theatre company Don Gnu throw themselves into a physical and blazing acrobatic quest for the …
Ziggy Stardust takes us on a Tragical Mystery Tour through the life of a nearly-was rock star! Drama, tragedy and hilarity ensue to a live rocking backdrop.
James Stuart – or Stuart James – is passed out at his desk as the audience file into the space.
Millennial-female-clown rabbit Diane wants to find love but she’s having some serious problems with her contraception.
Conversations With Van Gogh – Hannah has lost faith in everything and everyone, except maybe Vincent van Gogh; but if all life is creation, then surely she can find the meaning o…
Super Human explores and pushes the limits of the human body.
How To Use A Washing Machine is a charming two-hander from emerging company Slam Theatre.
Chess and Cristina are multi award-winning duo, The Hiccup Project, often introduced as ‘the lovely hiccup girls’.
What’s done is done.
Muse 90401 is a one-woman show written by, and starring, internationally acclaimed actress Fadik Sevin Atasoy.
A mixture of mythology, memory and music.
There are 36 shows at the Fringe by trans performers, according to the TransFringe hashtag on Twitter, and Edalia Day’s Too Pretty to Punch might be the only one that’s both ce…
Lola’s funny, confident, and always striving for perfection.
The shows are based on Chinese classical myths of the very beginning of the world.
Matt Griffo from Chicago is an internationally touring musical comedian, combining music with comedic lyrics.
ZOO Venues in conjunction with DanceXchange and Dance4 present a series of new choreographic works from emerging artists in the Midlands.
A quintet between pianist/composer and four dancers, Autóctonos II questions belonging to a group, in this society of endurance, indifference and productivity.
When a whale beaches on the London Underground, all hell breaks loose and communication abruptly ceases.
I’m not sure how to explain The Fun Club Presents… Three performers – Sara Page, Franny Anne Rafferty and Alistair McPhail – in a room, all in animal face-paint, talk obliq…
A mad inventor applies logic to the absurd and abstract.
For one day only! Live Art Bistro take on ZOO Southside, doing what they do best: presenting 12 hours of transgressive and experimental performance by world-renowned artists.
The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside.
A magical journey around the world.
A one-to-one performance for a group of individuals.
We’ve all encountered the wine wankers’ insufferable diatribe.
Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’.
Back at the festival for the fourth time, 34/18 Youth Dance Company perform Step Into Africa IV.
‘Our world is in order, a world in which there are unchangable truths that are valid to everybody.
ĐẸP is a Vietnamese word that translates as ‘beautiful’, and is also the starting point for Dam Van Huynh’s dance work that explores the nature of the human condition, tak…
Violet is starting to forget.
Sometimes we feel sad.
Choreographic duet from three years ago.
‘Dreamland tackles pressing social and political issues with bracing theatricality’ (Jesse Briton, Bear Trap Theatre).
A woman stands downstage right, a spotlight illuminating her from one side.
Karen and Tom met and married when they were really young.
If the impression of an accelerated overall situation ending in a crash is manifested, the mutation to the crash-test dummy has begun.
The Matrix, but with bees.
‘There’s something about the UK, you don’t welcome people.
When did you last speak to your Mum? Last week? Last year? We’ve been asking everyone from grandparents to schoolkids.
It’s 2005 and somehow Liverpool are back in the European Cup Final.
‘Dearest Elsie, if you’re reading this, I’m dead.
Punk and theatre aren't the strangest of bedfellows, but there is something that often feels false when collectives of art school graduates and professionally-trained actors at…
A sensory experience transforming dancers into sleek, androgynous, nocturnal beings guided through shadows by a futuristic techno soundtrack.
Profundis choreographed by Israeli-born Roy Assaf, is amusingly and slickly performed by the National Dance Company Wales but is more of a ‘five-finger exercise’ for dance stud…
This play, set against the historically accurate backdrop of the first day of the Somme, features fictitious soldiers from the Durham Pals regiment, preparing for the big push.
Folk is Caroline Finn’s first piece for the Cardiff-based National Dance Company Wales since becoming its Artistic Director two years ago.
Charlotte has a pen pal, but he sends her his letters from death row.
‘High energy, precision crafted choreography creates a dark twist on a classic tale’ **** (Stage).
On One Condition draws on stories from Dan Daw’s lived experiences, asking us to question our own perceptions of normal while offering a stripped back look at the world we live in.
‘Theatrical knock-out’ (Times).
#JeSuis is an edgy new choreographic work by renowned British dancer Aakash Odedra.
Powerful and complex, TuTuMucky explores how we’re shaped by the world around us, searches for peace in chaos, and celebrates revolt against the regiments of modern daily life.
A story about secrets, about the unspeakable truth, about being a woman.
E-Do is an ensemble of six incredibly talented musicians who combine traditional and contemporary rhythms with consummate ease.
EastEnders fans will remember experiencing shock and upheaval at the revelation that the culprit of a long-running murder whodunnit was 10 year old Bobby Beale.
You are asked to explain a purpose, statement of intention and concept.
This ‘professional ballet company in microcosm’ (Scotsman) tells the tangled tale of Aladdin and his famous lamp condensed into a delightful hour.
Czech dance in its ultimate form.
In Korea when somebody dies, people say they have gone ‘over the moon’ or ‘crossed the river’.
This is one of Granny’s stories.
‘The more I try to remember her, the more I’ve forgotten her.
Confronting head-on complex ethical dilemmas that co-exist with modern Western imperialism, this new play written by Rory Horne is urgent, engaging and also deeply entertaining.
Award-winning contemporary circus company mixes breathtaking acrobatics, original music, magic tricks and unexpected illusions in a fantastical journey to the spectacular comedies …
A good storytelling piece is lovely.
Static Assembly attempt to give us an insight into the lives and rivalry of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla but really just leaves the audience confused.
Temper Theatre once again return to Edinburgh to gift audiences with a performance well worth three times the ticket price.
Floating in deep space, an astronaut pleads with his lover to let him back in the airlock.
Glimpses of a toxic relationship.
With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack.
Gossip, blather, misinformation and rumours are a cross-cultural phenomenon of humanity.
They say a mother’s love is unconditional, but can you truly still love your child after they commit the most heinous of crimes? Put The Book Down’s Mine brings to light the ex…
‘Thought-provoking, visually beautiful and totally engaging’ **** (EdinburghGuide.
When reading the marketing blurb for Luna Park, I must confess I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.
Lightning-fast, cinematic style sequences skilfully bound together with fluid, muscular movement, vivid lighting and soul-shaking soundscapes.
When adult life isn’t going to plan sometimes you have to take charge and do something about it.
Three expert musicians from France, Japan and Taiwan blend the sounds of three of the world’s most distinctive string instruments: erhu, sitar and cello.
Pentire Street Productions are proud to debut their unique two-person immersive drama at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The setting is intimate, and encroaching on the personal space of a frail man, in a battered armchair listening to the television (news of the Gulf War is on – the year is 1991) …
Hosted by the love child of Sandi Toksvig and Frank N Furter, Stamp is a cheeky, challenging game show where you make the rules.
I you are looking for a bombastically visual hip hop dance show, and you don’t mind a nonsensical and cliché plot, this is the show for you.
‘Bringing a thrillingly muscular energy.
The two performers could be anyone; strangers or siblings, friends or lovers.
Airida Gudaite and Laurynas Žakevicius represent a new generation of Lithuanian dancers and choreographers.
Desperate and looking for love, Anna (AFI award-winner Bojana Novakovic, star of Rake and Shameless) is a woman at a karaoke bar waiting for a date.
Mission accepted.
The difficult relationship between political and personal affairs are addressed in the devastating drama Generation Zero.
Through innovative movement and a thought-provoking script, Clown Funeral’s dark yet comedic The Murderer comments intelligently on society’s inability to forgive and forget, by …
Combining clownesque joy with jaw-dropping skill, a quartet of multi-talented virtuosos escapes the critical eye of their instructor and embarks on a musical journey from Tchaikovs…
Hip Hop is a strange medium with which to tackle the homosexual experience.
Ghost Dance, or Dawns Ysbrydion as is the Welsh title, uses three female dancers to explore the parallels between the displacement of Native Americans and the Ghost Dance of 1890 �…
Killing most of an hour, and murder to sit through, The Ted Bundy Project does bait-and-switch on its audience.
Rowan is a hip hop and punk-inspired poet diagnosed with a specific learning difficulty and speech impediment, often disabled by other people’s perceptions.
This is the first year of the ‘iF Platform’ – a new showcase featuring the UK’s top disabled artists and integrated arts companies.
For those who like their dance without frills, Last Man Standing provides an hour of unrelenting raw movement.
There is dance and there is Scottish Dance Theatre.
Following on from Brew’s acclaimed Remember When which recalled his past an elite ballet dancer, For Now I am engages directly with his body as it is now, 18 years on since his lif…
Award-winning choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald and Eddie Kay for Frantic Assembly present Dreaming in Code, an explosive, visceral, brand new double bill performed by one of the UK�…
I was slightly apprehensive when going to review Tribe, having seen a lot of pretentious, uninspiring, or just simply bad physical theatre and dance pieces this Fringe.
Prince Charming is down in the dumps, Cinderella can’t find her fairy godmother, Little Red Riding Hood has wandered out of the forest, and the Wolf seems more interested in doin…
The room smells of Deep Heat.
‘Choreographed by Robert Royce and Joanne Whitehill, this Alice captures the zany adventure in Lewis Carroll’s original story in a package that appeals to even the youngest audie…
Hula House, created by Permanently Visible Productions, is an immersive, semi-interactive look at the life of sex workers.
This is a mesmerising, funny and well-crafted example of modern choreography, which explores what you can achieve when you are put under restrictions.
A solo comedy show for anybody, ideally a fat one.
Nothing can take a turn for the worse as quickly as a perfect day.
Transit Cabaret by Six Faux Nez is described as ‘A silent show, like a silent movie, a clever, poetic and festive mix of music, gesture and underground cabaret-theatre.
A hotel room in Vienna, 1950.
123,205,750.
Joan, Babs & Shelagh too is a difficult play.
Formosa Circus Art company blends circus, dance and theatre skills.
Paint is thrown onto the naked body, as art and theatre combine in an explosion of colour and movement.
This is a show with an ambitious script, which shows real emotional intelligence.
Present day (1976) straight-laced rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death, and he’s got to go it alone.
We must be nearly at saturation point with plays and particularly monologues about war veterans.
This piece of new writing from Ben Maier is the latest addition to the succession of plays at this year’s Fringe which in some way seek to deal with issues of mental health.
Discoteque Machine, brought to us by Gianmarco Pozzoli and Alice Magione is a morphsuits show.
Entering into a world of 1950s dating, Last Chance Romance is a fun hour for any adult.
Jo Fong’s An Invitation is about as elusive and complex as a performance at the Fringe is likely to get.
This show by Wales-based company Harnisch-Lacey Dance’s show mixes contemporary dance with breakdancing and elements of parkour.
Takibox’s Beyond the Body is an intriguing exploration of physicality, a performance that promises to look towards an extension, a transcending of state.
La Loba is a mythological woman who wanders the Earth collecting animal bones, bringing dead creatures back to life with her singing, and occasionally laughing at humans.
The Curious Incident Of The Frog In My Sightline is curious indeed.
This is a solid performance of a classic play which, while it doesn’t amount to a re-telling in anything but the literal sense, does a creditable job of rendering the whole thing w…
The lights go down and, from out of the dark, a sound comes.
The simple pleasure of play is at the heart of Brooke Laing’s enchanting storytelling.
Combining contemporary and African dance, four dancers put on an impressive physical display in Kaneish Dance Theatre’s Tabula Rasa.
‘Pss’ is one of those sounds that extends beyond itself.
From a cool, air-conditioned distance, the 3 Reasonable Women’s Chlorine is a thematically jam-packed, A-Level drama-mare of a show.
Please Don’t Cry (At My Funeral) isn’t exactly the show advertised.
In a deserted bar in a dusty town somewhere in the Australian outback, a barman prepares himself for the drudgery of a long day.
Café Ruse is a kooky, energetic piece of theatre that’s quite unlike anything else I’ve seen on the Fringe.
Taking a bite into Chekhov is no mean feat at the best of times.
“Gossip,” we’re told, “travels fast in a valley.
Patch of Blue return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their scrumptious offering of Beans on Toast: a triumph of simplicity which still captures the imagination and the heart.
Lenka Vagnerová and Company have two shows on at this year’s Fringe, Riders and La Loba.
Arcos describe themselves as a ‘multimedia dance company’ and they certainly deliver.
Super Tramp is based on the real life of Shane Fox who, at the age of fifteen, was told a piece of information that changed his life forever.
Curious Directive have hit the Fringe this year with epic sci-fi drama Pioneer, a space-exploration thriller of stunning proportions.
You know that scene in every crime show ever, when the police finally show up at the serial killer’s lair to find a treasure trove of strange, coded messages pinned to the wall…
Three talentless directors try to find new performers for their TV company.
Why can’t people, for once, not act the clichés they are? Meet Amy Jones, 25 from Brixton.
Japanese dance company LaN-T003 have been to the Fringe several times before, bringing with them an eccentric blend of video art, physical theatre and quirky slapstick.