Emma Rice is a genius - we know this from her stage adaptations of classic texts - but when it comes to a wholly original play written by Rice herself, how does she fare?The play i…
Unlike Marx's great work Capital, the one thing you cannot describe this boisterous comic Opera as, is boring.
We live in turbulent and deranged times.
Is there anyone who hasn’t seen at least one version of this story, a version filled with gore, elaborate story lines and ostentatious special effects? This production of Jekyll …
Engelbert Humperdink’s biggest hit, packed with stuff that should not fit.
As comedy vehicles go, this is a Rolls Royce.
What would you do if you were offered god-like powers? That's the final dilemma faced by Mina in this adaptation of the Dracula story by Morna Pearson.
There are many aspects to the brilliance of this show, but the greatest revelation is the singing.
This double bill is a treat of depth of talent performing across a huge range of scope – all compressed within a single hour.
Don’t be put off by the topic - this dance show about death is far from gloomy.
The show is derived from interviews with humanitarian aid workers about the Impossible.
More written about than performed, this is a rare chance to see a version of Caryl Churchill’s 1997 play, This is a Chair.
This circus, dance and music show accepts no boundaries.
A community of actors are staging a theatre version of Lars Von Trier’s film Dogville.
Away from the hurly-burly of the centre of the city, one of the Sisters Hope parades the silent streets, ringing the bell to call the initiates to the ritual.
It is comparatively easy to portray conflict; showing the different forms of domestic love is much more difficult.
There’s been a mix-up in the weekly appointment with her Sanatorium psychiatrist.
This incendiary play is described as Kafkaesque.
Hello, The Hell: Othello is a dance and physical theatre presentation of Othello's and Iago’s afterlife in hell.
Thrown – a play about backhold wrestling – surely one of the world’s more obscure sports, even to city-living Scots.
There is a large distance between the impression given in the description of this show on the EdFringe site and my experience of the performance.
The company Darkfield are a Fringe regular now, known for their shows housed in completely dark shipping containers.
This stunning production is an ideal example of how to use the unique ability of dance to emphasise and refocus on different aspects of a classic drama.
The subtitle A Gothic Romance is added to Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty for a good reason.
In what is truly a first, the international exchange project between Taiwan and Scotland begins its residency for older dancers at Edinburgh’s Dance Base to work on the second ph...