Theatre

Theatre at the <a href="/events/edinburghfringe">Edinburgh Fringe</a> and <a href="/events/eif">Edinburgh International Festival</a>.

Martin McCormick has a problem with his teeth – he lies through them. ā€œTrust meā€, he asks the audience, all…
Chalked hair, heavily applied lip liner wrinkles and a distinct lack of weary joints, Z Theatre Company’s…
A multi voiced feminine prose poem.
The Wooster Group of New York specialise in experimental work, often taking a classic play, dissecting the…
The Man Who Planted Trees is the multi-award winning adaptation by the Puppet State Theatre Company of French…
In the aptly named Beneath studio theatre downstairs at Pleasance Courtyard, a few rows of seats are placed…
Cataract is something you tend to hear about people having as they get older.   But cataract has…
Samuel Beckett is well known for his philosophical dabblings. Actually, dabblings is something of an…
ā€œThe story begins in a quiet bar … the atmosphere is tickling my toesā€, says the young woman in a little…
Tennessee Williams is a master of creating brutal and brittle characters often trapped in a suffocating…
ā€˜Why are we given so much life?’ asks Willy Russell’s Shirley Valentine. ā€˜The Lounge’ poses the same question…
The Traverse Theatre has an uncanny ability to transform itself, at any time, in order to suit any…
"Hello, I've got the perfect table for you..." intones the head waiter. Not words frequently heard in…
All aboard for a magical realism mystery tour. Like all journeys it starts with a small step, but…
The last witch burning in Scotland in the early 18th century, enacted at this year's Edinburgh International…
Beautiful Burnout marks another collaboration between The National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly,…
ā€œIf I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if…
Whatever way you think this production will go, at some point you will be surprised.
ā€œWhat wind blew you here?ā€ asks Miss Havisham as she sits at her dressing-table, frozen in time, preparing…
Philip Ziegler is a well known biographer and historian with some twenty four books to his name, including…