Theatre at the <a href="/events/edinburghfringe">Edinburgh Fringe</a> and <a href="/events/eif">Edinburgh International Festival</a>.
Theatre
Political satire is hardly a new concept, but this piece by Tom Basden (if.comedy Best Newcomer 2007) manages…
Mike Maran, dressed in a Native American feather bonnet and buckskin, invites us to mark the closure of…
To the trilling of a recorder the cast emerge from cardboard boxes. They are here to unpack a story of…
This autobiographical play is set in a run-down boarding house at 722 Toulouse in the French Quarter,…
The sumptuous Ballroom of the Assembly Rooms with its extravagant chandeliers may seem like an incongruous…
A friend, an intellectual property lawyer,
once speculated what music might play in institutional day-rooms…
Listen carefully, the storm is coming. The wind is picking up, dirt is rising, electricity fills the air -…
Almost as soon as the bridegroom steps forward to deliver a speech of thanks replete with unconscious irony…
Tailors have had a tendency to be men, but it is generally women who do the sewing at home; the making and…
Friends, we are gathered today to bid farewell to our Friend, Mr Matthew Chambers.
It feels like we are climbing the stairs of an Edinburgh tenement, winding up until we reach the door to flat…
"Am I still so evil after so long?", asks Rudolf Hess, the solitary last inmate of Spandau prison.
The idea of finding some humanity behind a man who is down in history as one of the most divisive figures to…
Birdsong and the sounds of the river accompany two sisters adrift from the modern world.
Martin McCormick has a problem with his teeth – he lies through them. “Trust me”, he asks the audience, all…
Goody’s life is rubbish. A one summer job on the bins has lasted for 19 years, during which he has carried a…
The idea of over two thousand shows is a daunting one for any prospective Fringe goer. The very phrase ‘…
In the 1980s, the TV sitcom Hi-de-Hi, set in a 1960s holiday camp run by yellow coats with all its behind…
Feminism has always been a widely debated subject and many women feel there is a need to reject the image of…
Following on from his success last year as part of an outstanding ensemble in the Assembly Rooms’ highly…