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Theatre Review / 12 August 2026
12 August 2026

If you only see one show in Edinburgh, make it this one urges EWAN CAMERON

thrones
Theatre Review / 11 August 2026
11 August 2026

Family issues and dragon-fuelled history amount to a vacuous spectacle that ill-fits the theatre, muses SIMON PARSONS

hookah
Theatre Review / 27 July 2026
27 July 2026

SIMON PARSONS applauds the timely revival of a play about solidarity and betrayal within Britain’s Pakistani community

chekov
Theatre Review / 22 July 2026
22 July 2026

GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue

BRILLIANT: Tom Glynn-Carney, Rosie Sheehy, John Macmillan, Archie Madekwe / Pic: Johan Persson
Theatre Review / 15 July 2026
15 July 2026

KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession

mockingbird
Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production

Summer hols
Theatre Review / 1 July 2026
1 July 2026

GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film

pride
Theatre Review / 29 June 2026
29 June 2026

PAUL DONOVAN applauds this joyous retelling of the story of the idealistic young communist Mark Ashton and his legendary solidarity with the striking miners

dream
Theatre Review / 26 June 2026
26 June 2026

GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy

venus and adonis
Theatre Review / 23 June 2026
23 June 2026

GEORGE FOGARTY is dazzled by a breathtakingly skillful puppet version of Shakespeare’s greatest love poem

cuckoo
Theatre review / 1 May 2026
1 May 2026

PAUL DONOVAN recommends an energetic adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, that emphasises how psychiatry is a tool in the hands of a racist agenda

price
Theatre review / 28 April 2026
28 April 2026

MARY CONWAY applauds the timely revival of Miller’s study of people fatally deformed by the economics of survival