Underbelly Cowgate, EdinburghA Peruvian boy has a sexual awakening in a show about religion, patriarchy and homophobia, featuring sweet and smutty songs with a Latin twistThe image of Jesus has been used by some to shame and subjugate queer people acro…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghChakira Alin’s buoyant show is shot through with bitterness as she gives a lucid account of Hackney’s transformationIn her solo show about the aftermath of gentrification and austerity, Chakira Alin bemoans the rise of cos…
Continue ReadingThe city is plastered with festival posters during August. If you want to make an impression, beware goofy grins and try channelling Charli xcxThe Edinburgh fringe is in full swing and I’m looking for my posters. Which, given the function of a poster, …
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, EdinburghPity poor Batilda Bigbum as she navigates a failed courtship and flight to a nunnery, before being burnt as a witch in this uproarious comedyOne of the great characters in recent live comedy is Rosalie Minnitt’s Clementine, a s…
Continue ReadingZoo Playground, EdinburghBelgian actors Verona Verbakel and Anemone Valcke share anecdotes about their industry in a knotty show about ambition and failureWhen we arrive, the screen behind the performers is displaying the entry for The Ego in the onlin…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghHannah Maxwell’s delightfully meta hour, namechecking Richard Gadd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s breakthroughs, is a blueprint for three potential shows – with the audience as focus groupHannah Maxwell would dearly like a bad review. …
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghThe theatre-maker’s childlike passion for stories and illustrations makes facts a hoot in this faux seminarYou can’t argue with the title: here is a weird, wonderfully warm morning show from illustrator and theatre-maker Scott Turn…
Continue ReadingSummerhall, EdinburghWe’re just sensory-seeking animals, says choreographer Léa Tirabasso, with a high-energy hour performed by six impressive dancersThe surrealist worlds of choreographer Léa Tirabasso are not immediately readable to the average audie…
Continue ReadingPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe New York foursome’s freewheeling logic will have you laughing without knowing why in a fringe debut that’s smart enough to revitalise sketch comedyWith sketch comedy not exactly cresting a wave in the UK right now, why…
Continue ReadingPleasance Dome, EdinburghAn anti-work activist and a nepo volunteer join the group for a research study in Dan Bishop’s polished playWhen plays get under way we wait for something to happen – look and listen for clues, monitor behaviour, tune in. One o…
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