Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre
The Guardian 4 June 2026 Top 20 theatre recommendations for the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Fringe
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The Guardian 4 June 2026 Top 20 theatre recommendations for the 2026 Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Fringe
The Guardian 29 May 2026 When Once opened on Broadway in 2012, later to enjoy a run in London’s West End, it was greeted with a degree of surprise. You…
The Guardian 22 May 2026 In less volatile times, the memory of the Arab spring would be fresh in our minds. But with the Iran war already stealing attention from…
The Guardian 14 May 2026 Black diamonds are what they used to dig up from the Fife coalfields. The Blue Brazil is the unlikely nickname of Cowdenbeath football club. Together,…
The Guardian 12 May 2026 Over the past decade or so, Morag Fullarton has been developing a popular line in bijou Hollywood adaptations. With a camp flourish and a multitasking…
The Guardian 29 April 2026 It was the early days of the Thatcher project. At the start of 1981, the free-market chill was about to lay waste to the Linwood…
Scotland on Sunday 15 April 2026 As coming-of-age stories go, it takes some beating. Maggie Wallace was just 20 and working as a machinist in the Lee Jeans factory in…
The Guardian 15 April 2026 There are few transitions in life more profound than becoming a parent. Out go late nights and long lie-ins. In comes responsibility. It is an…
The Guardian 3 April 2026 If someone tells you this musical spin-off from the cult 1994 TV sitcom is like a pantomime, they won’t just mean the jokes. Having been…
The Guardian 2 April 2026 The standard colour scheme for hospital dramas is clinical white. You expect gleaming walls and antiseptic surfaces, institutionally bright. Mai Katsume takes the opposite tack.…