The Singer
The Guardian 16 August 2026 “There are other ways to listen,” says Joe (Jamie Rea) to his new friend Andy (Dylan Wood), a busker he has discovered on the street…
Cathy
The Guardian 10 August 2026 Eilidh Loan marked her arrival as a playwright with Moorcroft, a tremendous male-centred comedy inspired by her father’s amateur football team. Now she has moved…
Water Colour
The Guardian 8 August 2026 It is rare to come out of a show raving about the structure, but the unusual plotting distinguishes Milly Sweeney’s two-hander. The young playwright’s theme…
Supposing:
The Guardian 8 August 2026 If you found Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey too bombastic, you might prefer your Greek drama filtered like this. Written and directed by Zinnie Harris, Supposing:…
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
Night Waking
The Guardian 2 October 2025 Novelist Sarah Moss has expressed surprise at the relative lack of literature about parenthood. We are all children of someone, many of us parents too,…
Black Hole Sign
The Guardian 24 September 2025 A black hole sign is the dark area of a CT scan that suggests a haemorrhage on the brain. A black hole could also be…
She’s Behind You
The Guardian 5 August 2025 She stands before us in a blue gingham frock, towering wig and a “hideous yet age-appropriate leisure shoe”. She is Dorothy Blawna-Gale and she is…
Edinburgh festival 2025: 20 theatre shows to see this summer
The Guardian 20 June 2025 Peter Pan has a pop fantasy, Faustus is in Africa, Brian Cox leads a banking satire and Billy Connolly meets the late Alasdair Gray. Elsewhere,…