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Lear review – all-female cast add novelty and confusion to the tragedy
Coronation Street’s Christine Mackie gives a passionate performance as the raging patriarch in a production that has moments of invention but too little clarity about the power relationships between the characters
Mark Fisher
09, Jun, 2023 @10:03 AM
A Streetcar Named Desire review – rage restrained, then turned up to 11
Kirsty Stuart’s Blanche is convincingly respectable in this revival of the Tennessee Williams classic, before she spectacularly unravels
Mark Fisher
08, Jun, 2023 @9:09 AM
Fleabag star Andrew Scott to bring one-man Uncle Vanya to West End
Vanya, adapted by Simon Stephens, will see Scott tackle all of the characters in Chekhov’s play
Mark Fisher
07, Jun, 2023 @11:01 PM
I, Daniel Blake review – Kafkaesque benefits story rekindles righteous anger
Politicians’ glib statements frame the struggles of one man confounded by a bewildering welfare system, in an adaptation of the Ken Loach film that both moves and provokes
Mark Fisher
01, Jun, 2023 @11:25 AM
Edinburgh international children’s festival review – the playful inner child v the serious grownup
For children wondering what their parents do all day, many of the delightful shows programmed here will show them that they’re not really so grown up
Mark Fisher
30, May, 2023 @11:33 AM
Encore! Surefire shows returning for the Edinburgh festival in 2023
In the run-up to the festival, our writers will choose new productions that have caught their eye – but here’s a selection of those we’ve already reviewed
Chris Wiegand, Anya Ryan, Brian Logan, Mark Fisher, Kate Wyver, Arifa Akbar and David Jays
29, May, 2023 @1:51 PM
Gypsy review – the ultimate stage mother rules with hard-bitten brashness
Mama Rose drags her two daughters from one vaudeville fleapit to the next in a bulldozer of a role
Mark Fisher
29, May, 2023 @7:00 AM
‘My instinct is to look for the gag’: Martha Watson Allpress takes Lady Dealer to the Edinburgh fringe
The writer of the acclaimed Patricia Gets Ready… returns with a lockdown-inspired comedy drama about a drug dealer having a power cut
Mark Fisher
26, May, 2023 @9:12 AM
The Lies review – from tooth fairy fibs to colonial myths
Degna Stone’s ambitious play moves from the imperial to the domestic in its exploration of the legacy of untruths
Mark Fisher
25, May, 2023 @9:40 AM
Dear Billy review – brilliant tribute to the Big Yin
Gary McNair delivers verbatim interviews and misremembered Connolly routines from ordinary people in this love letter
Mark Fisher
19, May, 2023 @11:39 AM
Anna Karenina review – sparky feminist reading of Tolstoy
Lesley Hart’s adaptation of the classic novel is driven with tremendous energy following its tragic heroine as she discards bourgeois convention
Mark Fisher
18, May, 2023 @10:04 AM
Protest review – schoolgirls unite with the power of dissent
This show for young audiences builds to a stirring drama of waking up to injustice and trying to right it
Mark Fisher
03, May, 2023 @7:00 PM
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