ED2018 THEATRE

Theatre at Edinburgh Festival 2018

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The Edinburgh Festival is the world’s greatest theatre fest. You will find grand theatrical productions in the Edinburgh International Festival, though it is the Fringe that really overflows with theatre. From student and amateur groups to the world’s leading independent theatre companies, there is something for everyone, with a particularly good selection of new plays.

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ED2018 THEATRE FEATURES

Alex Maxwell and Atlanta Howard: Tobacco Road24 August 2018

Three To See on 24 Aug: Lights Over Tesco Car Park, The Providence Of Neighbouring Bodies, Tilda Swinton Answers An Ad On Craigslist24 August 2018

Three To See on 23 Aug: Four Go Wild In Wellies, Pickle Jar, Number Please23 August 2018

Three To See on 22 Aug: Angry Alan, Revelations, Alice Fraser22 August 2018

Three To See on 21 Aug: Armour, Why Even Bother, Kiri Pritchard McLean21 August 2018

Three To See on 19 Aug: The Gruffalo, Denim, Meek19 August 2018

Three To See on 17 Aug: Orlando, Tabarnak, Questing Time17 August 2018

Katie Mahon and Molly Rumford: Brenda's Got A Baby17 August 2018

Ben Pettitt-Wade: The Flop16 August 2018

Three To See on 16 Aug: Jan Tait And The Bear, The Myth Of The Singular Moment, Jordan Brookes16 August 2018

Three To See on 12 Aug: Stick By Me, The Flop, Demi Lardner12 August 2018

Three To See on 11 Aug: Circa, #Pianodrome Live, Rhys Nicholson11 August 2018

Neema Bickersteth: Century Song11 August 2018

Three To See on 10 Aug: Love Song To Lavender Menace, BARK! The Musical, Adam Riches10 August 2018

Victoria Firth: How To Be Amazingly Happy4 August 2018

Ryan Napier and Courtney Oliphant: The Antiscians31 July 2018

Colette Redgrave: Picasso's Women29 July 2018

Three To See 2018: Three auto/biographical shows28 July 2018

Three To See 2018: Three historical theatre shows28 July 2018

Three To See 2018: Three shows with eccentric themes28 July 2018

Three To See 2018: Three shows about big issues28 July 2018

Three To See 2018: Three shows about problems down below28 July 2018

Oliver Lansley: Flies22 July 2018

Allegra Marland and Georgie Oulton: Di And Viv And Rose (In An Hour)15 July 2018

Dan Coleman: Gulliver Returns25 June 2018

ED2018 THEATRE REVIEWS

Starfish (Luna Rose Productions)26 August 2018

Prehistoric (Elbow Room)26 August 2018

Heather And Harry (Stumble Trip Theatre)26 August 2018

Keep The Change (Tout Ensemble)26 August 2018

Famous Puppet Death Scenes (The Old Trout Puppet Workshop)26 August 2018

The EU Inspector (Acting Coach Scotland)26 August 2018

East Belfast Boy (Prime Cut Productions)26 August 2018

Sirens (Zoo Co)25 August 2018

Kit Finnie: Mabel And Mickey (Kit Finnie)25 August 2018

Just William's Luck (Shedload Theatre)25 August 2018

It's True, It's True, It's True (Breach Theatre / Untapped By Underbelly and New Diorama Theatre)24 August 2018

In Loyal Company (Lab Rats)24 August 2018

Other People's Teeth (Want The Moon Theatre)23 August 2018

Love Songs (Trip Hazards presents Alissa Anne Jeun Yi)23 August 2018

Vessel (Laura Wyatt O'Keeffe)22 August 2018

Polaris (Holly And Ted)22 August 2018

One Life Stand (Middle Child)22 August 2018

Narcissist In The Mirror (Rosie Fleeshman)22 August 2018

The Egg Is A Lonely Hunter (Lisa Richards)22 August 2018

The Swell Mob (Flabbergast Theatre)21 August 2018

Year Without Summer (Cast Iron Theatre)21 August 2018

When The Friendship Has Sailed (Weird Sisters Theatre)21 August 2018

Testament (Chalk Line)21 August 2018

Queens Of Sheba (Nouveau Riché)21 August 2018

Living With A Dark Lord (Mighty Pen Theatre)21 August 2018

Zoo (Anteater and Something For The Weekend)19 August 2018

Nowt As Queer As Folk (Coast To Coast)19 August 2018

Flushed (Theatre Unlocked)19 August 2018

Flesh And Bone (Unpolished Theatre)19 August 2018

Fast (Digital Drama)19 August 2018

Electrolyte (Wildcard)19 August 2018

The Welcome Revolution (Feat. Theatre)19 August 2018

Skin A Cat (Rive Productions)19 August 2018

Revelations (James Rowland)19 August 2018

Offstage (Ephemeral Ensemble)19 August 2018

Number, Please. (Paprichoo)19 August 2018

Looking For Lightning (Garth McLean - California, USA)19 August 2018

Kidding (Sounds Like Thunder Theatre)19 August 2018

Doom's Day (The Wax House)19 August 2018

Deadline (QMTC)19 August 2018

The Cat's Mother (Wildcard and Reid Productions)19 August 2018

Bummer And Lazarus (Big Egg Theatre)19 August 2018

Solarplexus: An Alternative Energy Play (Project Mercury)18 August 2018

Seven Ways To Calm The F**k Down (3BUGS)18 August 2018

Power Play: The Empty Chair (Power Play Theatre and Polly Creed)18 August 2018

OTOSOTR (Anatoliy Ogay and Tatyana Kim)18 August 2018

Onstage Dating (Bron Batten)18 August 2018

Ladykiller (The Thelmas)18 August 2018

The Hit (Strangeface)18 August 2018

The Half Moon Shania (Burnt Lemon Theatre)18 August 2018

Good Vibes Only (Laughing Mirror)18 August 2018

Orpheus (The Flanagan Collective and Gobbledigook Theatre)18 August 2018

Waiting For Godot (DRUID / Garry Hynes / Edinburgh International Festival)17 August 2018

Urban Death (Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group)17 August 2018

The Providence Of Neighboring Bodies (Dutch Kills Theater Company)17 August 2018

Power Play: Somebody (Power Play Theatre and Matilda Curtis)17 August 2018

Power Play: Next Time (Power Play Theatre and Jess Moore)17 August 2018

No One Is Coming to Save You (This Noise)17 August 2018

Hug The Bunny (Pits N Clits Theatre Company)17 August 2018

Breakfast Plays: Youthquake (Traverse Theatre Company)17 August 2018

Blackthorn by Charley Miles (InSite / West Yorkshire Playhouse)17 August 2018

Signals (Footprint Theatre)16 August 2018

Power Play: Funeral Flowers (Power Play Theatre and Emma Dennis-Edwards)16 August 2018

The Archive Of Educated Hearts (Lion House Theatre)16 August 2018

What Girls Are Made Of (Traverse Theatre Company, Raw Material in association with Regular Music)16 August 2018

Theatre Uncut: Women On Power (Theatre Uncut)16 August 2018

Private Peaceful (Scamp Theatre)16 August 2018

Pickle Jar (Fight In The Dog and United Agents)16 August 2018

Lights Over Tesco Car Park (Poltergeist Theatre)16 August 2018

Jasper Red: Press Play (Natalie Walmsley)16 August 2018

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Dreamland (Hyperdrive Theatre)16 August 2018

The Bacchae (Mermaids: The University Of St Andrews Performing Arts Fund)16 August 2018

Daughter (Adam Lazarus)15 August 2018

Why Even Bother (Joakim Gunby)15 August 2018

Fcuk'd (Theatre N16 and Eastlake Productions)15 August 2018

City Love (Old Joint Stock Theatre / Illuminate Theatre Company)15 August 2018

Status (Chris Thorpe, Rachel Chavkin, China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz)15 August 2018

Hunch (DugOut Theatre)15 August 2018

Camp Be Yourself (Box Theatre Company)15 August 2018

The Aspirations Of Daise Morrow (Far And Away Productions in association with Brink Productions)15 August 2018

My Kind Of Michael (Nick Cassenbaum)14 August 2018

The Basement Tapes (Zanetti Productions)14 August 2018

The Approach (Landmark Productions)14 August 2018

Orlando (Dyad Productions)14 August 2018

Tobacco Road (Incognito Theatre Company)14 August 2018

Midsummer (National Theatre of Scotland / David Greig / Gordon McIntyre / Kate Hewitt)14 August 2018

Mark Thomas - Check Up: Our NHS At 70 (Lakin McCarthy)14 August 2018

Grace by Katie Reddin-Clancy (Katie Reddin-Clancy)14 August 2018

The Last Straw (People Show)14 August 2018

Entropy (Jennifer Roslyn Wingate)14 August 2018

Blue Heart (Bathway Theatre Company, University of Greenwich)14 August 2018

Blinded (BloomBox Theatre)14 August 2018

Fallen Fruit (Two Destination Language)12 August 2018

(even) HOTTER (Transgress)12 August 2018

To Have Done With The Judgement Of God (Fear No Colours)11 August 2018

Sticks And Stones (Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd)11 August 2018

The Myth Of The Singular Moment (Jim Harbourne)11 August 2018

Meek (Headlong)11 August 2018

In For A Penny (Gilded Balloon and Otago Theatre Present...)11 August 2018