On the last night of April and first day of May up to 12,000 people take to Calton Hill for a ritualised and pantheistic celebration to mark the arrival of Summer. The event, Beltane Fire Festival, ...

Balloons, party hats, and an uneaten cake: Audrey’s 18th birthday is already over, but the morning after brings no closure. Two teenage friends pick through the wreckage of the night before – half ...

‘ I lost my mum when I was eleven,’ confesses Denise, ‘ so did Marilyn Monroe. We share the same stardust.’ This surreal, dark comedic drama, relates the story of 60-something Denise, an aspiring ...

For scale, no show in Edinburgh can rival the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Literally hundreds of performers, both from Scotland and bands and outfits from abroad, gather under the dramatic ...

Rituals ask us to remember, to cleanse, to let go. But they can also remind us of everything left unsaid. Arjun is called back to India to perform the final duty of the eldest son: preparing his ...

Sammy Till-Vattier (Luke), Bella Davies (Venetia Byron), Kit Mannix (Ganster / judge / prison guard), Lottie Perry (Kate), Ellie Baker (Ruby), Harvey Temple (James), band. Money- it’s a dirty word. At ...

Centred on the progress on the Suffragette movement, this polished presentation cleverly honed in on the particular journeys of the various characters involved. The cast were all quite young – and ...

"A digital live dance-theatre performance designed for Zoom Webinar format that explores space, presence and connection in one ground-breaking event. Conceived and developed during the lockdown in ...

A wonderful window into the trajectory and talent for future classical music – the Rising Stars series focuses on vocalists on the cusp of their careers, today’s having been nurtured and inspired by ...

Would you still strike a deal with the devil if it meant exploiting an entire continent? Thirty years after its ground-breaking debut, Handspring Puppet Company and William Kentridge return to the ...

In this genre-busting, ritualistic riot of a show, Emma Maye Gibson as Betty Grumble transforms her stage into an altar of self love, righteous self repossession and carnal, collective play. Betty ...

You’d be foolish for thinking, even for a second, that was Loud Poets at their peak. Yes, it's organised; structured; hilarious; poignant. But the gang's most recent Fringe performance isn’t its the ...