 | The Rape of Lucrece (EIF)     23 August 2012 Opening a stage adaptation of Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece this week of all weeks does feel like remarkably bad luck, just as the language and attitudes around rape have exploded into a furious p.... More... |
 | Bereavement The Musical    22 August 2012 C Venues 1-27 August If life is a cabaret then so is death, claims this handsomely presented Cambridge University song cycle. I'll buy that. Unfortunately, it's really more of a sketch show wi.... More... |
 | Reanimator The Musical     21 August 2012 Assembly George Square1-27 August (not 20) Fans of headless, operatic corpses attempting to perform cunnilingus on the half-naked daughter of a zombie played by George Wendt need look no further t.... More... |
 | Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully    21 August 2012 Gilded Balloon Teviot 1-26 August Unless you are offended by the words "blow job" or "bottom" then there is nothing disgraceful to be found in this soothing hour with the long-standing agony aunt..... More... |
 | Beats     20 August 2012 Traverse 14-26 Aug Like James Joyce's Ulysses, Kieran Hurley's Beats is the tale of a young man and a man old enough to be his father wending their inexorable paths toward meeting one another..... More... |
 | Bottleneck     20 August 2012 Pleasance Courtyard 1-27 August There's been quite a buzz about Luke Barnes' play, and one can understand why. Performed with terrific energy by James Cooney, what starts as a funny, sweary monolo.... More... |
 | Gulliver's Travels (EIF)    20 August 2012 As international directors go, Silviu Purcărete has enjoyed a rather longer and more fruitful relationship with the Edinburgh International Festival than many. Plainly his brand of sumptuous .... More... |
 | Educating Rita     20 August 2012 Assembly George Square1-27 August In the month that Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers has announced the surprise conclusion of its 24 year London run, Edinburgh sees the play that should be r.... More... |
 | One Hour Only     19 August 2012 Underbelly Cowgate 2-26 August Another year, another play about a prostitute. But Sabrina Mahfouz's tightly-written, cliché-dodging two-hander eschews almost entirely the typical lewdness, .... More... |
 | Platero & Yo    19 August 2012 Nowhere before curtain-up is it hinted that this early-morning show will be delivered solely in Spanish. I don't speak a word, which was off-putting to begin with, but ultimately it didn't reall.... More... |