 | Miss Havisham's Expectations     9 August 2012 Gilded Balloon Teviot 1-27 August The fringe would not be the same without a new solo show from Linda Marlowe. This year, she and her writer/director Di Sherlock provide a Dickens of a treat in st.... More... |
 | Just a Gigolo  9 August 2012 Assembly George Square1-27 Aug At least the lecture hall setting of the George Square theatre is appropriate for this surprisingly inert monologue about D H Lawrence by Stephen Lowe; you can sit at t.... More... |
 | Everything Else Happened    9 August 2012 Assembly Roxy 1-27 August Using four short stories by Everything is Illuminated author Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Else Happened is certainly a fine, hour-long burst of good writing, if not v.... More... |
 | Letter of Last Resort & Good With People     9 August 2012 Traverse Theatre 1-26 August Two leading Scottish playwrights, David Greig and David Harrower, are represented by this double-bill of short pieces (the first running at forty minutes, the second an .... More... |
 | Coalition (Edinburgh)    8 August 2012 Despite being a central component of its early popularity, satire is now a sad shadow of its former self at the Edinburgh Fringe. So I was heartened to see this new comedy by Robert Khan and Tom Sa.... More... |
 | Without You   8 August 2012 A line can be crossed in theatre as therapy, and the wonderful New York singer Anthony Rapp, who starred in the original production of Jonathan Larson’s Rent, goes dangerously close. His late-n.... More... |
 | Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!     8 August 2012 Traverse Theatre1-26 August Part stand-up comedy, part autobiography, part family confessional, Mark Thomas's new show is a deeply engaging, and deeply moving, account of how he said good-bye to his .... More... |
 | Bullet Catch     7 August 2012 Traverse2-26 AugIt's not often you see magic combined with a heavy dose of existentialist philosophy, but such is the case in Rob Drummond's brilliant new show at the Traverse, in a co-production with.... More... |
 | The Intervention (Edinburgh)    7 August 2012 Assembly Rooms 1-26 Aug An “intervention” is a technical term for a family gathering in the home of a serial boozer, designed by Alcoholics .... More... |
 | Best in the World    7 August 2012 Northern Stage at St Stephen's"Eat your heart out Pinter," reads a caption at the start of Best in the World, an irreverent ramble through the world of professional darts, "we’ve got drama with .... More... |