Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne

The history of the classic folk song and a musical tribute to the importance of kindness.

No Kids

Physical theatre with panache – and Madonna on the side

Vertical Influences

Ice dance gets cool in Le Patin Libre’s double bill

Xenos

Scale, splendour, desolation and phenomenal dance commemorates the First World War

The Midnight Soup

Soup, suicide and the pleasure in the small stuff

Where It Hurts

A passionate, searing tribute to the NHS by Grassmarket Projects

Let’s Inherit The Earth

Punchy powerful reminder that more’s needed if we want our children to inherit the earth

The Lost Things

A perfectly formed immersive puppet show from Tortoise in a Nutshell

Never Vera Blue

Starkly observed insight into abusive relationships

All the Lights Are On

Finnish playwright Kaisa Lundan explores how illness can take its toll on loved ones.

MamaBabaMe

Starcatchers’ children’s show is touching and tender

Nine Foot Nine

A neat premise for a show that’s imaginatively executed.

Baby Face

A daring take on the infantilisation of women.

Man Down

Topical theatre from young Californian company visiting the Fringe for the first time

Century Song

A thoughtful, compellingly magnetic piece from Volcano Theatre.