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.

Closed Doors

Part poetry, part rap, part song from the multi-talented Belle Jones.

Fringe pit stops

Feeling peckish round the Fringe? Claire Wood offers some ideas for places to take a pit stop.

Mbuzeni

Koleka Putuma’s play is a piece of joyously vibrant South African theatre

We Come From Far, Far Away

New International Encounter bring inventive, harrowing, and heartbreaking theatre to the Edinburgh International Children’s Festival.

Renz: Poet of the Impossible

Playwright, poet and magician, the Scots-Italian boggles the mind at MagicFest.