The Polar Bears Go Up

Inventive, engaging children’s theatre that can capture even a cynic’s heart.

LIES (£¥€$)

A mesmerising demonstration of why the world’s finances are in such a pickle

Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

Scintillating cabaret performer Meow Meow doffs a cap to convention and then stamps on it

Jess and Joe Forever

A captivatingly sweet love story and a yearning plea for a better world.

Stand By

Slick and stylish immersive theatre that lacks a bit of heart

The Revlon Girl

A funny, feisty, heart-wrenching story of how lipstick can look like hope.

Love Bombs & Apples

Sharp, funny, political theatre with some lovely moments of poetry.

Last Resort

Boisterous, brilliant theatre that shines a light on the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay.

Nassim

A polished, heartfelt, and involving production about the frustrations of miscommunication

Séance

Stupendously sinister, suspenseful immersive theatre in a pitch-black container from Darkfield

Shame

Timely multimedia theatre from Glasgow company Tidy Carnage

How To Act

Pacy, gripping theatre that questions our assumptions.

The Sky Is Safe

Compelling depiction of stories rarely told, by brilliant Scottish writer/actor Matthew Zajac

Beauty

Writer and director of a new play by Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group explains how labels can stick

Eve

We talk to transgender writer and performer Jo Clifford about this deeply personal show.