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Henry V

Gender-blind company, Merely Theatre, show gusto, but it’s too spartan for the main stage.

Moonlight and Magnolias

The painful rewriting of the Gone With The Wind screenplay brings comic antagonism between producer, director and writer.

Crash

Andy Duffy’s 2015 hit Fringe show returns to the Traverse Theatre.

Mary Poppins

An astonishingly good take on the beloved character.

The Iliad

The classic poem reimagined for the stage.

Of Mice and Men

In a lonely world, two unlikely men share the American Dream.

Dance of Death

A bruising and darkly funny portrayal of a love that refuses to die.

Flo

A new mother finds how difficult it is to find peace in Iraq.

Right Now

Twisted French-Canadian relationship drama with idiosyncratic sense of humour.

Let It Be

A hippie drippy trip down Penny Lane from Cavern to Apple Corps rooftop.

With a Little Bit of Luck

A unique and ambient trip back in time, to the London club scene of the early noughties

Dalloway

Virginia Woolf adaptation is nothing short of brilliant

Festival Theatre

Leaf by Niggle

Tolkien’s allegorical tale elegantly retold by Richard Medrington

If I Had A Girl…

A powerful portrayal of the often unheard stories of honour-based violence and domestic abuse that take can place in Scottish Asian marriages.

Guys and Dolls

Raises the spirits on a rainy Edinburgh night.

Jackie the Musical

A rollicking fun musical summoning up Jackie magazine’s 1970s take on love and life and boys.

The Silent Treatment

A sponsored silence rapidly goes pear-shaped in this enjoyable if unfocussed farce.

Prom

Prom: not to be confused with Glee

Granite

Marischal College provides a stunning backdrop for the National Theatre of Scotland’s story of Aberdeen.

Neither God Nor Angel

Buddy comedy and historical commentary make a winning combo for Play, Pie, Pint at the Traverse.