Reading Time: 2 minutes“Ascension”, a new play written by Dan Hazelwood and directed by Max Lindsay at the Bedlam Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe, is an adaptation of the real life diary that Leendert Hasenbosch kept as he slowly died of starvation on his own, punished for the crime of sodomy.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Directed by Dom Stephens, Alex Franklin's standup show “Gurl Code” hits the Delhi Belly stage at the Underbelly, Cowgate to a warm and affirming audience.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDirected by Tracy Bersley, this one woman show ventures into Elias’ life as the daughter of a Greek Jewish man during the Second World War.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuncan MacMillan’s critically acclaimed one-person play, starring actor and collaborator Jonny Donahoe, returns for a 10th anniversary production at the Roundabout at Summerhall
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFearless and unbridled clowning comedian Yozi brings their new show “No Babies in the Sauna” to Edinburgh Fringe for an hour of unkempt French accents, inane stories about towels and some sort of liquid that looks suspiciously like milk.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTony Craze award winning playwright Somebody Jones’ debut play, “How I Learned to Swim”, is a slick one-woman play delving into the life of one black woman deals with the past, both recent and timeless, to come to terms with loss and failure.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith Darkfield’s new immersive experience “Arcade” attempts to transport the players/audience into a world of warfare and deceit, all through the power of binaural sound and an interactive arcade machine.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHailing from Berlin, the collective consists of Romy Seibt, Anke van Engelshoevn and Lena Ries, three women who are beyond the ages that the industry deems fit to remain performing and they are having none of it.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you ever pictured what it would be like for all of the classic Disney princesses that you knew and loved as a child were all sex positivity icons?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe question “Why are all hyperpop musicians trans?” is posed at one point during independent Irish company Jaxbanded Theatre’s experimental play HYPER, summing up the piece’s attempt to express the importance of artistic expression to so many members of the trans community. Written and directed by Ois O’Donoghue, the play captures the visceral, messy confusion of being trans and feeling as though you don’t match the body you’re in.