Edinburgh always throws up some shows that are challenging to categorise and this real curate’s egg of a production is one such example. Sandy Grierson is an established and charismatic performer in Scottish theatre but his solo show is anything but conventional.

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In theory at least, this show is the perfect piece for the attention-deficit fast-paced times in which we live – it takes the ‘Guardian’ newspaper columns of Craig Taylor which describe miniature fictional encounters between ordinary folk all around Britain and dramatises them.

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Think a contemporary version of ‘Tam O’Shanter’ which, instead of the usual drunken ne’er-do-well stars a buttoned-up Edinburgh academic, throw in some Scottish folk music, karaoke and a little audience participation, and you’re somewhere near the spirit of this weird and wonderful curiosity from the National Theatre of Scotland. It’s a flamboyant, theatrical piece, performed [...]

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Zinnie Harris’ new play is a powerful and, at times, shocking drama about warfare, parenthood and survival. It starts with a bang when sisters Beatriz and Rosa’s rural Spanish idyll is shattered by the coming of soldiers, the outbreak of war with France, the condemnation of a local man for fraternising with the enemy and the discovery of his six-year-old daughter.

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The great advantage of Theatre Alba’s ‘Cherry Orchard’ is their ready-made set and in many ways, it is the real star of the show.

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Monologue-heavy pieces of theatre can sometimes be off-putting – they can be a sign of laziness in the writer; it’s often rather less compelling than the electricity of seeing actors engage directly with each other.

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Nowadays, it’s hard to associate Scotland with revolution, and tartan has rarely been rock and roll (unless you count the Bay City Rollers and that’s really stretching it).

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Budding pianists, beware! Gilbert Prendergast has taken over the Conservatoire and lost his mind in the process!

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Are you a single man who fancies a hot date with a stand-up? Then this is the show for you! Andi Osho is in the market for a bloke and she’s come to Edinburgh to find one.

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What’s the best way to write a comedy drama about a young carer in Kirkcaldy? Intersperse it with girl group harmonies of course!

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