Scottish Ballet Double Bill, Playhouse, Edinburgh<br/>Sriyah, King's Theatre, Edinburgh
04 September 2011 12:00 AM
Jorma Elo's new dance for Scottish Ballet is a polyglot piece of childlike experiment and joy
The Seven Deadly Sins, HMV Picture House, Edinburgh<br/>Semiramide, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh<br/>BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Usher Hall, Edinburgh<br/>Queyras / Tharaud, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
04 September 2011 12:00 AM
Sharp, sexy, sad: Kurt Weill and the ugly reality of trading in erotic capital
The Tour Guide / La Concepta, Around Edinburgh
29 August 2011 12:00 AM
A first-class trip and real belly laughs
One Thousand and One Nights, Parts 1 and 2, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh<br/>Our Days of Rage, Old Vic Tunnels, London<br/>South Pacific, Barbican, London
28 August 2011 12:00 AM
It's six hours long, and in Arabic, but don't be put off: this retelling of ancient stories is both mesmerising and thoroughly modern
Edinburgh Diary: The grand finale
28 August 2011 12:00 AM
*Festival organisers are concerned that next year's Fringe could become a victim of the 2012 effect.
North Sea Scrolls, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh<br/>Beardyman, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh<br/>Amanda F*cking Palmer, HMV Picture House, Edinburgh
28 August 2011 12:00 AM
Never mind the stand-ups, the best humour in Edinburgh came from an unlikely trio who delivered a secret history of the United Kingdom
Benet Brandreth, Gilded Balloon<br/>Seann Walsh, Pleasance<br/>Andrew Maxwell, Assembly, George Square<br/>The Rob Deering Experience, Pleasance, Baby Grand<br/>Andrew Lawrence, Pleasance, Cabaret Bar
28 August 2011 12:00 AM
Brandreth the Younger has daddy's diction – but not his jumpers, thankfully
The Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards: the Nominees, Various venues, Edinburgh
26 August 2011 12:00 AM
The shortlist meeting for the awards this year was record-breakingly lengthy and no wonder, what with a rather unwieldy list of eight newcomer nominees. Many of the buzz acts made the cut, and of the main six nominees (Adam Riches, Andrew Maxwell, Chris Ramsey, Josie Long, Nick Helm and Sam Simmons), four have already been reviewed on this page and Simmons is covered below.
In the Dust, Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
26 August 2011 12:00 AM
There's an immediate energy to In the Dust, a new triple bill by 2Faced Dance Company. This all-male troupe mixes hip-hop moves with contemporary dance, creating a muscular, confident style. These works show none of the joins that can plague crossover projects. The dancers have an easy athleticism, at home with everything from street dance acrobatics to mooching contemporary steps.
Belarus Free Theatre: Minsk 2011, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh
26 August 2011 12:00 AM
A man unfurls the Belarusian flag. He is bundled off by a gang of men in thick-soled boots. The same fate awaits a man who applauds, another who checks his watch, even a woman in the front row, just for watching.
My Edinburgh: Andi Osho, comedian
26 August 2011 12:00 AM
This year my Edinburgh show is drastically overrunning, sometimes by as much as 60 minutes. One night it ran from 6.40pm until midnight. Let me explain. At the end of every show, I try to get an audience member to go on a date with me and whilst I don't think of the date as a part of the show, the beady eyes spying on me and my "quarry" suggest otherwise.
Sam Simmons: Meanwhile, Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
26 August 2011 12:00 AM
Before coming to Edinburgh, I caught up with Simmons's last Fringe show, Fail, in London. Unfortunately, that title and this show are interchangeable. Essentially, Meanwhile is Simmons's home-made Twitter feed with two devices at work. Simmons attempts to answer questions put to him through various mediums while a female voice interjects with an activity going on simultaneously somewhere else in the world. At this point, Simmons jumps around to act out someone in Germany getting annoyed with their flatmate – or some other scenario.
An Instinct for Kindness, Pleasance Dome
25 August 2011 06:06 PM
Last year Chris Larner helped his ex-wife, Allyson, to die. She had been living with multiple sclerosis for over 20 years and “needed help with everything, apart from thinking.” Having decided she could take it no more, she asked her ex-husband to help her one last time and accompany her to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, where she ended her life on 4 November 2010.
Free Run, Udderbelly’s Pasture
25 August 2011 12:28 PM
It was only a matter of time before freerunning and parkour, already picked up from the streets by Hollywood film directors and advertising moguls, filtered down into theatres.
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