It is often said that there is not enough puppetry for adults in theatre, and it can certainly be difficult to find performances that use the full potential of puppetry for tackling serious themes. Thankfully there is hope at Bedlam Theatre, where Edinburgh-based company Tortoise in a Nutshell are making full use of this often […]

Donna Rutherford, caught between memories of the past and projections of an uncertain future, dives into a subject that most people simply try to ignore: the inevitability of becoming old, the rapid passing of time, like the sand in an hourglass; and the shift in the parent/time relationship – specifically, that moment when the natural […]

Somewhere in the world is a radio station tuned to silence; a couple so dedicated to their virtual child that they allow their real-life baby to starve to death; a bus-load of girls who are all called Natasha who cross the border to serve men’s sexual needs; a zoo that paints its mules black-and-white to […]

Firm festival favourites Les Enfants Terribles have returned to the Fringe this year with The Trench, the story of a man trapped underground in a collapsed tunnel beneath the battlefields of France during World War One. We follow him as he encounters demons buried in the mud and comes to terms with the loss of his […]

What better a setting for a rap on female insecurity about the body, sexual insecurity and fear of being judged than this? There she is – exposed, naked, sat on a high stool under harsh spotlights –  in the demonstration room of an old veterinary school, a bleak white-walled space with onlookers sat on a […]