Our round-up of all the shows at the Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival reviewed by our critics, from June Carter Cash to The Fifth Step

The Slow Horses star is all coiled, jittery tension in this hallucinogenic David Ireland two-hander at the Lyceum in Edinburgh

The creators of the first Sherlock Holmes opera tell Holly Williams about putting the detective on stage as part of Leeds Opera Festival

German scientists bicker after the Allies beat them to the atomic bomb

Shakespeare would be turning in his grave over the council’s decision, according to the artistic director of Titchfield Festival Theatre

Can this big-bucks parody win over Edinburgh and make it to the West End?

The comedian on his love of Ghostbusters, cheering up with Blink-182’s music and reading Dickens for the first time

Babs and Laura Horton, 71 and 40 respectively, are taking comic plays about women’s lives to Edinburgh this month. Here’s how they got there

Sh!t Theatre creators Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole channel their experiences into an intimate, theatrical reflection on grief at Summerhall

The actress stars in a searing drama about the aftermath of a sex attack and the indignities that rape victims suffer