Natasha Tripney

Those at the forefront of category-defying performance – including artist Marina Abramović and programmers at both established and grassroots venues – talk to Natasha Tripney about their work

The Stage’s critics have chosen five theatremakers who made the biggest impact at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025, including Holly Wilson-Guy and Kheski Kobler of the company Fag Packet

The Stage’s critics have chosen five theatremakers who made the biggest impact at the Edinburgh Fringe, including Guido García Lueches and Sergio Antonio Maggiolo of the Alpaqa Theatre Collective

At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, non-stop schedules and ubiquitous star ratings are not conducive to considered, constructive criticism, says Natasha Tripney

Read our review of The Horse of Jenin at Edinburgh Fringe. Writer/performer Alaa Shehada delivers a spirited and poignant solo show about life in occupied Palestine

Read our review of Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time) at Edinburgh Fringe. Last year’s best newcomer award-winner Joe Kent-Walters delivers a deliciously demonic character comedy

Read our review of PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD at Summerhall, Edinburgh - In Bed with My Brother’s rigorous piece inspired by girl band the Shaggs

Natasha Tripney meets the comedians using their stand-up skills of raw honesty and audience connection for something more dramatic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Natasha Tripney meets the comedians using their stand-up skills of raw honesty and audience connection for something more dramatic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

At a time when empathy seems in short supply, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe provides a vital, humanising insight into other cultures, says Natasha Tripney