After amiable opening crowd work, this Scottish rising star lays out a catalogue of despair and pain without the gags ever dropping ...

Guillermo del Toro really goes to town with this umpteenth adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece. Produced by Netflix but best suited to the big screen, it sees the director put his grisly ...

Real-life murders form the harrowing focal point of comedian Edd Hedges’ podcast, Wisecrack. He talks to Jay Richardson about the dilemmas of retelling a story ...

On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.

Beyond a marathon touring schedule, Chris McCausland doesn’t have grand ambitions for his latest show. In his relaxed, amiable characterisation, he’s a middle-aged everybloke who got an unexpected ...

Her new show may be a paean to the pleasures and perils of singledom, but Joanne McNally doesn’t want for parasocial connection, attracting an enthusiastic, overwhelmingly female audience, cheering as ...

‘I’ve been fighting my whole life for a dignified life,’ rages new mum Ángela in this superb Spanish drama from director Eva Libertad which shines a spotlight on the struggles of a deaf woman, cast ...

The winners of The List Festival Awards have been unveiled, highlighting another exceptional season of art, books, film, comedy, dance, theatre and plenty more. Taking place at Johnnie Walker Princes ...

Hot girl summer or just perimenopause? Tiff Stevenson’s latest hour is fully relatable, with topics like farting in relationships (go early and hard), looking after a parent with dementia, and ...

Our fascination with the Greek myths endures: even the most cursory glance through the Fringe programme throws up retellings, re-imaginations and reworkings, all with their own merits. So, there’s ...

The Golden Spurtle is a documentary about porridge, but behind its loving shots of sumptuous oats and gruel-thin misfires is a meditation on ageing, community and the difficult necessity of letting go ...