The Very Best of the Edinburgh Festivals 2023

Comedy

★★★★★

Dan Lees: The Vinyl Countdown
Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time
Max & Ivan: Life, Choices

★★★★

Adam Riches is The Guys Who...
An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter
Annabel Marlow... Is This Okay?
Bill O'Neill: The Amazing Banana Brothers
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times
Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000
Creepy Boys
Dan Rath
Dan Tiernan: Going Under
Daniel Foxx: Villain
Darren Harriott: Roadman
Eric Rushton: Not That Deep
Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo
Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me
Huge Davies: Whodunnit
Ian Smith: Crushing
Janine Harouni: Man'oushe
Jay Lafferty: Bahookie
Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva
Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy
Kuan-wen Huang: Ilha Formosa
Laclan Werner – Voices of Evil 
Larry Owens Live
Leila Navabi: Composition 
Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom
Louise Young: Feral
Mary O'Connell: Money Princess
Michelle Brasier: Reform
Moses Storm: Perfect Cult
Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill
Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good
Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail
Paul Foot: Dissolve
Philipp Kostelecky: Daddy’s Home
Robin Ince – MELONS
Sofie Hagen: Banglord
Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers 
Susie McCabe: Femme Fatality
Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition
Tatty Macleod: Fugue
The Poor Rich
Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Theatre

★★★★★

Ben Target: LORENZO
Blood of the Lamb
Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
England & Son
Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin
Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World

★★★★

An Interrogation
An(dre)a Spisto: El Dizzy Beast
Andronicus Synecdoche
Chicken
Clown Sex
Dark Noon
Fool’s Paradise
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show
Good Morning, Faggi
Groomed
Heaven by Eugene O'Brien
Help! I Think I'm a Nationalist
Her Green Hell
High Steaks
Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked
It's a Motherf**king Pleasure
Lie Low
Lucy and Friends
Nova
One Way Out
Rewind
Sean and Daro Flake It Til They Make It
Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar...
The Grand Old Opera House Hotel 
Thunderstruck
Woodhill

Cabaret and Variety 

★★★★

Ben Hart: Jadoo
Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody
Suhani Shah: Spellbound

Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus

★★★★

AFTER ALL
Common Dissonance
IMA (Pray)
Papillon
Party Ghost
The (Hong) Kong Girls
Stuntman

Musicals and Opera

★★★★

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)
No Love Songs

Edinburgh International Festival 

★★★★★

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Programme 1
The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]

★★★★

Dusk
Geza & the 5 DeVils
Lankum
The Magic Flute
London Symphony Orchestra: The Road To Turangalîla