If you are looking to book a show during the remainder of the Fringe, our critics have been busy dashing between performances to give you the inside scoop on what’s worth your time.
These are 17 of the theatre shows that have received a four star review from the Scotsman – and what our arts experts had to say about them.
They can all be booked at www.edfringe.com.
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9. Cassie Workman: Aberdeen
"And there is a miracle at work. Out of something bleak, hopeless and irreversible Workman has created a thing of beauty." Claire Smith on Cassie Workman: Aberdeen (Just the Tonic Nucleus (Venue 393), until 28 August (not 15, 22)). Photo: Contributed
10. Manic Street Creature
"It's an engrossing piece filled with evocative, appropriate songs, but where Memon’s play feels really fresh and new is in its honest, tender and unconventional take on subjects surrounding mental illness, particularly the toll which loving someone with mental health issues can exact." David Pollock on Manic Street Creature (Summerhall, Until 28 August (not 16, 23)) Photo: Contributed
11. Looking for Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood
"Wood’s best remembered numbers are delivered with relish and a wicked glint, from paeans to chippies and shopping to innovative uses of the Woman’s Weekly. There are more plaintive and contemplative pieces too, arcing from adolescent crushes to solitary bereavement." Ben Walters on Looking for Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood (Assembly Rooms (Drawing Room) (Venue 20) until 28 August). Photo: Contributed
12. Receptionists
"Watching the well-known world of customer service get joyously shattered by the ever-expressive, endlessly destructive Inga Björn and Kristina Tammisalo – like a Finnish female Laurel and Hardy – is a shot of Espresso for anyone who’s been trapped in the office for too long." Sally Stott on Receptionists (Summerhall (Venue 26), until 28 August. Photo: Contributed