St George's West (venue website) Theatre 24-28 Aug, 2:00pm-2:45pm, 2:15pm-3:00pm, 2:30pm-3:15pm, 2:45pm-3:30pm, 3:00pm-3:45pm, 3:15pm-4:00pm, 3:30pm-4:15pm, 3:45pm-4:30pm, 4:00pm-4:45pm, 4:15pm-5:00pm, 4:30pm-5:15pm, 4:45pm-5:30pm, 5:00pm-5:45pm, 5:15pm-6:00pm, 5:30pm-6:15pm, 5:45pm-6:30pm, 6:00pm-6:45pm, 6:15pm-7:00pm, 6:30pm-7:15pm, 6:45pm-7:30pm, 7:00pm-7:45pm Reviewed by Sarah Hill
Recommended for age 14+ only.

Standing alone on Princes Street, my phone rings. ‘Listen very carefully,’ instructs an anonymous male voice on the other end, while my eyes scan the throng of people around me. ‘What I’m about to say to you is very important.’ He pauses. ‘And I’m only going to say this once.’

	Zoo (venue website) Theatre 14-29 Aug, 11:15pm-12:15am Reviewed by Mathilda Gregory
Recommended for age 16+ only.

Sodom, the Earl of Rochester’s deliberately obscene 17th-century drama, is perhaps nothing more than a curio to modern audiences. Its characters called things like General Buggeranthos, every other word is one that you never used to hear on TV, and it’s full of rhyming couplets.  It adds up to a weird mix of shocking, bawdy and pantomime – quaint and modern at once – and this could have been a perfect opportunity to examine whether this text had anything new to say.

	Bedlam Theatre (venue website) Theatre 22-27 Aug, 11:05am-12:05pm Reviewed by Eve Nicol
Recommended for age 12+ only.

The transposing of The Duchess of Malfi from the 14th century Italian courts to a 1940s jazz cafe is done with surprising ease and clarity in Offshoots' production. A classic movie aesthetic brings out additional layers to characters' personalities, and all are excellently realised.

	theSpace on Niddry St (venue website) Theatre 22-27 Aug, 2:15pm-3:45pm Reviewed by Ellen Macpherson
Family-friendly. Suitable for all ages.

After all the bloody, morose and diplomatic Shakespeare I have watched this Festival, it was very nice to end on A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sure, it’s not the most incredible piece of theatre I’ve seen, but it’s enjoyable, fun, and very loyal to the original text.

	Bannermans (venue website) Comedy 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 Aug, 4:15pm-5:10pm Reviewed by Alice de Cent
Recommended for age 18+ only. Venue may not permit under-18's - check with venue before booking.

Four Screws Loose Present ‘Screwed Over Again!’ is a rapid-fire sketch show featuring Richard David-Caine, Joseph Elliott, Conan House and Thom Ford as a variety of characters, and with the odd musical number thrown in.

	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall (venue website) Comedy 5-6, 8-13, 15-20 Aug, 9:35pm-10:25pm; 22-27 Aug, 6:05pm-6:55pm Reviewed by Alice de Cent
Recommended for age 14+ only.

Sarah Archer’s debut show Bumfluff and Brimstone looks at how our lives are shaped by the stories we’re told, and the ones we tell ourselves. It draws on her personal experiences of turning 40, coming out, and being the guinea pig for her father’s unorthodox parenting techniques.

	C Venues - C eca (venue website) Theatre 14-29 Aug, 5:25pm-6:35pm Reviewed by Richard Stamp
Parental Guidance. Parents or guardians should consider the content of this show if children are attending.

It’s probably an urban myth, but it’s an oft-told story just the same.  Thomas Edison invented the electric chair, the legend goes, as an act of industrial propaganda: to demonstrate the perils of the alternating-current electrical system promoted by his rival, George Westinghouse.  History records that Westinghouse carried the day, but this show uses the “War of the Currents” as a jumping-off point for a surreal narrative, played out in the shadow of the ever-present chair.

	Underbelly, Cowgate (venue website) Theatre 4-16, 18-28 Aug, 12:05pm-1:05pm Reviewed by Ellen Macpherson
Recommended for age 14+ only.

I’ll be honest. I’m a sentimental person, and I love slightly offensive political and cultural humour. So, to me, The Historians is hands-down the best theatre production I’ve seen this Fringe. Yes, it’s naff; it’s filled with some horrendous tracksuits and even more horrendous music (NKOTB, anyone?)  But it’s also filled with heart and soul and talent, so much so that I can barely fault it at all.

	C venues - C soco (venue website) Theatre 3-14, 16-29 Aug, 8:55pm-9:55pm Reviewed by Alice de Cent
Recommended for age 14+ only.

Ink tells the story of Helen, a lonely single mother of two, who has flown to Texas in an attempt to save the life of Tom. But Tom is a convict she has fallen in love with… and he’s awaiting execution on Death Row.

	theSpace @ Jury's Inn (venue website) Comedy 5-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 Aug, 9:10pm-9:55pm Reviewed by Alice de Cent
Recommended for age 16+ only.

Drawing inspiration from theatre of the absurd, music hall and silent comedy films, Jack Mink: Making Light is a dark tale that is re-improvised each night.