Def Poetry Jam
This pacy, energy-packed rhyme and rap fest has already been a big success on Broadway and is being touted as the rabble-rousing hit to move beyond the Fringe.
Assembly Rooms, until Aug 25
The Straits
Gregory Burke’s 2001 debut, Gagarin Way, was the toast of the Fringe. There are high expectations of this second play, set among forces’ families based in Gibraltar during the long, hot holidays on the eve of the Falklands war.
The Traverse, until Aug 23
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Pugilist Specialist
Victory at the Dirt Palace, by the American collective The Riot Group, was one of last year’s most fêted Fringe shows. They premiere their timely sounding new piece about the hunt for evil in foreign lands.
Pleasance Courtyard, until Aug 25