Edinburgh fringe 2022: 20 theatre, comedy and dance shows you shouldn’t miss

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Read the full review. KW Pleasance Dome, 23-29 August. One of the reasons we go to the theatre is to feel. It’s that skin-tingling, pulse-quickening, heart-expanding sensation that comes from being in a room together sharing stories.

That particular feeling is stirred up almost immediately by Lauryn Redding’s joyful new solo show. Striding on with beer in hand, toasting the audience before picking up a guitar, Redding has the musician’s swagger and the storyteller’s confiding tone.

What follows is a classic chalk-and-cheese love story. Read the full review. CLTraverse, 4-28 August. A decade before selfie culture kicked in, Rob Madge was a child ahead of the curve, demanding their family home-video every flamboyant performance they ever staged in their Coventry living room.

It’s as well they did: those videos have propelled Madge (who is non-binary) via social media celebrity to their own autobiographical solo show.