Producer Francesca Moody, known for backing hits like Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, presents a new play by Australia’s Hannah Reilly about a feminist podcaster who becomes an online 'slutfluencer' for easy money, with consequences. It runs at Summerhall from 6 to 31 August.
Andrew O’Hagan’s coming-of-age novel about 1980s youth gets a site-specific adaptation by Grid Iron in a former metalworks doubling as a Manchester gig venue, adapted and directed by Ben Harrison. It plays at Brown’s of Leith from 7 to 30 August.
Paines Plough’s Katie Posner directs an epic drama by Morna Young where family secrets erupt on the night of an actor’s 80th birthday party, billed as a darkly comic exploration of personal freedoms. It runs at the Traverse from 6 to 30 August, with a post-festival run at the Belgrade, Coventry.
Tony Kushner’s five-hour 'gay fantasia on national themes' is revived by Ivo van Hove for Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, featuring a stripped-back staging with David Bowie songs. It plays at the King’s Theatre from 15 to 20 August.
Other highlights include Elaine C Smith starring as a widow facing Christmas without her husband at the Traverse (31 July-30 August); a play about two east London teenagers pulled towards political extremes at Underbelly (5-31 August); and a show about a deaf artist who 'sings' with his hands, with music by KT Tunstall, at the Traverse (4-30 August).
