Summerhall

Summerhall has a fascinating line up including several shows by Paines Plough performed in a portable in-the-round theatre space.

Initiate concerns a British couple who have been seized by Somali pirates and a London East End taxi driver who decides to save them, which sounds like a thrilling tale.

Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs is set in a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather, and political unrest; it sounds familiar.

A young couple are deciding their future. They want to have a child but only for the right reasons. If they over think it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster. It certainly is a modern-day dilemma.