In The Distance at Summerhall, Ben Norris turns the gruelling solitude of cross-country running into a sweat-soaked, poignant portrait of ambition.

Relentless, hypnotic, and unapologetically physical, Circa’s Wolf turns elite acrobatics into a visceral study of pack instincts at the Edinburgh Fringe.

In Babyface, Nick Tipa blends professional wrestling and physical theatre into a tender, astonishing coming-of-age study of childhood armour.

With a soaring alto and gothic disdain, Katie Norris transforms a critic’s insult into Mother Succubus, a razor-sharp, musical study of modern dating horror.

In White Lies, Fiona Allen elevates suburban misanthropy and petty subterfuge into a wry, Alan Bennett-style study of middle-class dinner-party evasion.