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Penelope – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Penelope continues at Belly Button at Underbelly, Cowgate until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Words do not do justice to how it feels to be in the room with this beautiful new work.
Ludwig: Unfinished Business – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Ludwig: Unfinished Business continues at the Front Room at Assembly @ St Andrew Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ You have to be there to witness the virtuosity of this intriguing homage.
Codetta – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Codetta continues at Jade Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August 2026. Star rating: thr.ee stars ★ ★ ★ It is an enjoyable, slickly performed, innocent yet knowing piece of entertainment
Megasquirt: Fully Loaded – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Megasquirt: Fully Loaded continues at Jelly Belly at Underbelly, Cowgate until 30 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A little weird and a lot of fun for night owls looking for a romp, Megasquirt: Fully Loaded is a show not to be missed.
Bush! The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bush! The Musical continues at the Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A new show that is well worth a look.
Emma Thompson’s Nanny McPhee The New Musical has London world premiere in summer 2027
The world premiere of a brand-new musical stage adaptation of Nanny McPhee, with a book by Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson, will open in London in summer 2027.
Most of My Moms Are Gay – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Most of My Moms Are Gay continues at the Sprout Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Appreciation of this likeable, charismatic Off-Broadway performer is quite heartfelt.
We Will Hear the Angels – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
We Will Hear the Angels continues at Dissection Room at Summerhall until 30 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Take a moment to be still and allow yourself to be wrapped in a cool blanket of music and story.
Five Questions With: Daniel Buckroyd
DANIEL BUCKROYD has directed the UK professional premiere of the Off-Broadway hit musical comedy Disenchanted!, currently running at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before a mid-scale UK tour in 2027.
Boogie on the Bones – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Boogie on the Bones continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026 (except 24). Star rating: three stars Fun, lively and heartfelt with a significant message, this is well worth a watch.
Camelton – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Camelton continues at Wine Bar at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 31 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ If you enjoy listening to catchy new musical songs from a brilliant singer this may be a show for you.
Nominees are announced for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
The eight shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced.
The Meeples: XXX – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Meeples: XXX continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August (except 23, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a great nightcap for the hedonistic festival-goer.
Game Theory – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Game Theory continues at Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ I’ve decided that this is a super new musical and the spirited cast will do very well when they graduate.
MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical continues at the Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Good fun and a chorus line!
Goodbye Dandelion – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Goodbye Dandelion continues at Belly Dancer at Underbelly, Cowgate until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Forego the clamour and chaos of Edinburgh in August and spend a splendid hour with these sagacious siblings.
FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert continues at Studio Two at Assembly George Square Studios until 31 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It never stops being funny.
Footloose: Youth Edition – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Footloose: Youth Edition was reviewed at Grand Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The rough edges make the virtues of the material more visible.
Bliss – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bliss continues at Grand at Pleasance Courtyard until 31 August 2026 (except 25). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ It should feel liberating, but instead, it feels strangely inert.
Sinatra: One Last Shot – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sinatra: One Last Shot continues at Dirty Martini at Le Monde until 30 August 2026 (except 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A remarkably convincing portrait of Sinatra.
Liberace and Liza – A Tribute – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Liberace and Liza – A Tribute continues at Ermintrude at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Serves as a reminder that the Fringe at its best can make an apparently absurd idea feel like something that absolutely had to exist.
Midnight Train to Nowhere – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Midnight Train to Nowhere continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A brilliant piece of theatre that deserves to be picked up for development.
Heracles: Of Men and Beasts – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Heracles: Of Men and Beasts continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 29 August (except 25). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a show with great heart. See it.
Mary Mac – Hail Mary: The Tartan Songstress – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Mary Mac – Hail Mary: The Tartan Songstress continues at Studio Two at Assembly George Square Studios until 30 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Unapologetically Scottish, unapologetically drag, and unapologetically entertaining.
FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals continues at Wine Bar at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 30 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Arthur Hull is the reason the production works so well.
Doing Time with Lavinia – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Doing Time with Lavinia was reviewed at C ARTS, C venues, C aquila. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What’s going on is an hour with a master storyteller.
Five Questions With: Tyrone Huntley
Award-winning actor, singer and director Tyrone Huntley has returned to the role of Judas that brought him acclaim in Timothy Sheader’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium.
National Youth Music Theatre – West Side Story
West Side Story was performed by members of the National Youth Music Theatre at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A spectacular new take on West Side Story which would surely make its late creators proud.
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody — Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody continues at Udderbelly at Underbelly, George Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a broad, knowingly silly hour sung well enough that the silliness earns its keep.
A History of Paper – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A History of Paper continues at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 12 September 2026, before transferring to Dundee Rep Theatre from 16-19 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This truly deserves to be remembered because you will never forget the way it makes you feel.
British Youth Music Theatre – Paper Stars
Paper Stars, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A production overflowing with imagination, warmth and heart.
The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth continues at Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome until 30 August (except 18). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With a tweak here and there, this production surely has a life beyond the Fringe.
Remember, Remember! – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Remember, Remember! continues at Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome until 30 August (except 17, 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This ridiculously talented company is one to watch out for.
Delphi: The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Delphi: The Musical continues at the Auditorium at Bedlam Theatre until 30 August (except 17, 24). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The singing is excellent, the music and songs (by Wes Myers) sing-alongable.
Parking Spot: The Musical! – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Parking Spot: The Musical! continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August (except 16). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A jolly, fun show, beautifully sung.
Unheard Voices, Unbroken Spirits – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Unheard Voices, Unbroken Spirits continues at Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 18). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ These are voices that absolutely must be heard, and I for one, am glad I heard them.
The Dance Plague of 1518 – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The Dance Plague of 1518 was reviewed at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In terms of on the nose, slapstick comedy, this show ticks the boxes. Sometimes that is all theatre needs to be.
A Murder Mystery Musical – The Detective’s Demise – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A Murder Mystery Musical – The Detective’s Demise continues at Just The Fancy Room at Just The Tonic at The Caves until 30 August 2026 (except 18). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ If a farcical whodunit, loaded with silliness and songs, is what you’re looking for, then this is where you’ll find it.
Crocodile Rock – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Crocodile Rock continues at the Dining Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 31 August (not 18, 25). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I’d be very surprised if you’ll find a better performance on this year’s Fringe.
Apparently Ugly: A Stepsister Story – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Apparently Ugly: A Stepsister Story continues at Ermintrude at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The songs are great, the staging and choreography tight and the singing a joy.
The Greatest Showman to open in the West End in spring 2027
Disney Theatrical Group has announced that the brand-new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman will premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in spring 2027.
Elba – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Elba continues at Just The Sub-Atomic Room at Just The Tonic Nucleus until 30 August (except 18). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The performances are excellent. It’s fun. Its apparent simplicity cloaks a great depth.
Hole! – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Hole! continues at Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026 (except 17). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have faith in Hole! as a brilliantly entertaining piece of theatre, but my faith is not blind. Their brilliance can be proved.
The Big Bad Wolf – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Big Bad Wolf continues at Space 3 at theSpace on the Mile until 22 August (except 16). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Slick, funny, beautifully constructed and executed, which will please both children and adults alike.
MAN!FEST: The Drag Boyband Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
MAN!FEST continues at The Green at Pleasance Courtyard until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 26). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ This show will attract a great audience, particularly those who loved a boyband in their younger days.
Charming! The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Charming! The Musical continues at Just The Fancy Room at Just The Tonic at The Caves until 30 August 2026 (except 18). Star Rating. two stars ★ ★ It still has a wee way to go before I’d give it three stars, for the songs are good and he’s a good singer.
Legendary – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Legendary continues at Friesian at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 31 August 2026 (except 17). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cheeyang Ng, sharing their life story with wit and grace and truth and heart, most certainly is… legendary.
Alice by Heart – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Alice by Heart continues at Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 14 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is an invigorating and emotional production from a committed ensemble.
Miscast Sondheim – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Miscast Sondheim continues at the Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August 2026 (except 15, 16). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A tuneful and entertaining programme of 14 Stephen Sondheim songs from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
