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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Endometriosis: The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Endometriosis: The Musical continues at Doonstairs at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 31 August 2026 (except 17, 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is so good to see a production of this calibre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton Scone – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton Scone continues at Nic 5 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard) at Hoots @ Nicolson Square until 30 August 2026 (except 18). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ You may leave ready to pass out from laughing.
GIRLZ – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
GIRLZ continues at Doonstairs at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 30 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a welcome back to the GIRLZ in this new treatment of their highly-rated show from last year – more polished, more songs and killer choreography.
Otto & Astrid: The Stages Tour – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Otto & Astrid: The Stages Tour continues at Upstairs at Assembly Roxy until 30 August 2026 (not 12, 19, 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A crazy jukebox musical comedy experience that will enliven your Edinburgh evening.
HR The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
HR The Musical continues at Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 31 August 2026 (except 17). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Roaring in the aisles proves that the time really is ripe for this ‘performance revue’.
Disenchanted! The Hit Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Disenchanted! The Hit Musical continues at Pentland Theatre at Pleasance at EICC until 30 August 2026 (except 19, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Joyous fun from start to finish.
