The eight shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced.
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Hot Mess – Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Hot Mess continues at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London until 8 November 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is making its London debut.
Hot Mess wins Musical Theatre Review Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
Hot Mess, playing at Pleasance Two at Pleasance Courtyard, has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025.
Nominees are announced for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025
The 10 shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced.
A History of Paper is named as Musical Theatre Review Best Musical at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
A History of Paper at the Traverse Theatre has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award, given to recognise excellence in the challenging form of musical theatre and to highlight the best of the genre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 programme. A co-production between Dundee Rep and Traverse Theatre, directed by Andrew Panton, A History of Paper […]
Nominees are announced for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024
The eight shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced and they reflect what an outstanding year it has been for musical theatre. Since day one the Musical Theatre Review team, led by Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr, has been on the lookout for contenders. The award was […]
Edinburgh encore plus Bristol and Manchester dates for MTR Award-winner Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!
A new expanded version of Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! will return to Edinburgh this summer before playing dates in Bristol and Manchester.
Writers celebrate second Musical Theatre Review Award as Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder wins Best Musical at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder at Roundabout @ Summerhall has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022. It is the second time writers Jon Brittain and Matthew Floyd Jones have won the accolade, they also took away MTR’s inaugural prize for A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super […]
Nominees are announced for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022
The ten shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced and they reflect the wide variety of musical styles on offer at this year’s event. The Fringe has returned to full strength this year and since day one the Musical Theatre Review team, led by Edinburgh […]
Live and online musicals On Your Bike & Belfast win Musical Theatre Review’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021 Awards
In considering the outstanding work presented both in person and online at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2021, the Musical Theatre Review panel has decided to make two separate awards this year. The first is for the best show presented in live performance. The recipient of the award for Best Musical comes from a ‘stable’ of […]
CD Review: Islander – Original Cast Recording
ISLANDER – Original Cast Recording (Downloadable through Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and all major online music distributors) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, Islander is the story of two young girls: the first, Eilidh, left on Kinnan by her mum to look […]
Musical Theatre Review Best Musical winner Islander transfers to the Southwark Playhouse
Summerhall sell-out hit Islander, winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, will transfer to London’s Southwark Playhouse from 2 to 26 October 2019 (press night is 4 October). Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award was set up three years ago to highlight the best of the genre in the […]
Sparks & The Half Moon Shania are our Best Musical Award joint winners at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Sparks at the Pleasance Courtyard and The Half Moon Shania at Zoo Southside have been named as joint winners of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award, given to recognise excellence in the challenging form of musical theatre and to highlight the best of the genre in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018 programme. In considering the awards this […]
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) wins Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Fringe
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) at the Pleasance Courtyard has won Musical Theatre Review’s inaugural Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr, who led the judging panel, said they chose the piece (presented by Silent Uproar in association with LittleMighty) “because of its sensitive yet genuinely funny […]
Shortlist revealed for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The shortlist of ten nominated shows for Musical Theatre Review’s inaugural Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has been announced today. In the 70th anniversary of the Fringe, Musical Theatre Review has launched the award to celebrate the excellence of musical theatre product presented at the world’s largest annual arts event. In the […]
