The Singer continues at Traverse 1 at Traverse Theatre until 30 August 2026 (except 17, 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great story, wonderful music, top rate performances.
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview 2026 – Top Ten Musicals To See
This is a record-breaking year for new musical theatre work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Our small army of reviewers are all set to tackle the offerings for 2026.
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me continues at Summerhall – The Dissection Room until 24 August 2024, then touring until 22 September 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a powerhouse of a performance from Charlene Boyd.
The Snow Queen – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Snow Queen continues at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 31 December 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Perfect Christmas treat for all – a truly magical show that delights throughout.
Orphans – King’s Theatre, Edinburgh and Touring
Orphans continues at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh until 16 April 2022 and then tours to Eden Court, Inverness from 28-30 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Cora Bissett once again proves her excellence with her direction of this roller-coaster ride from the National Theatre of Scotland. Based on Peter Mullan’s award-winning […]
What Girls Are Made Of – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Traverse Theatre
What Girls Are Made Of continues at Traverse 1 until 26 August 2018 (not 15, 20). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cora Bissett – darling of Scottish theatre – takes us on a wee trip back in time to the Darlinghearts days of her youth. Whilst still at school, she was the lead vocalist […]
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Preview – Our Top Ten Musical Theatre Tips
With only a couple of days before the Edinburgh Festival Fringe begins, we’re keen to share the Top 10 shows we’re looking forward to seeing in 2018, writes Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr. There will be, once again, a winner selected from the huge range of musical theatre pieces staged this year for Musical Theatre Review’s […]
Room – Theatre Royal Stratford East
Room continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London until 3 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel Room tells the harrowing story of a woman who is kept prisoner in a small room, told solely from the perspective of her five-year-old son Jack, fathered by their captor and […]
Theatre Royal Stratford East spring and summer 2017 season announced
Just days before the launch of its festive pantomime Sinbad the Sailor, Theatre Royal Stratford East’s artistic director Kerry Michael has unveiled further details of next year’s spring/summer season at the East London venue. Alongside the already announced European premiere of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, highlights of 2017 will include the […]
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt – Theatre Royal Stratford East
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London until 5 March. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Old-fashioned 1970s traffic light-style disco lights flash dazzlingly. The upstage four-piece band strikes up and Angie Darcy bursts into the spotlight first speaking – her Texan accent faultless – and then raising Stratford East’s ornate […]
Janis Joplin: Full Tilt opens at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in February
The critically acclaimed Janis Joplin: Full Tilt will open the Theatre Royal Stratford East’s packed 2016 season on 10 February. Fresh from its sell-out and award-winning stint at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Peter Arnott’s account of the turbulent life of rock queen Joplin will run from 10 February until 5 March. Angie Darcy will return […]
