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MTR award winner Islander: A New Musical cast album release

With the national tour postponed, the team behind our choice for the Best Musical at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Islander: A New Musical will release an original cast album later this month. Available from 25 September 2020 through Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and all major online distributors, the recording will feature Olivier Award-winner Kirsty Findlay […]

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Islander is named as Musical Theatre Review Best Musical at Edinburgh Fringe 2019 with Armour, Burns and Sold given special awards

Islander: A New Musical at Roundabout @ Summerhall 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 2019 programme. Directed by Amy Draper, with a book by Stewart Melton and a score by Finn Anderson […]

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Shortlist revealed for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019

As part of Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe, Musical Theatre Review will once again be making an award for the Best Musical. This is to recognise excellence in the challenging form of musical theatre and to highlight the best of the genre in the 2019 programme. In the following week, the nominated shows will be assessed by the voting panel, […]

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019 Preview: 10 musicals that have grabbed our attention

With only a matter of days before the Edinburgh Festival Fringe begins, we’re keen to share the Top 10 shows that have piqued our curiosity, writes Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr. There will be, once again, a winner selected from the huge range of musical theatre pieces staged at the Fringe for Musical Theatre Review’s Best […]

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