The eight shortlisted Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 shows contending for Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award have been announced.
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Streaming date revealed for Wicked: For Good – MTR editor Lisa Martland reviews the new movie on Andrew Tomlins’ West End Frame Show
Part Two of Jon M Chu’s thrillifying film adaptation of the much-loved hit musical Wicked – Wicked: For Good, will be released on digital platforms in the UK on 2 January 2026.
Pick of the Fringe replaces MTR’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe Best Musical Award for one year
This month Musical Theatre Review’s Edinburgh team have chosen their ‘Pick of the Fringe’ to highlight some of the outstanding musical theatre productions of 2023. In a one-off departure, the popular Edinburgh Festival Fringe Best Musical Award is being postponed, owing to the unexpected illness of Edinburgh editor, lead reviewer and award organiser Fiona Orr.
Happy Anniversary! Founder & editor Lisa Martland celebrates 10 years of Musical Theatre Review
Publisher and editor LISA MARTLAND founded Musical Theatre Review (MTR) 10 years ago today. Starting as a one woman website, it now boasts a national network of reviewers, plus thousands of followers online and on social media, including some of showbusiness’ best-known names. Here, Lisa looks back on MTR’s first decade and its development from […]
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 […]
Musical Theatre Review will present Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
In the 70th anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Musical Theatre Review is launching the Best Musical Award to celebrate the excellence of musical theatre product presented at the world’s largest annual arts event. The winning musical will be picked from a shortlist of 10 productions nominated by the MTR Edinburgh team, led by Festival […]
Musical Theatre Review editor catches up with Stiles and Drewe
It was great to catch up with multi award-winning songwriting duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe at last week’s launch for The Three Little Pigs, their brand new family musical which plays at the Palace Theatre from Wednesday 5 August to Sunday 6 September 2015. The five-strong cast includes: Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist and Olivier nominated actress Alison Jiear […]
