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.
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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.
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.
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.
I Was a Teenage She-Devil – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
I Was a Teenage She-Devil at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Created by writer and composer Sean Matthew Whiteford, this is a riot from start to finish.
Gladiatrix – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Gladiatrix continues at Venue 45 at theSpace until 23 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The songs, singing, choreography and staging are a great show.
Sense: A New Musical About Dementia – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sense – A New Musical About Dementia continues Big at theSpaceTriplex until 22 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Jens Goossens has written a tender and thoughtful exploration of how all our lives are affected by this ghastly disease.
Remember That Time? A Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Remember That Time? A Musical continues at Theatre 2 at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall until 23 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s one of those pieces that lingers, leaving you wanting more. A confessional show, with a difference.
Wallis – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Wallis continues at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall – Fleming Theatre until 24 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Wallis herself is immaculately poised – a very convincing portrayal. Congratulations to Bramwellbrand Productions.
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.
Too Big For Her Britches – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Too Big for Her Britches continues at theSpace at Triplex – Studio until 26 August 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Top 10 musicals to look out for at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023
It’s great to see that there is a bumper number of musical theatre shows to savour this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Below, Musical Theatre Review’s Edinburgh Editor Fiona Orr offers her Top Ten Tips. Follow Musical Theatre Review to keep up with the latest reviews, news and, of course, the nominees for our Best Musical Award on 19 August 2023.
On Your Bike – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
On Your Bike continues at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh until 28 August 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is true skill in taking serious social issues and creating such a riotous delight of a show. Deftly handled by Joe Venable (book and lyrics) and Ben James (music) and a super-talented […]
Edinburgh Fringe 2020 – The Fringe that never was
Fiona Orr writes… Normally, our August is the richest month for culture and the arts here in Edinburgh. As we all know, the cancellation was necessary and my heart sank on the day it was announced. Knowing the amount of work, energy, creativity and drive all primed to reach its peak to bring work to […]
Switch Witchetty’s Almanac of Everything – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall
Switch Witchetty’s Almanac of Everything continues at theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall, Edinburgh until 25 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ‘When we tell stories, we become them’ leads into this story about stories. Told by a trio of white-face clown characters (in the truest meaning as opposed to ‘big top’) this Australian […]
Rust – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – theSpace @ Venue 45
Rust continues at theSpace @ Venue 45 until 24 August 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As highlighted in our preview article, this is the company that brought Six to the Fringe before its elevation to the West End. In Rust, they’ve exceeded that show in many ways. Intelligent, theatrical, entertaining and profoundly […]
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 […]
Piaf and Brel – The Impossible Concert – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert continues at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall until 26 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ I was so looking forward to this – as an admirer of both artists, I was keen to see how this would pan out. Sadly, the billing is somewhat deceptive as […]
