2+ week, 1+ day ago   (702+ words) Andy Roninson and Sean McVerry in The Real Kyle McCarren. Picture: Natalie Powers The Real Kyle McCarren, playing at Forth at Pleasance Courtyard, has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. The panel of judges,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) Plastic continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Plastic is an experiment in music as theatre that stretches the mind through the captivating work of a sound and visual artist. Minyoung Kim’s presentation combines…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (291+ words) Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody! continues at the Other Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This year’s Fringe boasts several shows themed on the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. For followers of the queer…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (412+ words) Boogie on the Bones continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026 (except 24). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Set in 1950s Soviet Russia, with modern global connotations, Boogie on the Bones is a committed new musical about the realities of being…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (194+ words) Camelton continues at Wine Bar at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 31 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In 2005, award-winning musical lyricist and performer Stephen Cole was given six weeks to write a musical for the Emir of Qatar, complete with camels, horses,…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (744+ words) Following what has been an excellent year for the genre, the MTR panel has drawn up a list of the outstanding productions to be contenders for the award of Best Musical 2026. “There is still a gap in giving the form…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (202+ words) MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical continues at the Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This company have come over from America with a sweet little Shakespeare ‘what if’ exercise. The first is that Shakespeare’s publisher,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) The Meeples: XXX continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August (except 23, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The world’s most famous puppets have lost their funding, been kicked off TV and are now being hunted down by ICE agents....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) Game Theory continues at Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “This is the place we’re meant to be,” declaim the lyrics of the opening number, and yes; this is the place to see and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (243+ words) Footloose: Youth Edition was reviewed at Grand Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ While Footloose: Youth Edition, presented by Cup and Dagger, is not a professional production, there is something particularly appealing about encountering the show in…...