The Meeples: XXX – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Meeples: XXX continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 29 August (except 23, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a great nightcap for the hedonistic festival-goer.
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Game Theory – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Game Theory continues at Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ I’ve decided that this is a super new musical and the spirited cast will do very well when they graduate.
MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
MUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical continues at the Cowbarn at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Good fun and a chorus line!
Goodbye Dandelion – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Goodbye Dandelion continues at Belly Dancer at Underbelly, Cowgate until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Forego the clamour and chaos of Edinburgh in August and spend a splendid hour with these sagacious siblings.
FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert continues at Studio Two at Assembly George Square Studios until 31 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It never stops being funny.
Footloose: Youth Edition – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Footloose: Youth Edition was reviewed at Grand Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The rough edges make the virtues of the material more visible.
Bliss – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bliss continues at Grand at Pleasance Courtyard until 31 August 2026 (except 25). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ It should feel liberating, but instead, it feels strangely inert.
Sinatra: One Last Shot – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Sinatra: One Last Shot continues at Dirty Martini at Le Monde until 30 August 2026 (except 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A remarkably convincing portrait of Sinatra.
Liberace and Liza – A Tribute – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Liberace and Liza – A Tribute continues at Ermintrude at Underbelly, Bristo Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Serves as a reminder that the Fringe at its best can make an apparently absurd idea feel like something that absolutely had to exist.
Midnight Train to Nowhere – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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.
FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals continues at Wine Bar at Gilded Balloon Teviot until 30 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Arthur Hull is the reason the production works so well.
Doing Time with Lavinia – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Doing Time with Lavinia was reviewed at C ARTS, C venues, C aquila. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What’s going on is an hour with a master storyteller.
Five Questions With: Tyrone Huntley
Award-winning actor, singer and director Tyrone Huntley has returned to the role of Judas that brought him acclaim in Timothy Sheader’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium.
National Youth Music Theatre – West Side Story
West Side Story was performed by members of the National Youth Music Theatre at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A spectacular new take on West Side Story which would surely make its late creators proud.
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody — Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorised Musical Parody continues at Udderbelly at Underbelly, George Square until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a broad, knowingly silly hour sung well enough that the silliness earns its keep.
A History of Paper – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A History of Paper continues at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 12 September 2026, before transferring to Dundee Rep Theatre from 16-19 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This truly deserves to be remembered because you will never forget the way it makes you feel.
British Youth Music Theatre – Paper Stars
Paper Stars, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Barnfield Theatre, Exeter. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A production overflowing with imagination, warmth and heart.
The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Shocking Truth About Flat Earth continues at Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome until 30 August (except 18). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With a tweak here and there, this production surely has a life beyond the Fringe.
Remember, Remember! – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Remember, Remember! continues at Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome until 30 August (except 17, 24). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This ridiculously talented company is one to watch out for.
Delphi: The Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Delphi: The Musical continues at the Auditorium at Bedlam Theatre until 30 August (except 17, 24). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The singing is excellent, the music and songs (by Wes Myers) sing-alongable.