1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (363+ words) DANIEL BUCKROYD has directed the UK professional premiere of the Off-Broadway hit musical comedy Disenchanted!, currently running at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before a mid-scale UK tour in 2027. Enchanted! debunks once and for all the myth of the ‘damsel-in-distress’ as…...

2+ day, 2+ 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,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour 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,…...

4+ day, 5+ hour 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....

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (358+ words) Midnight Train to Nowhere continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 22 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Although this show has a limited run, it is one well worth seeing. Cambridge University has long been a favourite Edinburgh visitor,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (254+ words) Picture: Cameron Grant @ parenthesy FUCCBOIS: Live in Concert continues at Studio Two at Assembly George Square Studios until 31 August 2026 (except 26). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ House of Oz has brought lucky Edinburgh audiences FUCCBOIS – the best boyband in the world on…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (81+ words) Heracles: Of Men and Beasts continues at Upper Theatre at theSpace @ Niddry St until 29 August (except 25). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Irish’s direction is simple but beautifully staged. It is the first part of the story. Hopefully they will be back…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (300+ words) Doing Time with Lavinia was reviewed at C ARTS, C venues, C aquila. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lavinia is a hot mess. Thrown unceremoniously into a holding cell, drunk, barely capable, like a third-rate Grizabella with no hope of reaching…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (163+ words) Remember, Remember! continues at Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome until 30 August 2026 (except 17, 24). The show will also play the Pleasance Theatre, London from 4-7 and from 11-14 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We open to a quartet of monks in a pseudo-Gregorian chant,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (206+ words) Parking Spot: The Musical! continues at Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street until 22 August (except 16). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Will (Harris Solomon) has a new car. Now at last he can forgo the wasted hours travelling the New Jersey subway,…...