Musicals
She Burns
★★★★☆ Warming
She Burns from Best Laid Schemes at the Scottish Poetry Library is a tuneful, excellently put-together examination of Robert Burns from a female perspective.
Next to Normal
★★★★★ Note-perfect
Bare Productions stage the Scottish premiere of Next to Normal at Paradise in Augustines in a production that’s next to perfect.
Honk! JR.
★★★★★ Swan-tastic
Captivate Theatre takes on the Ugly Duckling fairytale in Honk! JR. at the Edinburgh Academy in a humorous and passionate musical following the adventures of Ugly on a road to acceptance.
The Spongebob Musical: Youth Edition
★★★☆☆ Dynamic
Captivate Theatre’s production of The Spongebob Musical: Youth Edition at The Edinburgh Academy is a vibrant show about friendship and community when confronted with impending volcanic doom.
Smashing Shakespeare: Brave Macbeth
★★★★★ Smashin’
Captive Theatre romps into the Bijou tent at St. Andrew’s Square with Smashing Shakespeare: Brave Macbeth, a children’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy that’s heavy on charm and cheek and entirely without condescension.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★★★★★ Splendimum
Captivate Theatre tackle the towering stage adaptation of Menken & Schwartz’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame with scale, beauty, and outstanding commitment to a score that demands nothing less than divine inspiration.
Into the Woods
★★★★☆ Dark whimsy
Captivate Theatre takes on the Sondheim classic Into the Woods at their new venue down at Edinburgh Academy in Stockbridge, with a production that is charming and ambitious.
Edinburgh Days
★★★★☆ Stirring
Belt of Celt Production’s Edinburgh Days is back at the St Bride’s Centre after a well-received run at the Fringe 2025, with a new director and many brand new cast members.
EdFringe 2026: Musicals and Opera
Edinburgh-made musical theatre & opera at #EdFringe 2026
Edinburgh companies are as well represented as ever in the Musicals section of the fringe programme, with 37 different productions – thanks largely to the 12 musicals being staged by Captivate and a further 7 at Hill Street.
Disney’s Frozen The Musical
★★★★★ Extraordinary
Forth Children’s Theatre is always one of the companies whose Fringe shows are a must-see. And, even if it is starting before the Fringe, Disney’s Frozen The Musical is definitely in that category. Visually impressive, technically impeccable and with some quite magnificent performances, this is genuinely wonderful.
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