Listings: Musical

Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston - Festival Highlights. Adored by millions, Dame Julie Andrews is a genuine legend of entertainment. This new cabaret is a delightfully funny and candid love letter to a true show business survivor. With award-winning Fascinating Aida star Sarah-Louise Young. Ages 12+.

Pinecone Penguin Productions. King Kong is dead, yet Carl Denham is still pushing his show. King Kong the Musical shows the story of King Kong through the low-budget direction of Carl Denham, who together with his lacklustre cast re-tells the story to their one final hope, a theatre producer. As the story gets told…

Cabaret, Chicago and All That Jazz! Kander and Ebb wrote them all and fabulous Diva-Chanteuse Melody La Rouge sings them all! This powerhouse performer brings you Broadway's best! Nominated Best Solo Vocal at Buxton Fringe 2012. ‘Oozing the showbiz glitz of the songs and the sexiness of cabaret … a charismatic…

UCeLsewhere. From the writers of Chicago and Cabaret: a disturbing musical where heartbreaking reality meets vivid fantasy. In a torturous Latin American prison, two cellmates, an unabashed homosexual and an uncompromising revolutionary, are forced to become friends. As Molina shares his fantasies about a glamorous…

Tree Shadow Theatre Productions. A brand new folk musical set in the ticking bomb of Northern Ireland in 1970. Based on Romeo and Juliet and with a mix of original and traditional music, it combines with Ireland's storytelling history to create a haunting tragedy in modern language that resonates through the ages.

Commissioned in partnership with Sound Festival in 2012, Last One Out is a haunting glimpse into one family’s tragic past - a bittersweet tale of loss, memory and grief. A late night radio host has an encounter with a caller that leaves her disturbed and distressed. A grief stricken man returns to a lighthouse he…

Dream the dream with this vibrant YMTS production! Young music theatre performers from across central Scotland present their outstanding production of the Schools Edition of one of the world’s best-loved musicals. All under 20 years old, the astounding cast are full of talent and promise for the future. You…

Is everything a conspiracy? No, just the important stuff. It's the London 2012 Olympic ceremony and as the country prepares for a summer of sport, Shanie's thousands of awake followers prepare for the new world order. She has become leader of her own Zion, but with great power comes great responsibility. Duckegg Theatre…

Stage by Stage. Shing-a-ling what a creepy thing to be happening! Award-winning Stage by Stage celebrates its 20th anniversary with a revival of the classic Menken and Ashman musical homage to 1950s sci-fi B-movies. Skid Row nerd Seymour Krelbourn nurtures a strange new breed of plant - the Audrey 2 - but little does…

Norfolk YMT. When Oliver Barrett IV wanders into a library in search of a book, he discovers Jenny Cavilleri. They came from different worlds. He was a Harvard man, she was Radcliffe. He was rich, she was poor. But they fell in love. This is their story. A celebration of love and life, Love Story, the Musical will win…

Aurora / Western Connecticut State University. Twenty-first century meets 400 BC in this modern classical battle of the sexes. Featuring original music, dance, puppetry, battle scenes. 'The musical numbers will echo in your head for days' (News Times). More quotes: 'The music wonderfully expresses the play's…

Musical adaptation of the Scottish Play.

Pam Lawson. Marilyn Monroe starred in several musicals during her career, including There's No Business Like Show Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot and Let's Make Love. Marilyn Monroe - A Celebration in Song is a tribute to an icon and the songs that she performed throughout her career. Get a taste…

DramaTique Youth Theatre. Mary-Doll Poppins follows the magical and exciting story of two spoilt bairns who want a wee bit of attention from their fun-loving mammy and hard-working daddy. Their crazy Scottish nanny Mary-Doll takes them to the local Highland Games and up to Edinburgh Castle where the children and their…

World premiere. Recent PhD graduates in composition from Edinburgh University, composers Kostas Rekleitis and Derek Williams now team up with acclaimed Edinburgh Grand Opera director, soprano Christina Dunwoodie and virtuoso bass clarinettist Pete Furniss, intertwining classical Greek mystery with jazzical…

Merrily We Roll Along takes a look at the price of success between three old friends making their way in Hollywood. Accompanied by a fantastic score this show exhibits Sondheim's lyrical prowess to the full. This gripping show is performed by the students of Exeter University. Accompanied by a fantastic score and…

Michelle McManus comes to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with her Michelle McManus @ The Musicals show. After winning Pop Idol, Michelle has gone on to carve an impressive career on stage and screen. She returns to the Festival after a sell out show in 2007. From Chicago to Cabaret – Les Misérables to Chess – this…

A new musical featuring the music of Gilbert and Sullivan is brought to life by this local company featuring amateur performers from Edinburgh. Peers of the realm exploring the countryside stumble upon an injured fairy but their efforts to return her to her family are frustrated by Puck’s prank with a love potion.

Sandro Monetti with Team Mis Les. Anne Muffaway, Jean Jackman and Inspector Crowe the singing policeman are among the characters in this hilarious musical parody set in 19th-century France. Miserable Lesbians - based on, you guessed it - 'swept the board with eight awards at the annual Toscar awards in Hollywood' (BBC…

For those who prefer their hip hop a bit more eloquent, the gentleman rhymer raps in the Queen's English.

From her humble council flat, a forgotten soul singer self-medicates her arthritis and eases the troubles of her neighbourhood with her favourite music. Dynamic original songs played and sung live by the cast in a late-night riot of Motown, blues and booze. Sheep Soup's outrageous new musical performed by members…

Courage Performers. Let Courage Performers take you swinging and dancing into mafia-ridden 1950s Sicily - where friends Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick, with Don John, the bastard brother, arrive at Leonato's. Claudio falls for Hero, Leonato's daughter. While waiting for their wedding day, they amuse themselves by…

PMC Productions (Korea). Sensational non-verbal comic music show where the actors sing, dance, and play approximately 20 creative and unique instruments. With a wedding ceremony being the main backdrop, audiences of all nationalities can enjoy the excitement. The ceremony is spiced up with a comical synopsis, the…

Tall Stories. Once upon a time in the future, Bobbie lives with her inventor dad in a house filled with technology. Bobbie has everything she needs - except someone to play with. So her dad builds her a robot little brother. But having a robot in the family can cause all sorts of trouble… Music, magic and mechanical…