Edinburgh Fringe: shows in the running to be the next Six
After the huge success of Six the musical when they played the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, every theatre company loves to premiere their new work here.
Six was performed by Cambridge University students, went on to the West End, national tours and now Broadway in new York City. The touring company returns to Edinburgh September 15-26 at the Festival Theatre, a decade after Toby Marlow was commissioned to write the piece for the student’s society.
This year there are many contenders for the musical most likely to step up and progress to immortality. The favourite must be Bliss led by four vocal ladies and a cast of seventeen West End performers.
This fast-moving fairytale was produced by the Olivier Award Winning team behind Cabaret and Benjamin Button and play Pleasance Courtyard daily until August 31.
Also making their debut this year, I Made You A Mixtape is a fast-moving ever-changing dance spectacular as nine girls get together for one last night together, carefully choreographed but changing every night. They play TheSpace Triplex at 7:00pm until the 29th.
Manchester based Low Fat Productions bring us Spraywatch; A Beautiful Rescue as a musical parody on the once popular lifeguard drama which featured red swimsuits. Written by Hywel Evans and now based in an English seaside town the story twists with comedy and dance surrounding an 80s and 90s hit soundtrack. See them at TheSpace Niddry Street until August 15 at 9:45pm or the 17-29th at 7:30pm.
At Greenside in George Street, it is still time to see Bush! The Musical about George W, (August 24-29 at 12:40pm). Game Theory is a full-length original musical from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a Britpop inspired soundtrack from the 17th to 22nd, at 12:50pm and Theatre: The Musical Cabaret examines the joy and frustrations of working in theatre, same dates at 7:50pm.