Edinburgh fringe musicals: a bedside view of marriage, Covid diaries and Shamilton!
The festival's musicals this year range from theatrical introspection to a rip-roaring improvisation inspired by Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit The world's most popular musicals have often been on the least likely of themes. Who would have thought TS Eliot's poems or the founding fathers of the US would set the box office alight? The evidence suggests enterprising ideas can pay off. It is possible one such idea is th…