Bush! The Musical
Bush! The Musical is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Greenside @ George Street. It has 6 performances listed, running from Mon 24 Aug, 12:40 to Sat 29 Aug, 12:40. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Finally, the story audiences have been demanding: a musical comedy about the presidency of George W Bush! This riotous original production – described as 'funny, ridiculous, and musically strong satire' (The Cherwell) – follows Bush through his years in the White House, with banging tunes and irreverent humour bound to delight all. With his nefarious nemesis Al Gore out to sabotage Bush's hard work at every corner, how will he lead America and solidify his status in the history books as a thoroughly mediocre president?
Details
- Venue: Greenside @ George Street
- Space: Lime Studio
- Genre: OPERA, Theatre, Satire
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 50 minutes
- Room size: about 70 seats (Lime Studio) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 6, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Through wheelchair access entrance, and up through first lift audience will come to, and along corridor. Lift dimensions: Doorway: 660mm x 1980mm Internal Dimensions: 920mm x 770mm Capacity: 410kg (6 people) Wheelchair access type:Level Access, Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 3 published reviews and 12 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
Above all, the show demonstrates that (even if most people knew this already) there are a lot of people both in the public eye and behind the scenes that make a presidency work, or indeed malfunction.
— Theatre in Edinburgh (3 out of 5 stars)
This witty newly-devised comedy by Vincent Chen, with songs by Chen and Iona Blair, directed by Amy Hemsworth from Oxford-based company The Mollys, offers an intriguing tongue-in-cheek route to finding out how the world…
— Musical Theatre Review (3 out of 5 stars)
It’s a bleakly funny twist of history that, for many people, the 43rd US president, a man responsible for indiscriminate warmongering and leading his country into the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression,…
— British Theatre Guide (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Mon 24 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:40 — Already performed — £9.00