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These are shows currently playing at the 2026 Fringe with scored reviews published this year. Archive reviews and preview selections no longer contribute to the ranking.
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"Be Good!" with Paulette0 Ambition - A Jew Running the Numbers0 BC: Before Crisis1 Big Oops1 Hour of Insane Magic1 Pill 2 Pill, Red Pill Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical1 in 2 Men Think They Could Land A Plane - Could You?100 Million Fish in the Aquarium100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs100% Badgers with Matt Hobs10A: The Fitting Room150% Masala Comedy Showcase1979: Persianality Disorder2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger2 Truths, 1 Lie28.06.1980 (or How A Fake Version of Deep Purple Brought Rock Music to Mexico)3 Labours: A Hercules Panto4 Better or 4 Worse44 Minutes5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke58 To Go9/11 Birds and the BeesA Bunch of Characters - Hugo HayesA Cat in a BoxA Clown's LullabyA Complete Idiot's Guide to New ZealandA Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: ABBAsolute MurderA Murder Mystery Musical - The Detective's DemiseA STAN IS BORN! - EncoreA Seance Spectacular with the Mystical Medium Wolf Sisters from the Great White NorthA Simply Beastly MurderALOK: Eat Pray LeaveAaagony AuntsAbi Carter-Simpson and Joe McTernan: Stand-up CoupleAbsolute Bus Stops of Northern Europe and BeyondAbsolutely! One-Liner Jokes!Adam Bromley: HyperconnectedAdele Cliff's Topical Early Late Show With Adele CliffAdrian Minkowicz: Latin AmericaAdults Only Magic ShowAfter Careful ConsiderationAhir Shah: GoldenAidan Greene: Stuttermilk PancakesAidan Jones: Chopin's NocturneAlan Bissett: The Red HourglassAlan Jay: Hell Hath No Humour Like a Gayboy ScornedAlastair Clark: On The RecordAlex Camp: Dopamine RatAlexander Bennett: All It TakesAlexis Sakellaris: CHILD STAR (Work in Progress)Alfie Brown: The EntertainerAlfie Moore: Fair Cop - Live!Ali Brice: This Is The Way We Brush Our TeethAlice Fraser: Oh Man!Alice Keys: Rocket FanAlready HereAmerican Assholes: Escape to EdinburghAmong the PigeonsAmy Webber: Joy RideAn A to Z Guide to DatingAn Audience with Charles MansonAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAn Evening with Gerald Lloyd-DaviesAn Idiot's Guide to MurderAndrew Frost: Just Let Me Have ThisAndrew White: What a Life!AngelsharkAnna Thomas: How to Juggle a FerretAnnabelle James: AnnabalismAnnie Boyle: To All The Boys I've Loved BeforeAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Aoife Dunne: Good GriefApparently Ugly: A Stepsister StoryArmageddon Outta HereAugust McEachern: Be My FriendAutism MamaAyoade Bamgboye: Swings And RoundaboutsBaby EverythingBaby Lame: Hit Me Baby One More Lame!Baby Wants CandyBad Magicians - Improv to Make You FeelBeetleManiaBen Hart: The LabyrinthBiff to the FutureBig DogBig Naked Comedy ShowBig Tobacco's PinocchioBilal Zafar: RubiconBite Me ComedyBlackjack! (and other ways to get lucky) in Your Parents' BasementBlip Barp: An Alien Love StoryBook ClubBoxtickerBoy in a BoxBrainwashedBrickBritain's Got NonsenseBritney: Holy Mackerel!Bron Lewis: ChaosBryn Woz: SMUTBucksomly BetrothalsBurning Down the HorseBush! The MusicalCABAPOCALYPSARETCADET KELLY IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY FRIGGIN LIFECAKE: A Crime of LoveCROWD WORKCRUSHCSI: Crime Scene ImprovisationCVNTCabbage the Clown: CinemadromeCaitriona Dowden: Sesh HeadCameltonCarys Should be the UK's Next Eurovision EntryCelia Pacquola - Gift HorseCeline Kuklowsky: Bed BoyCelya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like ThisCerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIPCharming! The MusicalChelsea Birkby: Is In Full Control The Entire TimeChief Petty OfficerChloe Jacobs: Twilight: Breaking DownChris Forbes: Father ChristmasChris Grace: 88%Chris Martin Lied To UsChristian Dart: GUMSHOE!Christopher Hall: PizazzChurchill's UrinalCitizen ChenCitizen OtherplaceClaire Robin: NUN SLUTCliveCluedoColin Cloud: HoaxCome As You AreConfessions Of A Mulatto Love ChildConnor Burns: FLOWCount Binface: Face of the EstablishmentCourtney Büchner: One of the GirlsCraig Hill: You're Not Even Safe Up the Back!Craig Hill: You're Not Even Safe Up the Back!Crash CourseCreepy Boys: SLUGSCricket & The FreebugsCrowd Work from HellCruisingCrying At My PodiatristCultDESPERATE WEE GAY BOYDan Lees and Tom Curzon: The Sonic Joy OrchestraDan Tiernan: Quartz and AllDane Buckley: DarlingDaniel Downie: AlbaDaniel Kitson: ThrumDanny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand.Darren Gaffney: The Full GaffneyDarryl J Carrington: Out of the BoxDave Chawner: Dry HumourDavid Correos: Noise ZealandDavid Elms Describes a RoomDavid Hoare: How To Live To 100David Tsonos: Club ComedianDavro's Back! Bobby DavroDeckhandDelphi: The MusicalDelugeDelusions and GrandeurDerek Demko's Last Day of Camp!Detective HeartbreakDiana: The Untold and Untrue StoryDiary of a DL TradeDid You Charge Your Phone for the End of the World?Did You Hear What I Saw?Dirty DancerDo Not Attempt This ConversationDo You Wanna Go?Dom McGovern: Prize HogDon Toberman: Ping-Pong ChampDon't Know? Have A Go!Dragon TalesDreamgun Film ReadsDru Cripps: Juicy BitsDystopia 26: The Rock OperaEd Gaughan: The EmperorEightEle McKenzie: Bringing It All Back HomeElouise Eftos: AphroditeEm Stroud: Navigating LifeEmily Wilson: Escape from AmericaEmma Doran: EmmaculateEmmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP)Endgame by Samuel BeckettEnrico Touché: Hot KneesEric's Tales of the Sea - A Submariner's YarnEryn Tett: Tasting MenuEvaldas Karosas: A Very Capable ManEve and AdamEvery Ghost Story EverEverybody's Got a BombExcel Comedy and Mathem-anticsFUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERTFabled: The Improvised Fantasy AdventureFarndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of MacbethFather, Away She GoesFatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking DollFeral DaydreamsFil Milton... Is a One-Liner ComedianFiona Allen: White LiesFly, You Fools!FragmentsFrancisco de NataFrank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-PutinFrankie Thompson: Horrible ThingsFriendliestFrisky's Remix RouletteFriz Frizzle: A Certain AppealFruit FliesGag WriterGail Porter: PortergeistGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGeoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 - There's No Bloke Without FireGeoffrey Asmus: PatriautismGeorge, Don't Do That... The Joy of Joyce GrenfellGerry Carroll: YoungGirlbosses and BillionairesGirlfriendsGiro BabyGlenn & FlennGolden Beryl: Special OblivionGood Pill HuntingGoodbye Horses: An Unauthorised Solo Retelling of The Silence of the LambsGrace Campbell: The Lady Is a TrampGrace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a HedgeGrace Mulvey: GiganticaGrandma's ShopGregor Fisher: An (Early) Evening With Gregor FisherGuilt FreeGyles Brandreth: Up Memory Lane!HadidHajar, Like BadgerHamlet: The MusicalHanna Shammas Takes It To HeartHannah Byczkowski: KillerHannah Morton: CrushedHappiest I've Ever BeenHappyHard to Swallow: Reuben KayeHarriet Dyer: Easily Distra...Harry Jun: Inside Jokes, Outside VoiceHeated Rivalry: The Musical Parody!Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical ParodyHeist: How to Steal a MasterpieceHendrik Quast: Spill Your GutsHenry VIII and His GroomHere Comes AlmostHoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man's WorldHonkersHope This Helps!How to Poop in an Outhouse at -58°CHudson Hughes: At Your ServiceHuge Davies: Sleep Paralysis PrincessI AM JOHNNYI Almost Died for This?! (A love story. Sort of.)I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About MyselfI Bought a Flip PhoneI Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)If Aliens Attack, I'd Die FirstIf We Really Were WitchesIf You Let Me SpeakIgnacio Lopez: Nada (secret show)Ignacio Lopez: The Four Of Us Are Dying Up HereIl canto dell'assioloImprobotics Presents: Artificial RealityImpromptunes - The Completely Improvised MusicalImprov Comedy with Box of FrogsIn Butter (WIP)IntroductionsIrish Comedy HeadlinersIroning Board ManIs This Your First Crime?Isabelle Glinn On IceIt Couldn't Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour IncidentJack Ansett: Looks Like A Bit Of Me!Jack Off The BeanstalkJack Whitehall: Work in ProgressJacuzzi by TwilightJames Gardner: Good AfternoonJames Trickey: SplitJamie Kilstein: Can't Tie KnotsJamie Leonard: Blink of an EyeJamie Wolf: PsychoJanuary 6th the MusicalJason Byrne: 30 Years ByrningJehovah's Witness for the Prosecution - Work in ProgressJellyfishJerk Off!Jess Carrivick: For Your ConsiderationJill's Tupperware PartyJimmy Rees: In Reel LifeJittersJoe Sib: Aggie - A Comedy About MomsJohn Robertson's The Dark RoomJohn Tothill: This Must Be HeavenJohn-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, TalkingJonathan Rudge: Stay at Home SonJuliette Burton: Villain EraJustin Elizabeth Sayre Is a 40-Year-Old WomanKEVIN!!!!!Kanpur: 1857Keeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My TitsKiell Smith-Bynoe's Kool Story BroKillian Sundermann: Killian Dollar BabyKim Blythe: PuzzleKristen Schaal: The Legend of Crystal ShellLast LaughLast OrdersLaughing Horse Clean Pick of the FringeLawrence Dodd: This Can't Be ItLeviathan X AsmodeusLiberace and Liza - A TributeLikewiseLilla Multipass: Woman(33)Lindsey Santoro: It Was Like That When I Got HereLinus Karp Was Hit With An UmbrellaLisa! The Mona Lisa MusicalLizzy Hoo - Says Hoo?Lorna Rose Treen: Now That's What I Call CharactersLost in TranslationLou Wall: Where Are All The Tall Grandmas?Love Did a Number on MeLucas Jefcoate: If I'm Not Somebody, I'm NobodyLucy Best: UnbelievableLudwig: Unfinished BusinessMAJENIN - A Palestinian Love StoryMAN!FEST: The Drag Boyband MusicalMC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo BabyMIND ER3CTIONMUSE: The Shakespeare Mayhem MusicalMadame Chandelier's Grand Theft OperaMagners Share the Craic presents Ashlee Bentley: WallflowerMaia Tassalini: I Was 22 and StunningMaking Love with David MagidoffMama G: The Magic BookmarkMark Dean Quinn: Tries To Walk Towards A Flip ChartMark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything.Mark Steel: What The F*** Is Going On?Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up YearsMates Rates - The Golden Age BeginsMatt Forde: Project Holy MolyMatt Klein: BoyoyoyoyoingMax Fulham: Memory FoamMax Olesker: Making the CutMel Hudson: Richard Ashcroft Revived My LibidoMichael John Ciszewski: Mother, SuperiorMichael McPheat is BRUTAL!Michael Shafar: InappropriateMidsummer!Mina Liccione: ArabizedMomme DommeMortal SinMothman: A Romance MusicalMotorwayMoving On: A New MusicalMr Chonkers: Work in ChonkersMurder, She Didn't WriteMy Beautiful Brain!My Date with Pierce BrosnanMy Life Is a SonnetMy Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid FactsNever Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron's TitanicNewsRevueNina's C*nti CabaretNoah Szto - Med SchoolNocturnal Is The New SexyNot Another Quiz NightNotes: The Comedy B-SidesNothing PersonalNuns!Obsessive, Compulsive, DivineOctopusOf Mice And MenOlaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me GoOlaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show: This Time It's Stupider!Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)Omar Badawy: Guided DetourOne Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. ValdemarOperation BlankOperotica: Lovers in Every LifetimeOtherOther PeopleOtto & Astrid: The Stages TourPaddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?Paper Cuts (and other small tragedies)Parasocial ActivityParkiesParking Spot: The Musical!Paul Dennis: Title Explained In Blurb - The Musical. Well... sort of.Paul McDaniel: Harder Better Faster Paul-erPaul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv ShowPersonaPervert WerewolfPhil Ellis: Bath MatPhil Nichol: The Naked RacistPhuckets and RainbowsPickle-Based Game Show - Crunchy, Briny and ChaoticPierre Novellie: Okay, One More Then BedtimePimm's Without the CucumberPlanoPolice Cops in SpacePoor Little Rich GirlPossessive! The Musical!Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical ParodyQueer DiaryQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsR/evolution(s)REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-UpRachel Fairburn: Vexy BeastsRamsey Smith: Keep the ReceiptRapGPT: MacshaneRattlepole! An Improv Shakespeare ShowRay O'Leary: I Can See O'Leary Now The Ray Has GoneRhino Conservation Erotic NovelRhys James: Chop LogicRichard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned JokesRizal Van Geyzel: ArrestedRob Kemp: BeatlesjuiceRob Moriarty: Sick in the HeadRobWords LiveRockpoolsRory Bremner: Making an ImpressionRosalie Minnitt: Clementine 2Roses To The LivingRosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!Rosie Jones: I Can't Tell What She's SayingRowan Hackett: BrewedRuaridh Miller - Autocorrect Thinks My Name is "Rubbish"Ryan Cullen: Cullen Me SoftlySLAYSTAYSad BrideSadia Azmat: RapismSam Nicoresti: Baby DoomerSamantha Day: I've Started So I'll FinishSami Abu-Wardeh: Palestine - Peace de ResistanceSammy J: Hero ComplexSansha: To Be Fair To MeSapphire McIntosh - Squeaky Bum TimeSara Pascoe: For One Night OnlySarah Bradley: How to Write a RomcomSarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7Sasha Nezlobin: I'm FineSashi Perera - Pear TreeSecrets Secrets Shhh!See You TomorrowSex! with Becky FuryShaggersShakespeare x 5ShamaniacShamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop MusicalShane Daniel Byrne: Baby This TimeShe BurnsShe/TheyShhh! (A Wordless Comedy)Shoot From The HipShowstopper! The Improvised MusicalShrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians LiveSilky in 'No, YOU'RE Poster Syndrome'Silly Goose!Simon Amstell: I Love It HereSimon Evans: Shadow PlaySimon MunnerySims Holland: Learning to HumanSin-EatersSitting (In Silence)Slim for LifeSlugageddon!SnowSodom, The Quintessence of DebaucherySoft SpotSolo from the PitSophia Wren: The Best Girl in the WorldSophie Garrad: A Period DramaSpace In BetweenSpinQueen™Stand Up If You're Here TonightStar Wars: The Next GenerationSteak OutStephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of WaterStories From the Office of a Sex DungeonStruan Logan: Chaotic GoodStuart Mitchell - Solo ShowSweaty ClownsSydnee Washington: My Black Barbie StoryTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraTamsyn Kelly: Rat's AssTamsyn Kelly: Rat's AssTap Out! (Or I'll Hit You Again)Tasmin Sarkany: Now That's What I Call Bach!Temi Wilkey: Lover GirlTen Thousand HoursTexas Annie: The Legend of the Moan RangerThat's AceThe 39 StepsThe 40-Year-Old BallerinoThe Best Comedy Magic Show You'll See in the Next 45 Minutes (Probably) at the Free Fringe 2026The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!The Bob Ross EffectThe BrushThe Cambridge Footlights Tour Show 2026The CandidatesThe Cheesecake Burlesque RevueThe Crimes of PeteThe Cut of Her JibThe Double G Comedy RodeoThe Dream MachineThe EventThe Faustus ProjectThe Frank Carson StoryThe Gay DivorceThe Good, The Bad and The AlmightyThe Guilty FeministThe Horse of JeninThe HypochondriacThe Improv All StarsThe Jolly FishermanThe Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben KayeThe Lady Doth ProtestThe Last DropThe Man Who Said Too MuchThe Manchester RevueThe Meeples: XXXThe Most ToastThe New YearThe Pigeon FactoryThe Political Party with Matt FordeThe Postcode LotteryThe ProblemThe ProposalThe Real Kyle McCarrenThe ReunionThe Rise and Fall of a Mormon Homecoming PrincessThe Stand at W EdinburghThe Séance Starter Kit™The Thinking Drinkers' Great British Pub RideThe Tom Brace Magic HourThe Unwilling AccompliceThe Vagina MonologuesThe Vampire RunThe Wolf of PoyaisThe Woman in the MirrorThis Is How I Got Arrested...This Little Thing of OursThis Year I Am Going To DieThunderstruckTia Kofi Presents: The Final FronTia LiveTilly Fletcher: TelevisionTim Biglowe: PlonkaTime Travel PostmanToastTom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)Tom Evans: All You Weed Is LoveTom Houghton - New StuffTom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young NeenanTom Read Wilson: A-Z of MeTom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh ShowTom Stade RulesTom Towelling Teaches You to KnitTrans People Are AwfulTweedy's Massive Solo ShowTwo Guys, One GCSETwo Little PigsTwonkey's Soft December Night in TallahasseeUlysses of ScrantonVery CheapVery FunnyWE ARE IANWEBBER!WENCHWar of the Worlds (On a Budget)We Have a DreamWe've Got TimeWell-Balanced DadsWerewolfWhat Happens in the DarkWhat's Rotting in the Office Fridge?When We Were YoungWhose Play Is It Anyway?Wild Wild ChristianWill & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken WinnerWill Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)Will BF: Moon Team IIIVWill Davies: Heroic ScaleWisardYou Are What You EatYou Straights Are F**ked Up!You Talkin' to Us?You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)You're Not My Mum!Yvette Segan: Guy's GirlZachary Ruane: ComedyZoe Brownstone: How To Be Happy All The Timeboobytrappedhame. teeth. CLUB.the Kobold Show!
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