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The best-reviewed shows at the Fringe, ranked
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.
2026 reviews only · checked 12 August · early scores may move quickly as new notices arrive.
The 2026 Ledger
Showing 500 of 889 scored productions · 2201 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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889shows indexed
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106 title discoveries produced a net change of 40 shows after corrected and merged records.
(2026 Greek Comedian of the Year) George Zacharopoulos: The Meaning of Life (Maybe)0 Hair - Bald Man Sings Rhianna4 Aussies, For Aussies44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyAbbie Edwards: Knee TouchAfter PartyAlways, Sometimes, MaybeAm I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure?An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAndrew O'Neill: A Short, Aggressive Lecture On Krill. Then JokesAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Aoife Dunne: Good GriefBATSU!Bite Me ComedyBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBritain's Got NonsenseBroadguessBull / FightBurke'n'Hare: Let the Bodies Hit the FloorCerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIPCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDavid Alnwick: Magician. Not Creepy.Detective HeartbreakDiary of a Mad ManDinner With the WolvesDo You Wanna Go?Dogberry and Verges Are ScaredDom McGovern: Prize HogDracula: Lucy's DreamDragon TalesDune! The MusicalEIGHT: The One (Wo)Man Drag King Musical ParodyEat Pray CultEd Gaughan: The EmperorEightEva PeroniEverybody's Got a BombFUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERTFempaths: Transistor Radio HourFrenchy: The InstigatorGameplayGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGeoffrey Asmus: PatriautismHard to Swallow: Reuben KayeHeart Beats StrongHigh Heels from the Big BootHole!Hudson Hughes: At Your ServiceI Almost Died for This?! (A love story. Sort of.)I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About MyselfINDY!James Phelan: ShowmanJamie Kilstein: Can't Tie KnotsJason Byrne: 30 Years ByrningJill's Tupperware PartyJonathan Rudge: Stay at Home SonKanpur: 1857Katie Norris: Mother SuccubusKrystyna Hutchinson: Congrats On Not Killing Yourself!LOLyamorous: A Speed-Dating Comedy ShowMAJENIN – A Palestinian Love StoryMan or BearMaxx Eddy: Bi Meets WorldMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Moth and Dog Are Dying to Get OutMy Date with Pierce BrosnanNina's C*nti CabaretOf Mice And MenOlivia Xing: Baby of ColourPaul HilleardPilate: The Lost GospelPlatformedQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsSANDScout Boxall: God’s FavouriteSean MorleyShamaniacShamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop MusicalSnowSoft SpotSolve-Along-A-Murder-She-WroteSpace In BetweenSplash Test Dummies CircusTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraTed Hill: PowerPoindexterThank You for the MuesliThe Breakup Variety HourThe Jolly FishermanThe Last Funny WomanThe Pigeon FactoryThe PlotThe SingerThe Tao of LloydThe Tom Brace Magic HourTia Rey: Oot Ma BangerTime Travel PostmanTom Little in His Comfort ZoneTom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh ShowTwonkey's Soft December Night in TallahasseeWiener BeaconYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)Your Choice Amanda Royce
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