Today’s consensus
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 518 of 918 scored productions · 2292 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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347new reviews · 24h
+64net new shows · 24h
46entered 2+ · 24h
918shows indexed
2292review notices
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New entries
46 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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82 title discoveries produced a net change of 64 shows after corrected and merged records.
0 Hair - Bald Man Sings Rhianna4 Aussies, For Aussies44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyAdam Bromley: HyperconnectedAfter PartyAlways, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAndrew O'Neill: A Short, Aggressive Lecture On Krill. Then JokesAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Ben's Book ClubBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBritain's Got NonsenseBurce Tutku Tuncali: Perfectly Imperfeckt!Cerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIPCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDADDY ISSUESDavid Alnwick: Magician. Not Creepy.Diary of a DL TradeDiary of a Mad ManDo You Wanna Go?Dogberry and Verges Are ScaredDracula: Lucy's DreamDragon TalesDystopia 26: The Rock OperaEat Pray CultEightEmma Holland: The Dog Dies at the StartEscape Room: The MusicalEverybody's Got a BombExcel Comedy and Mathem-anticsFempaths: Transistor Radio HourGameplayHarriet RichardsonHeart Beats StrongHigh Heels from the Big BootI 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 KnotsKanpur: 1857Krystyna Hutchinson: Congrats On Not Killing Yourself!LOLyamorous: A Speed-Dating Comedy ShowLorna Rose Treen: Now That's What I Call CharactersMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!My Date with Pierce BrosnanNina's C*nti CabaretOf Mice And MenOlivia Xing: Baby of ColourPeggy DayPilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsSANDSami Abu WardehScout Boxall: God’s FavouriteSean MorleyShamaniacSnowSoft SpotSolve-Along-A-Murder-She-WroteSpace In BetweenSteffen Haanes: The MasterTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraTed Hill: PowerPoindexterThe Breakup Variety HourThe Ghost of White Hart LaneThe Jolly FishermanThe PlotThe SingerThe Tao of LloydThe Tom Brace Magic HourTia Rey: Oot Ma BangerTime Travel PostmanTom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh ShowTony Cantwell: You Cry WeirdYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)Zara Gladman is... Aileen: Cameron's Gap Year Fundraisernot for glory
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Coverage figures describe the latest full scan at 18 August 2026 at 17:18 BST; movers and new entries above cover the rolling 24-hour window.
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Editorial note. Scores are an informed consensus, not a substitute for criticism. Every listing links to its contributing reviews so readers can follow the argument, discover unfamiliar publications and make up their own minds.