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 594 of 1009 scored productions · 2749 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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43entered 2+ · 24h
1009shows indexed
2749review notices
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43 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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96 title discoveries produced a net change of 56 shows after corrected and merged records.
12th Annual Haters' Ball1979: Persianality Disorder2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!2 Truths, 1 Lie44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyA CompanionA Complete Idiot's Guide to New ZealandA Man Proposes to a Balloon, or Possibly Something WorseAbsolutely! One-Liner Jokes!Always, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAnnie Boyle: To All The Boys I've Loved BeforeAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Beth and Ben: Your Place in the WorkplaceBig Naked Comedy ShowBig Tobacco's PinocchioBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It's Been DestroyedCADEL: Lungs on LegsCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDan James: LuckyDavid O'Doherty: At This StageDavro's Back! Bobby DavroDiva Las VegasDragon TalesEverybody's Got a BombFrisky's Remix RouletteFurniture BoysGIRLZGameplayGood BoyGraham and SteenHope This Helps!INDY!IntroductionsJack Off The BeanstalkKanpur: 1857Kate Smurthwaite Writes And Performs A Brand New Full-Length Stand-Up Show Every Single Day For The Entire Edinburgh Fringe Based On Audience Suggestions From the Previous Day (Not Tuesdays)Kevin Quantum: Invisible ForceLes Keen: Dinosaur (How to Wipe Out the Human Race)Lil' Miss Kate - Ward of the StateLittle AnimalsLong Story ShortLorna Ní Shúilleabháin: Barefoot Before GodMadam(e) LouManicMarc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs of All TimeMichael Shafar: InappropriateMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mike Rice: Cruel Little ManNathan Cassidy: Ewwww!Not Another Quiz NightOf Mice And MenOur Seventh StringOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPaul Savage: Comic, RelievedPierre Novellie: Do the One About…Pilate: The Lost GospelQueer DiaryQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRattlepole! An Improv Shakespeare ShowSANDSeann Walsh: This Is TortureSelina Mosinski: Puss in Boots – A Working Class Fairy TaleShakespeare x 5Shakespeare's Big BrotherShamaniacShrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians LiveSilky in 'No, YOU'RE Poster Syndrome'SnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenStayin' AliveStefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 MinutesTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe AugurThe BrushThe Jolly FishermanThe Lady Doth ProtestThe LandladyThe SingerThe Thinking Drinkers' Great British Pub RideThe Unsolvable Case of Keir StarmerTom Houghton - New StuffTransmissionVan Gogh & MeWe Were SistersWhose Play Is It Anyway?Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)Woman Seeking CuddlesYou Are What You EatYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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