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 551 of 952 scored productions · 2494 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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952shows indexed
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37 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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97 title discoveries produced a net change of 46 shows after corrected and merged records.
1 Pill 2 Pill, Red Pill Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical101 Impressions in One Hour44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyA Traitors PantomimeAbsolutely! One-Liner Jokes!Alfie Moore: Fair Cop - Live!Always, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAn Immigrant's Comedy ShowAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Boogie on the BonesBook ClubBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBrit Barron: CHURCHCROWD WORKChoose Your WIP: A Choose Your Own Adventure Comedy Show / Jacob Williams: Space PeaceChris Martin Lied To UsChristopher HallCollaboratorCrash CourseCricket & The FreebugsDarren Gaffney: The Full GaffneyDave Chawner: Dry HumourDerek Demko's Last Day of Camp!DinosaursDoing Time with LaviniaDragon TalesDreamgun Film ReadsElizabeth I: Regina VaginaEverybody's Got a BombFelicity Ward: I Wish I Could Come Out of My ShellFollow MeFrank Skinner: Work in ProgressGameplayGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGrace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a HedgeGrandma's ShopHarry Stachini: LobsterHere Comes AlmostHolmes/ShahI Bought a Flip PhoneINDY!Jacuzzi by TwilightJoe Sib: Aggie - A Comedy About MomsKanpur: 1857Kevin Quantum: Invisible ForceLove's Labour's FoundMarina di Marzo: Love in the Time of Fifth GradeMark Steel: What The F*** Is Going On?Mates Rates - The Golden Age BeginsMegasquirt: Fully LoadedMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mind The Gap YearNosejobObie: The Fuck It ListOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPaul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv ShowPersonaPervert WerewolfPigeon SyndromePilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRhys James: Chop LogicRobWords LiveRyan Cullen: Cullen Me SoftlySANDSam Nicoresti: Baby DoomerShamaniacSnowSoakedSoft SpotSokopop Quiz NightSpace In BetweenStar Wars: The Next GenerationTO BE FRANKTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!The Cambridge Footlights Tour Show 2026The Horse of JeninThe Jolly FishermanThe Leeds TealightsThe Palestinian Circus: Step and a HalfThe Powerpop Girls: A New Diva ReligionThe Real Housewives of the Zombie ApocalypseThe SingerThe Spy Who Came in from the ParkThe Vagina MonologuesThe Very Best of Tommy Cooper - Just Like That!Tom Cashman: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian)Tom Towelling Teaches You to KnitWhen We Were YoungWill BF: Moon Team IIIVYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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