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 459 of 831 scored productions · 1967 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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831shows indexed
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44 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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98 title discoveries produced a net change of 50 shows after corrected and merged records.
0 BC: Before Crisis44 Minutes90s Magic Throwback with Chris FlemingA Clown's LullabyALOK: Eat Pray LeaveAbandoman: AfterglowAbi Carter-Simpson and Joe McTernan: Stand-up CoupleAditya Mayya Pretends to Be SadAfter PartyAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Big StuffBilly Kirkwood: MayhemBloody KneesBoy in a BoxBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBurger and a Pint: Treats for the SoulCameltonCharming! The MusicalChief Petty OfficerChurchill's UrinalCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDanny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand.Delusions and GrandeurDinner With the WolvesDom McGovern: Prize HogDracula: Lucy's DreamDragon TalesDru Cripps: Juicy BitsEIGHT: The One (Wo)Man Drag King Musical ParodyEmily Wilson: Escape from AmericaEverybody's Got a BombGameplayGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGeoffrey Asmus: PatriautismGregor Fisher: An (Early) Evening With Gregor FisherHard PillHard to Swallow: Reuben KayeHarun Musho'd: A History of the Last Conservative Government, In Their Own Stupid WordsHigh Heels from the Big BootHole!Hudson Hughes: At Your ServiceINDY!Improbotics Presents: Artificial RealityImpromptunes - The Completely Improvised MusicalIn Butter (WIP)Jack Docherty: ButterflyJack Whitehall: Work in ProgressJapanese Grandma FuneralJason Byrne: 30 Years ByrningJeromaia Detto: Giuseppe's Love QuestJonathan Rudge: Stay at Home SonKanpur: 1857Katie Norris: Mother SuccubusMC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo BabyMark Simmons: Jokes At NoonMaxx Eddy: Bi Meets WorldMidsummer!Moment of Connection with a SmileMurder, She Didn't WriteNatalie and INo Hard FelixOf Mice And MenPaddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?Padlocked!Patrick Monahan: I'm Not A Terrorist - I'm Freddie MercuryPaul Savage: Comic, RelievedPhil Cooper: DeckchairPilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRichard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned JokesRob Kemp: BeatlesjuiceSeymour Mace Is Covered In Stickers!ShamaniacShoot From The HipSimon Evans: Shadow PlaySmile, It Might Never HappenSnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenSpare RoomSplash Test Dummies CircusTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe Jolly FishermanThe Mr Thing ShowThe PastThe ProposalThe SingerThe Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK AssassinationThe Woman in the MirrorThird PartyViggo Venn: Only OneWiener BeaconYou Are What You EatYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)Your Choice Amanda Royce
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