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 666 of 1079 scored productions · 3238 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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1079shows indexed
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114 title discoveries produced a net change of 70 shows after corrected and merged records.
150% Masala Comedy Showcase28.06.1980 (or How A Fake Version of Deep Purple Brought Rock Music to Mexico)44 Minutes5 Comedians Do Comedy and KaraokeA Cat in a BoxA Clown's LullabyAaagony AuntsAfter ArthurAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAngela Bra - Secret Diary of a Bingo Call GirlAngelsharkAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings And RoundaboutsBLISSBabaBaby Wants CandyBachelors of Fine ArtsBest of the FestBlissBob Graham - Tap Dancing on a Sinking ShipCADEL: Lungs on LegsChloe Jacobs: Twilight: Breaking DownCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsCrying At My PodiatristDaniel Kitson: ThrumDarryl J Carrington: Out of the BoxDid You Hear What I Saw?Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Science!Don Toberman: Ping-Pong ChampDragon TalesEd Night: We’ll Be Alright, DarlingEmmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP)Everybody's Got a BombFabled: The Improvised Fantasy AdventureFantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The MusicalFrank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-PutinGabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga WhaleGag WriterGameplayGutterHannah Byczkowski: KillerHeated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical ParodyHelp!! My Baby's Not GothHonkersHypnotist Matt Hale: Funbelievable! 90s RewindI Am A SnailINDY!Ignacio Lopez: Nada (secret show)Isabelle Glinn On IceIt Happened on a TuesdayJohn Kearns: Tilting at WindmillsKanpur: 1857Kate DehnertLikewiseLittle AnimalsLove's Labour's LostLucy Best: UnbelievableMark Dean Quinn: Tries To Walk Towards A Flip ChartMax Fulham's Monkey BusinessMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mr Boy: The Beauty Contest for BoysMr Chonkers: Work in ChonkersMurder, She Didn't WriteNocturnal Is The New SexyOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPickle-Based Game Show - Crunchy, Briny and ChaoticPierre Novellie: Do the One About…Pierre Novellie: Do the One About...Pilate: The Lost GospelPlay DeadPossessive! The Musical!Quentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRachel Kaly: Between Us (A Crowd Work Show)RapGPT: MacshaneRhino Conservation Erotic NovelSINNER. A Musical Tragicomedy About Breaking Up With White JesusSam Rhodes: Toy CocoonSeledkaSerena Smart: Little Miss SunshineSexatronShamaniacShaun Guff: Enuff Is EnuffShe BurnsSin-EatersSister Sophia Kicks the HabitSlugageddon!SnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenStephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of WaterSteve Richards Presents Rock and Roll PoliticsStories From the Office of a Sex DungeonSweaty ClownsTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraTasmin Sarkany: Now That's What I Call Bach!The 40-Year-Old BallerinoThe Adventures of Jasper Cromwell JonesThe End of the WorldThe Jolly FishermanThe LettermanThe Skarsgård EffectThe Spectacular Vermin Sisters: Taking Back What's Ratfully OursThe Stand at W EdinburghThe Séance Starter Kit™The Trials of Magnus CoffinkeyThe Wedding DateThis Year I Am Going To DieWell-Balanced DadsWhen You Are a TickYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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