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 443 of 831 scored productions · 1906 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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831shows indexed
1906review notices
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52 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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107 title discoveries produced a net change of 94 shows after corrected and merged records.
44 Minutes90s Magic Throwback with Chris FlemingA Clown's LullabyA Murder Mystery Musical - The Detective's DemiseALOK: Eat Pray LeaveAbi Carter-Simpson and Joe McTernan: Stand-up CoupleAditya Mayya Pretends to Be SadAfter PartyAlex Camp: Dopamine RatAlice Keys: Rocket FanAmnesiaAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)August McEachern: Be My FriendBad BoyBad Magicians - Improv to Make You FeelBig StuffBilly Kirkwood: MayhemBloody KneesBoy in a BoxBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBumpoCameltonCharming! The MusicalChief Petty OfficerChurchill's UrinalCricket & The FreebugsDanny O'Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand.Dracula: Lucy's DreamDragon TalesDru Cripps: Juicy BitsEmily Wilson: Escape from AmericaEverybody's Got a BombGameplayGrubby Little Mitts: Late Night 70s Game Show (WIP)Harun Musho'd: A History of the Last Conservative Government, In Their Own Stupid WordsHolmes/ShahHudson Hughes: At Your ServiceI Think I'm Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!)I'm Still Not That GirlINDY!Impromptunes - The Completely Improvised MusicalIt's Always Sunny on OlympusJack Docherty: ButterflyJack Whitehall: Work in ProgressJacob Hatton: RuinsJapanese Grandma FuneralJeromaia Detto: Giuseppe's Love QuestJody Kamali: This is My DadJordan Brookes: The Part of You That’s Always ScreamingJules Oakes: FragileJust BlokesKanpur: 1857Katie Norris: Mother SuccubusKitty DaddyLisa! The Mona Lisa MusicalLorraine Hoodless: MeanMC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo BabyMandy: Prince of DarknessMark Simmons: Jokes At NoonMidsummer!Murder, She Didn't WriteNatalie and INerine Skinner: Decisions Decisions WIPOf Mice And MenOstrichOther PeoplePaddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?ParkiesPatrick Monahan: I'm Not A Terrorist - I'm Freddie MercuryPilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRichard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned JokesRob Kemp: BeatlesjuiceSam Morrison: DUCKSam Serrano: MarsShamaniacSimon Evans: Shadow PlaySmile, It Might Never HappenSnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenSpare RoomSpooky Dookie: Cool New Planet!!Steak OutStuart Goldsmith: CanarySwan SongTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe BearThe Jolly FishermanThe Meeples: XXXThe Mr Thing ShowThe ProposalThe SingerThe Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK AssassinationThe Woman in the MirrorThe Yellow WallpaperThis Little Thing of OursTom Evans: All You Weed Is LoveTori Morancay: Le French c'est FreakTurn the Screw, Tickety-BooViggo Venn: Only OneWhat Happens in the DarkWill & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken WinnerWill Sebag-Montefiore: Game of PhonesYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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