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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 629 of 1068 scored productions · 3037 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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107 title discoveries produced a net change of 91 shows after corrected and merged records.
1979: Persianality Disorder2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her!2 Truths, 1 Lie28.06.1980 (or How A Fake Version of Deep Purple Brought Rock Music to Mexico)44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyAaagony AuntsAlways, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAngelsharkAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings And RoundaboutsBLISSBachelors of Fine ArtsBest of the FestBeth and Ben: Your Place in the WorkplaceBlissBrendan Scannell: The AbyssCADEL: Lungs on LegsCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDarryl J Carrington: Out of the BoxDiva Las VegasDragon TalesEd Night: We’ll Be Alright, DarlingEmmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP)Everybody's Got a BombFantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The MusicalFrank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-PutinGIRLZGabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga WhaleGag WriterGameplayHannah Byczkowski: KillerHeated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical ParodyHonkersHypnotist Matt Hale: Funbelievable! 90s RewindINDY!Isabelle Glinn On IceJack Off The BeanstalkKanpur: 1857Kevin Quantum: Invisible ForceLes Keen: Dinosaur (How to Wipe Out the Human Race)LikewiseLil' Miss Kate - Ward of the StateLittle AnimalsLong Story ShortLorna Ní Shúilleabháin: Barefoot Before GodLove's Labour's LostLucy Best: UnbelievableManicMax Fulham's Monkey BusinessMichael Shafar: InappropriateMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mr Chonkers: Work in ChonkersMurder, She Didn't WriteNot Another Quiz NightOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPickle-Based Game Show - Crunchy, Briny and ChaoticPierre Novellie: Do the One About…Pilate: The Lost GospelPlay DeadPossessive! The Musical!Queer DiaryQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRattlepole! An Improv Shakespeare ShowRhino Conservation Erotic NovelSANDSINNER. A Musical Tragicomedy About Breaking Up With White JesusSeann Walsh: This Is TortureSexatronShakespeare x 5ShamaniacShaun Guff: Enuff Is EnuffShe BurnsShrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians LiveSin-EatersSister Sophia Kicks the HabitSlugageddon!SnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenStayin' AliveStefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 MinutesStories 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 BrushThe End of the WorldThe Jolly FishermanThe Lady Doth ProtestThe LandladyThe Spectacular Vermin Sisters: Taking Back What's Ratfully OursThe Trials of Magnus CoffinkeyThe Unsolvable Case of Keir StarmerThis Year I Am Going To DieTom Houghton - New StuffTransmissionVan Gogh & MeWhose Play Is It Anyway?Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)You Are What You EatYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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