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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 627 of 1056 scored productions · 3017 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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1056shows indexed
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110 title discoveries produced a net change of 77 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 AuntsAbsolutely! One-Liner Jokes!Always, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAngelsharkAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Bachelors of Fine ArtsBest of the FestBeth and Ben: Your Place in the WorkplaceBrendan Scannell: The AbyssCADEL: Lungs on LegsCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDarryl J Carrington: Out of the BoxDiva Las VegasDragon TalesEd Night: We’ll Be Alright, DarlingEverybody's Got a BombFantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The MusicalFrank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-PutinFrisky's Remix RouletteFurniture BoysGIRLZGabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga WhaleGag WriterGameplayGood BoyHonkersHypnotist Matt Hale: Funbelievable! 90s RewindINDY!Isabelle Glinn On IceJack Off The BeanstalkKanpur: 1857Kate Smurthwaite Writes And Performs A Brand New Full-Length Stand-Up Show Every Single Day For The Entire Edinburgh Fringe Based On Audience Suggestions From the Previous Day (Not Tuesdays)Kevin 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: UnbelievableManicMichael Shafar: InappropriateMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mr Chonkers: Work in ChonkersMurder, She Didn't WriteNot Another Quiz NightOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPaul Savage: Comic, RelievedPickle-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 5Shakespeare's Big BrotherShamaniacShaun Guff: Enuff Is EnuffShe BurnsShrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians LiveSilky in 'No, YOU'RE Poster Syndrome'Sin-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 SingerThe 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 & MeWe Were SistersWhose 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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