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 665 of 1085 scored productions · 3253 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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1085shows indexed
3253review notices
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54 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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93 title discoveries produced a net change of 49 shows after corrected and merged records.
150% Masala Comedy Showcase44 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 GirlAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings And RoundaboutsBLISSBabaBaby Wants CandyBest of the FestBlissBob Graham - Tap Dancing on a Sinking ShipCADEL: Lungs on LegsChloe Jacobs: Twilight: Breaking DownCollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsCrying At My PodiatristDaniel Kitson: ThrumDid You Hear What I Saw?Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Science!Don Toberman: Ping-Pong ChampDragon TalesEmmanuel Sonubi: What's Next? (WIP)Everybody's Got a BombFabled: The Improvised Fantasy AdventureFantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The MusicalGabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga WhaleGag WriterGameplayGutterHannah Byczkowski: KillerHeated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical ParodyHelp!! My Baby's Not GothI Am A SnailINDY!Ignacio Lopez: Nada (secret show)Isabelle Glinn On IceIt Happened on a TuesdayJill’s Tupperware PartyJohn Kearns: Tilting at WindmillsKanpur: 1857Kate DehnertLittle AnimalsMark Dean Quinn: Tries To Walk Towards A Flip ChartMax Fulham's Monkey BusinessMeet Mayor MaxMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!Mr Boy: The Beauty Contest for BoysNocturnal Is The New SexyOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPierre Novellie: Do the One About…Pierre Novellie: Do the One About...Pilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsRachel Kaly: Between Us (A Crowd Work Show)RapGPT: MacshaneRhino Conservation Erotic NovelRob Copland: ONE (more please)SANDSINNER. A Musical Tragicomedy About Breaking Up With White JesusSam Rhodes: Toy CocoonSeledkaSerena Smart: Little Miss SunshineShamaniacShe BurnsSlugageddon!SnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenStephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of WaterSteve Richards Presents Rock and Roll PoliticsStories From the Office of a Sex DungeonTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe 40-Year-Old BallerinoThe Adventures of Jasper Cromwell JonesThe Jolly FishermanThe LettermanThe Skarsgård EffectThe Stand at W EdinburghThe Sumo Show HIRAKUZAThe Séance Starter Kit™The Wedding DateWell-Balanced DadsWhen You Are a TickYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)
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Coverage figures describe the latest full scan at 22 August 2026 at 10:16 BST; movers and new entries above cover the rolling 24-hour window.
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