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 523 of 901 scored productions · 2311 linked notices · sorted by weighted score
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What changed in the last 24 hours
The main Ledger is still rebuilt every hour. This view rolls those completed scans together so new reviews, ranking entries and score changes are easier to follow across a full day.
332new reviews · 24h
+27net new shows · 24h
33entered 2+ · 24h
901shows indexed
2311review notices
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Weighted-score changes across the rolling 24-hour window.
Fresh consensus
New entries
33 shows reached the default two-review threshold during this window.
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See every newly discovered show title
68 title discoveries produced a net change of 27 shows after corrected and merged records.
1 Pill 2 Pill, Red Pill Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical44 MinutesA Clown's LullabyAdam Bromley: HyperconnectedAfter PartyAlways, Sometimes, MaybeAn Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One's MindAnnie Wobbler (Revisited)Ben's Book ClubBook ClubBrendan Scannell: The AbyssBritain's Got NonsenseBurce Tutku Tuncali: Perfectly Imperfeckt!CollaboratorCricket & The FreebugsDADDY ISSUESDave Chawner: Dry HumourDiary of a DL TradeDiary of a Mad ManDo You Wanna Go?Dragon TalesDreamgun Film ReadsDystopia 26: The Rock OperaEightEmma Holland: The Dog Dies at the StartEscape Room: The MusicalEverybody's Got a BombExcel Comedy and Mathem-anticsGameplayGarry Starr: Classic PenguinsGrandma's ShopHarriet RichardsonHeart Beats StrongHolmes/ShahINDY!Jacuzzi by TwilightJames Phelan: ShowmanKanpur: 1857Lorna Rose Treen: Now That's What I Call CharactersMichelle Shocked: Bootleg This!Midsummer!NosejobOf Mice And MenOwl at Home – Theatr IoloPeggy DayPilate: The Lost GospelQuentin Blake's Mrs Armitage on WheelsSANDSami Abu WardehShamaniacSnowSoft SpotSpace In BetweenStar Wars: The Next GenerationSteffen Haanes: The MasterTaiwan Season: Birthday PartyTale of the Firebird – Concerto for Violin, Fire & Acrobatic OrchestraThe Breakup Variety HourThe Ghost of White Hart LaneThe Jolly FishermanThe Palestinian Circus: Step and a HalfThe SingerThe Very Best of Tommy Cooper - Just Like That!Time Travel PostmanTony Cantwell: You Cry WeirdYou and Me (and Whoever Comes Next)Zara Gladman is... Aileen: Cameron's Gap Year Fundraisernot for glory
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Coverage figures describe the latest full scan at 19 August 2026 at 09:22 BST; movers and new entries above cover the rolling 24-hour window.
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Editorial note. Scores are an informed consensus, not a substitute for criticism. Every listing links to its contributing reviews so readers can follow the argument, discover unfamiliar publications and make up their own minds.