Edinburgh FestivalsTop-Rated Shows

Edinburgh Fringe & festivals shows ranked by highest rating, featuring every published review we can find.

Updated 3 August 2026, 17:10 BST · 102 rated reviews across 102 shows

La Pasión Según San Marcos

★★★★★ The Guardian

Songs of the Bulbul

★★★★★ The Guardian

A History of Paper

★★★★☆ The Guardian

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

★★★★☆ The Guardian

After the Silence

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Autism Mama

Josephine Lacey

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Classic Penguins

Garry Starr

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Clout

Stevie Martin

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Colin

Colin Hoult

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Comala, Comala

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Deadheads

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Easily Swayed

Chris Cantrill

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Edinburgh art festival

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Failure Project

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Farm Fatale

Katie Norris

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Fontanelle

Jordan Brookes

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Forgive Me, Father

Ania Magliano

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Gay Witch Sex Cult

Andrew Doherty

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Gimme (One With Everything)

Rob Copland

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Horses

Elf Lyons

★★★★☆ The Guardian

House of Life

★★★★☆ The Guardian

How I Learned to Swim

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Jobsworth

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Joe Kent-Walters Is Frankie Monroe: Live!!!

★★★★☆ The Guardian

L'Addition

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Love Beyond

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Main Character Energy

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Miss Fortunate

Kemah Bob

★★★★☆ The Guardian

My English Persian Kitchen

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Nigamon/Tunai

★★★★☆ The Guardian

No One Deserves This More Than You

Graham Dickson

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Oedipus Rex

★★★★☆ The Guardian

On and On and On

Rose Matafeo

★★★★☆ The Guardian

One Man Musical by Flo & Joan

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Open Hearted Human Enquiry

Alfie Brown

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Penthesilea

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Philharmonia/Soddy

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Playfight

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Please Right Back

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Sawdust Symphony

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Show Pony

★★★★☆ The Guardian

So Young

★★★★☆ The Guardian

São Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Fischer

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Thank God This Lasts Forever

John Tothill

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The Fifth Step

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows

Abby Wambaugh

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The Giggle Bunch (That's Our Name for You)

Sheeps

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The Show

My Mother's Funeral

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The week in classical: Carmen; Yuja Wang; Leonore Piano Trio; Tristan und Isolde

★★★★☆ The Guardian

The Woman, Her Music and Me

June Carter Cash

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Ugly Sisters

★★★★☆ The Guardian

Weer

Natalie Palamides

★★★★☆ The Guardian

What Songs May Do...

★★★★☆ The Guardian

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As Per My Last Email 2★

Batshit 3★

Bellringers 2★

Burning Down the Horse 3★

Carmen 3★

Chemo Savvy 3★

Cineman 2★

Cyrano 3★

Defence Mechanism 3★

Dodger 3★

Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life 3★

Faghag 3★

Family Man 3★

Grupo Corpo 3★

Hamlet 3★

Hospital Hour 3★

How You See Me, How You Don't 3★

I Am the Boss 3★

I Really Do Think This Will Change Your Life 3★

In Two Minds 3★

It's the Economy, Stupid! 3★

Live and Intimidating 3★

Lost Connection 3★

Luke Rollason 3★

Lynn Faces 3★

Make Me Look Fit on the Poster 3★

Nation 3★

Politics Isn't For Me 3★

Precious Cargo 3★

Rollercoaster 3★

Side Eye 3★

Sisyphean Quick Fix 3★

Stomp 3★

Stuffed 2★

Swimming in a Submarine 3★

Terf 2★

The Best Bits 3★

The Bisexual's Lament 3★

The Outrun 3★

The Screen Test 3★

The Sex Lives of Puppets 3★

The Sound Inside 3★

Triptych 3★

Weather Girl 3★

Willy's Candy Spectacular 1★