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Shows we rate at the Edinburgh Fringe 2026

50 shows in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 programme are rated Great or Good by Ed Fringe Guide.

Great means we have definitely seen them, usually year on year, and they are consistently very funny — often former comedy award winners or nominees. Good means we have almost certainly seen them, or they came highly recommended by people whose judgement we trust.

These are subjective opinions, not critic scores and nothing official. They are also the shows most likely to sell out, so book ahead.

• Afterglow Abandoman · Underbelly, Cowgate · Great · 22 of 23 dates on sale
• And For My Next Trick [WIP] Sam Nicoresti · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Great · 4 of 4 dates on sale
• At This Stage David O'Doherty · Assembly George Square · Great · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Baby Doomer Sam Nicoresti · Pleasance Courtyard · Great · 4 of 4 dates on sale
• Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread For He On Honey-Dew Hath Fed, And Drunk The Milk Of Paradise (WIP) John Tothill · Hoots @ Nicolson Square · Great · 14 of 14 dates on sale
• Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge Pleasance Courtyard · Great · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Hot Dub Time Machine Presents House Party Assembly Hall · Great · 6 of 8 dates on sale
• This Is Torture Seann Walsh · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · Great · 8 of 8 dates on sale
• This Must Be Heaven John Tothill · Pleasance Courtyard · Great · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• Work in Progress Catherine Bohart · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Great · 14 of 15 dates on sale
• Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy (Work in Progress) Nish Kumar · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 26 dates, none on sale centrally
• Another Day Ruined with Jack Dee, Seann Walsh and Sara Morgan The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · Good · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Before It Overtakes Us Mark Watson · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Best Job in the World Michelle Wolf · Edinburgh Playhouse · Good · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Fat Tom Cruise Olga Koch · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Finger Guns (Work in Progress) Alison Spittle · Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire) · Good · 5 of 5 dates on sale
• Ha Ha, Yeah Sound (Tour Warm Up) Josh Pugh · Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire) · Good · 2 of 3 dates on sale
• Hamlet Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® · Underbelly, Bristo Square · Good · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Hannah Gadsby is Getting Ready (WIP) Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 10 of 10 dates on sale
• Hard to Swallow Reuben Kaye · Assembly George Square Gardens · Good · 18 of 18 dates on sale
• Hellbent Larry Dean · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 21 of 25 dates on sale
• Hot Beef Injection Sophie Duker · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 22 of 23 dates on sale
• I Love It Here Simon Amstell · Underbelly, Bristo Square · Good · 2 of 2 dates on sale
• INKLING Lara Ricote · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• In Conversation with... Vittorio Angelone The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · Good · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Jack's Joke Show Jack Dee · Assembly Rooms · Good · 7 dates, none on sale centrally
• Late'n'Live Gilded Balloon Teviot · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Loud Poets Scottish Storytelling Centre · Good · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Mother Succubus Katie Norris · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Nina's C*nti Cabaret Underbelly, Bristo Square · Good · 7 of 7 dates on sale
• Off the Cuff Vittorio Angelone · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 9 dates, none on sale centrally
• Paul Merton and Suki Webster's Improv Show Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 11 of 11 dates on sale
• Police Cops in Space Assembly Roxy · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Project Holy Moly Matt Forde · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 25 of 27 dates on sale
• Quartz and All Dan Tiernan · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 26 of 27 dates on sale
• Rachel Reeves The Political Party with Matt Forde · Underbelly, Bristo Square · Good · 1 of 1 dates on sale
• Reviewers Welcome... TO DIE! Andrew Doherty · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 26 of 26 dates on sale
• Sometimes People Are Being Over-Cautious When They Say Work-In-Progress, But This Truly Is Rough Mark Watson · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · Good · 10 of 11 dates on sale
• Stamptown Assembly George Square Gardens · Good · 23 of 23 dates on sale
• Stuck in the Middle (East) With You Hasan Al-Habib · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 25 of 25 dates on sale
• Swings And Roundabouts Ayoade Bamgboye · Pleasance Courtyard · Good · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• Talking and Shouting at Eleven Thirty-Five in the Morning (WIP) Ian Smith · Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire) · Good · 3 of 5 dates on sale
• The Original Police Cops · Assembly George Square · Good · 25 of 26 dates on sale
• The Political Party with Matt Forde Gilded Balloon at the Museum · Good · 3 of 3 dates on sale
• The Thinking Drinkers' Great British Pub Ride Gilded Balloon at the Museum · Good · 16 of 16 dates on sale
• We'll Be Alright, Darling Ed Night · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 27 of 27 dates on sale
• Work in Progress Frank Skinner · Assembly George Square Studios · Good · 12 dates, none on sale centrally
• Working and God Willing Progressing (WIP) Helen Bauer · Monkey Barrel Comedy · Good · 2 of 3 dates on sale
• you can't Say Nothing any more Vittorio Angelone · Assembly Hall · Good · 3 of 3 dates on sale