Average star rating of 4.58

Hannah Gadsby has topped a second list of the best-reviewed comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Her show Nanette picked up the best average star rating from more than 4,600 reviews collated from 122 publications by the British Comedy Guide.

Gadsby shared the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Award with John Robins’s show The Darkness Of Robins which only came 18th on this list.

The top 20 best reviewed shows were:

1. Hannah Gadsby - Nanette
2. Phil Nichol: Your Wrong
3. Tom Ballard: Problematic
4. Mat Ewins Presents Adventureman 7: The Return of Adventureman
5. Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen
6. Larry Dean: Fandan
7. Pierre Novellie
8. Fin Taylor: Lefty Tighty Righty Loosey
9. Rose Matafeo: Sassy Best Friend
10. Colin Hoult / Anna Mann in How We Stop the Fascists
11. Lauren Pattison: Lady Muck
12. Doug Anthony All Stars: Near Death Experience
13. Mae Martin: Dope
14. Stuart Goldsmith: Like I Mean It
15. Tom Allen: Absolutely
16. Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell
17. Butt Kapinski
18. John Robins: The Darkness of Robins
19. Bruce
20. Spencer Jones - The Audition

Last week Gadsby’s show topped a separate analysis by The List. However, the British Comedy Guide breakdown is more rigorous, requiring shows to be reviewed at least eight times to make the cut.

All the shows above averaged more than four stars, with Gadsby averaging 4.58.

Published: 7 Sep 2017