All 212 shows seen at this year's festival

All 212 comedy shows Chortle reviewed at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe (plus a dozen more seen in Melbourne)

Bebe Cave: Swoon
Celia Pacquola: Gift Horse *
Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset  *
Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage
Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You
Sean Morley: Backchannel

    
Andrew White: What a Life!
Christopher Hall: Pizazz
Crybabies: The Scaring
John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills
Kate Dehnert: Echo *
Lara Ricote: Inkling *
Mothman: A Romance Musical
Pierre Novellie: Okay, One More Then Bed
Rhys James: Chop Logic
Rob Duncan: Printer of the Year
Sophia Wren: The Best Girl in the World
Those People

Adi Parmar: Sunny Boy
Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x
Amy Matthews: Definitions of Toast
B48Y Crash Lands on Earth!
Brendan Scannell: The Abyss
Cadet Kelly is the Best Movie I've Ever Seen in my Friggin Life*
Chris Cantrill: Rewilding
Chris Martin Lied to Us
Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx *
Conk: ​​Man Sings The Same Song Over And Over Again For An Hour  *
Dan Rath: Help Me Please  *
Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All
David Correos: Noise Zealand
Dom McGovern: Prize Hog
Ed Night: We'll Be Alright, Darling
Ele McKenzie: Bringing It All Back Home
Elf Lyons Is The Woman On The Edge
Emma Doran: Emmaculate
Emma Holland: The Dog Dies At The Start *
Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova
Freddie Meredith: Need A Light?
Geoffrey Asmus: Patriautism
Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra...
Harriet Richardson: Creep
Hudson Hughes: At Your Service
Jenny Gorelick: Sorry
Jill's Tupperware Party
John-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking
John Robertson: Excitable Boy!
Jonathan Oldfield: Exquisite Corpse
Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70
Lady Bolognese
Madeleine Brettingham: Legend
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood
Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear
Megasquirt: Fully Loaded
Milo Edwards: Catamaran
Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise
Paddy Young: Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?
Phil Nichol: Aren't We Lucky
Reuben Kaye: Hard To Swallow *
Rob Copland: One (More Please)
Rosco McClelland: The Bones
Scout Boxall: God's Favourite​*
Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection
Spencer Jones: Dogs
Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)*
Tom Cashman: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian)
Wally Baram: My Snake's Quinceañera

Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party
Aditya Mayya Pretends to Be Sad
Alfie Brown: The Entertainer
Andrew Doherty: Reviewers Welcome... TO DIE!
'Be Good' With Paulette
Bella Hull: Mad Cow Disease
Bilal Zafar: Rubicon
Brennan Reece: Live
Brit Barron: Church
Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It’s Been Destroyed
Cecily Hitchcock: Family Recipe
Closure Cabaret
Coco The Time-Travelling Tart
Demi Adejuyigbe Sells Out
Ethan & Gigi Present: The Movement
Evaldas Karosas: A Very Capable Man
Frankie Thompson: Horrible Things
Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge
Guy Branum: Be Fruitful
Hannah Byczkowski: Killer
Jamie Wolf: Psycho
Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny
Kat Higgins: In Memory Of Me
Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian
Kate Smurthwaite
The Last ​​Funny Woman
Li Jin Hao: Falling From A Moon
Maia Tassalini: I Was 22 And Stunning
Mario Adrion: Live A Little
Matt Winning: Solastalgia
Maya Ricote: Ay Am!
Metroland Live: As Seen On TV
Mike Wozniak: The Bench
Monks
Not Another Quiz Night
Omar Badawy: Guided Detour
The Passion of Mr Cardboard
Paul Foot: The Future
Paul Hilleard: Grogg
Rob Kemp: Beatlesjuice
Roger Prick: Sexopolis
Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!
Sam Morrison: Duck
Sammy J: Hero Complex
Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7
Spooky Dookie: Cool New Planet!!
Stuart Goldsmith: Canary
Ted Hill: PowerPoindexter
Tony Cantwell: You Cry Weird
Underground Monk Show
The ​Van Gogh Shogh
Viggo Venn: Only One
Will Sebag-Montefiore: Game of Phones
Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral

Abby Govindan: Pushing 30
Alice Fraser: Oh Man!
Amanda Dwyer: Better Than Revenge
Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me
Andy Field: Giddy Up
Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday
Anna Thomas: How To Juggle A Ferret
Auditory Awakenings With Mr Tingles In The House Of ASMR
Ayo Adenekan: Homeland Insecurity
Bob Koomen: Pear
Candace Bryan: Don’t Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This
Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head
Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This
Chelsea Birkby: Is In Full Control The Entire Time
Chris Forbes: Father Christmas
Chris Rutter: Ignorance Is Chris
Chris Turner: In The Moment
Claire Robin: Nun Slut
Cordelia Graham: Faint Heart Never F*cked A Pig
Courtney Büchner: One of the Girls
Craig Speirs: Problem Child
Darryl J Carrington: Tennish
Dee Allum: Raumdeuter
Depths of Wikipedia
Derek Demko's Last Day of Camp!
Don Toberman: Ping-Pong Champ
Edith Alibec: The Void
Elouise Eftos: Aphrodite
Em Humble: Lady Of The Lakes
Enrico Touché: Hot Knees
Eric Lampaert: Zero Minus One
Fab Goualin: Mixed Messages
Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll
Friz Frizzle: A Certain Appeal
Gareth Gwynn: Cyril
Garrett Millerick: We Tried It Your Way
Grace Mulvey: Gigantica
James Trickey: Split
John Achkar
Katie Norris: Mother Succubus
Keeley Hazell: Everyone's Seen My Tits
Kirsty Mann: Corpse
Lance Mao: The Pig with the Dragon Tattoo
Larry Dean: Hellbent
Leo Hincks: Emotional Cowboy
Lil Wenker: Boyking
Lindsey Santoro: It Was Like That When I Got Here
Lizzy Sunshine
Mark Vigeant: Out There
Matt Klein: Boyoyoyoyoing
MC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo Baby
Mrs Gary Breath
Olivia Xing: Baby of Colour
Portrait Of A Tom As A Young Neenan
Rob Auton: Jupiter
Rob Preston: Amazing Global Solutions
Robin Grainger: Lemonade
Roger O’Sullivan: Divil May Cry
Rory Marshall: Thank You For The Opportunity
Rosalie​ Minnitt: ​Clementine 2
Ruby ​Carr: Bite ​Me
Sam Serrano: Mars
Sasha Nezlobin: I'm Fine
Shane Torres: Skinned Knees
Steffan Alun: Windows
Struan Logan: Chaotic Good
Sophie Garrad: A Period Drama
Tamsyn Kelly: Rat's Ass
Tilly Fletcher: Television
Tom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh Show
Tom Towelling Teaches You To Knit
Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now)
Will & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken Winner
Wisard

Ahir Shah: Golden
Amanda Knox: Cartwheel
The Brush
Chief Petty Officer
Emmeline Downie: Gail
Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu
Freya Parker: An Hour Of Decay!
Harvey Cobb: Pink Boots and an Alcoholic Sock Puppet
Hypnotist Matt Hale: Funbelievable! 90s
Imogen Andrews: The Unlikeable Worms
Jack Ansett: Looks Like A Bit Of Me!
Jeromaia Detto: Giuseppe's Love Quest
Juliette Burton: Villain Era
Killian Sundermann: Killian Dollar Baby
Lilla Multipass: Woman(33)
Lucas Jefcoate: If I'm Not Somebody, I'm Nobody
Mates Rates – The Golden Age Begins
Matthew Gallagher: Last Minute
Raj Poojara: Dice
Rory Cargill: On TV!
Sapphire McIntosh: Squeaky Bum Time
Silky: No, YOU’RE Poster Syndrome
Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water

11½ Angry Men
After Arthur
Ed Gaughan: The Emperor
Em Stroud: Navigating Life
Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy.
Jacob Hatton: Ruins
Jamie Kilstein: Can't Tie Knots

Line-up shows with no star rating

Chortle Student Comedy Award 2026
So You Think You're Funny? 2026 final

* = Previously reviewed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Review date: 31 Aug 2026
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