Audiences at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe have been treated to shows of all varieties, from comedy to dance.
But with more than 3,000 shows on this year’s programme which have been best so far?
From award favourites like Sarah Keyworth to comedians such as Garry Starr - who has not one, but two 5 star shows - The Scotsman’s reviewers have been out in force since the festival began.
Here are all of the Edinburgh Fringe shows that Scotsman reviewers have given 5-stars, including comedians, musicals, dance and theatre performances.
13. Comedy – Garry Starr: Classic Penguins
The second of Garry Starr’s 5-star Edinburgh Fringe shows is Classic Penguins, which sees the comedian adopt the persona of the Penguin trademark by wearing a top hat and orange flippers. Creating a series of sketches based on Penguin classic paperbacks, “Starr’s naked vulnerability is his strength” according to our reviewer. Classic Penguins is on at Pleasance Courtyard until August 26. | Dylan Woodley
14. Comedy – Dylan Mulvaney: FAGHAG
A 5-star debut from TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney, FAGHAG is a musical comedy about her life story which is “funny, stylish, riotously entertaining and quite possibly the campest thing you will ever see in your life”. | Getty Images for alice + olivia
15. Comedy – Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle
The new show from a previous Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Jordan Brookes’ Fontanelle is an “extraordinary and elegantly timed and structured show that is absurd, unpredictable, dark and achingly funny”. | Sojo McKenzie