The Beanstalk Market Crash, Mind of a Snail Puppet Co. at Fringe 2026. Photo supplied.
By Liz Nicholls, .ca
Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe galaxy hasn’t quite complete? The Fringe is big, but never quite long enough, right?
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But wait! Some of the hottest shows at the festival will get held over next week in two different locations, the Westbury Theatre in the Fringe Arts Barns (aka Fringe Stage 1), the Varscona Theatre (aka BYOV Stage 11), and Rapid Fire Theatre (aka BYOV Stage 12).
•The Fringe Holdover Series has four shows, held over for one or two performances each, Wednesday Aug. 26 through Saturday Aug. 29.
LUMBER: Aug. 26, 7 p.m.; Aug. 27, 9 p.m. (CART Captioned by Jeffery Weigel, WizCap).
650 Light Years Away: Aug. 27, 7 p.m. (CART Captioned by Jeffrey Weigel, WizCap); Aug. 28, 9 p.m. (see the review here).
The Butter Chicken Odyssey. Aug. 28, 7 p.m.; Aug. 29, 9 p.m. (see the review here)
The Beanstalk Market Crash. Aug. 29, 7 p.m. (see the review here).
Tickets, show descriptions, times: fringetheatre.ca.
The Shape of Seamen: a new comic opera, with Nicole Maloney and Michael Watt. Photo supplied
•The Varscona Holdover Series has seven shows, held over for one or two performances each, Tuesday, Aug. 25 through Saturday Aug. 29
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ROBOCOP: The Musical. Aug. 25, 7 p.m.; Aug. 26, 9 p.m. (see review here).
MURDER PLOT. Aug. 25, 9 p.m.; Aug. 26, 7 p.m.
The Shape of Seamen: a new comic opera. Aug. 27, 7 p.m. (see the review here)
A Hellmark Christmas Musical Parody. Aug. 27, 9 p.m.; Aug. 28, 9 p.m.
Being Norwegian. Aug. 28, 7 p.m. (see the review here).
Between the Covers. Aug. 29, 7 p.m.
Gordon’s Big Bald Head: the fruit of our purloins. Aug. 29, 9 p.m.
Tickets, show descriptions, and times: fringetheatre.ca
•Rapid Fire Theatre’s Exchange Theatre holdover series has two shows, so far: PLAYS BY [BLANKS] and the Fringe grand finale of Lauren Brady’s much-travelled SWAN?. More shows and a schedule to come, stay tuned.
