There are 123 shows at Toronto Fringe right now, here are just 10 we are excited to check out, Canada Reviews
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The 38th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival is back in the city and running June 30 to July 12. The festival serves as the city’s ultimate showcase for indie theatre and live performance.
This summer, the festival expands significantly with 123 distinct shows sprawled across 27 vibrant venues citywide.Here are 10 exceptional productions we are incredibly excited about this year, but with a massive lineup of boundary-pushing artists to choose from, don’t hesitate to take a risk on something completely unexpected.
2-Man No-Show: Balls Out Award-Winning comedic duo Ken Hall and Isaac Kessler are back on stage with their legendary, hyper-physical “ClownProv” style. Expect complete brilliant, unpredictable comedic chaos.
Ladies’ Day Dora Award Nominees Jesse McQueen and Jack Creaghan premiere their sharp, booze-fueled suburban dramedy set in 1966 Windsor, Ontario, where a group of housewives trade their aprons for cold beers and raw honesty around a backyard pool
‘Ladies’ Day’ at the Toronto Fringe
Book of Ooka: The Immaculate Misconception A wildly original musical comedy that blends live Arabic music, satire, and absurdist storytelling as two best friends are catapulted from a Toronto shawarma shop to the River Jordan. It features Juno Award-winning talent Maryem Tollar, Roula Said, and Dora Award Winner Anand Rajaram as “Ooka”
The Everlasting Friendship of Billy & Bink A charming, high-energy family musical playing at KidsFest that features a puppet and human brother duo navigating the ups and downs of friendship in the digital age. Featuring writer and performer Will Parry
The First Vampire Presented by Monster Theatre, this smart comedy blends gothic horror with literary history, taking audiences on a hilarious ride through the origins of the vampire myth with Lord Byron
Aliya Kanani: A Comedian’s Guide to Enlightenment: The Canadian Screen Award-nominated comic shares a high-energy solo adventure about her wild journey to find peace, from studying meditation in India to accidentally joining a cult in Texas.
Mirv-“ish”: An Improvised Musical!
Mirv-“ish”: An Improvised Musical! An entirely unscripted musical masterpiece created on the spot using a single audience suggestion, performed by a rotating ensemble of Toronto’s top musical comedians.
Danse Macabre Winner of the 2026 Toronto Fringe New Play Contest, this heavy, riveting drama by acclaimed playwright Rhoma Spencer unfolds inside a Mas Camp on the eve of the Toronto Carnival. As feathers and wire are pieced together, the play beautifully yet unflinchingly confronts the deep memories, complex history, and emotional weight of anti-Black racism.
1920’s Walking Around In A Dream A zany screwball musical comedy that wraps Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Roaring Twenties package complete with flappers, bootleggers, and jazz classics. Written by award-winning writer Natalie Kaye.
The Improper Identity Bold, satirical, and based on a true story, playing at Native Earth’s Giizis Studio that follows a Japanese immigrant actress who tests an experimental device meant to erase her accent, only to find it completely unravels her life and relationships
