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Frequently Asked Questions

No, you are welcome to attend Ottawa Fringe as a paying patron at any time.

Your media passes will be provided to you as a physical card with a QR code. This code can get scanned at the door and will get you into any show of the festival at your convenience. 

Your pass will be under your name and available for pick up on the first day of the festival (June 15th) from the main box office. This hub is located on the 3rd floor of the Arts Court Building. 

You will be asked to show your ID to obtain your pass. 

The QR code will not work on shows that have sold out. 

Lost passes cannot be re-printed. 

We recommend that you come early to have your pass scanned to confirm entry. 

There is no media limit on shows at this time, but please only attend shows using your pass that you plan on covering or reviewing, as 100% of ticket sales go directly to artists, and we want to return as much money to them as possible at the end of the festival!

Recent Media & Reviews

Fringe 2023

Aliya Kanani’s comedy show skewers the uncomfortable question: “Where you from?” – CBC Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan

REVIEWS: Ottawa Fringe 2023 – Aisling Murphy and Luke Brown, Intermission Magazine

At 70, Ottawa’s Ron Davies’ next act is playwriting – Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen

Every Story is a Love Story — and you can choose which one you’ll hear – CBC All in a Day with Alan Neal

@interWEBBED sucks one clown into social media’s underbelly – CBC All in a Day with Alan Neal

Fringe Review: May Be a Play?! – Ryan Pepper, Apartment 613

Ottawa Festivals goes to: Fringe Preview Night! – Jill Pearce and Emma Poole, Ottawa Festivals

Collaborative Comedy Rogers TV Daytime Ottawa with Derrick Fage 

Fringe Review: muse: an experiment in storytelling and life drawing – Stephanie Wobensmith, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Lesbihonest – Vanessa Foran, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Sadec 1965: A Love Story – Brian Carroll, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: ONE NIGHT ONLY – Nathan Erb, Apartment 613

Beautiful Things Happen When Everyone Is Included – Ryan Lythall, Ottawa Life Magazine 

Fringe Review: jem rolls MAXIMUM CRUSOE – Bruce Burwell, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Aliya Kanani: Where You From, From? – Nicole Deschenes, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: JINNY AND JACK VS THE THOUGHTS IN THEIR HEADS – Eve Beauchamp, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: A Side of Rice – Bruce Burwell, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Booger Red – Brian Carroll, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Trifles – Colin Noden, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: meSSeS: Solo circuS – Kevin Frenech, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: fissures X La Ménagerie – Mac Dale, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Bremner Sings – Everything in New Orleans is a Good Idea – Brian Carroll, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Rave Moms – Julia Bueneman, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Oh, Boy! – Colin Noden, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Nuit – Mac Dale, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Every Story is a Love Story – Nicole Deschenes, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Brown Wasp – Chelsey Prince, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Rotten Apple – Nathan Erb, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Foul Play – Kevin Fenech, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Transitions – Eve Beauchamp, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Admission – Erin Murray, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Shelley and Lovelace Never Met – Barbara Popel, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: The Emergency Monologues – Bruce Burwell, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Perky – Eve Beauchamp, Apartment 613

Review: ALIYA KANANI’S WHERE YOU FROM, FROM? at Club SAW – Courtney Castelino, Broadway World

Fringe Review: The Remembering – Eve Beauchamp, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Blind to Happiness – Stephanie Wobensmith, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Moonroe’s Happy Hour – Bruce Burwell, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Collaborative Comedy – Erin Murray, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Always Because: The Adventures of Maggie and Meghan – Sam Woods, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: For Psy Kicks – Julia Bueneman, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: If You Had The Time – Brian Carroll, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: @interWEBBED – Stephanie Wobensmith, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Stars, Stones, and Shadows: A Heroine’s Tale – Barb Popel, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Grimprov! – Vanessa Foran, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: Kimiko – Brian Carroll, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: THE MERKIN SISTERS – Stephanie Wobensmith, Apartment 613

Interview: The Velvet Duke of ALL REQUEST RADIO at the Ottawa Fringe Festival – Courtney Castelino, Broadway World

‘One Size Fits One’: In Conversation with Ottawa Fringe Coordinators about Accessibility – Victoria Johnston, Intermission Magazine

“Transitions” on Rogers TV Daytime Ottawa with Derrick Fage

Kaylie Kreatrix at this year’s Ottawa Fringe Festival Rogers TV Daytime Ottawa with Derrick Fage

All Request Radio Rogers Daytime TV Ottawa with Derrick Fage 

“A Vietnam road trip goes to Fringe Festival” – All in A Day with Alan Neal, CBC Radio

Fringe Review: Generic Male – Just What We Need, Another Show About Men – Hayley Kirsh, Apartment 613

Fringe Review: UNSUNG: The Accidental Villains of History – Colin Noden, Apartment 613

Review: ALL REQUEST RADIO at the Ottawa Fringe Festival – Courtney Castelino, Broadway World

Fringe Review: All Request Radio – Sam Woods, Apartment 613

The Velvet Duke: joy through musical improv by Faith Greco, The Charlatan

Ottawa Fringe Festival – Covert Ottawa Guy


undercurrents goes bilingual for 2023 – Apartment 613

“undercurrents festival announced bilingual 2023 lineup” – Apartment613

undercurrents 2023 interview with Executive Director Alain Richer – Adam Shein, Apartment613

Alain on RogersTV Ottawa

Sanita Fejzić on “Why Worry About Their Futures” on RogersTV

Ottawa Fringe’s undercurrents festival Invites Audiences to Embrace Curiosity – Jessica Watson, Intermission Magazine

Contemporary Bilingual Theatre Festival Undercurrents invites you to be curious – Chloë Hayes, Ottawa Life Magazine

Ferline Régis discusses Léna on CBC Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan.

undercurrents festival returns for its 13th year – Melissa White, The Charlatan

Bringing Bilingualism to undercurrents festival: In Conversation with Alain Richer – Aisling Murphy, Intermission Magazine

Theatre Review: Why Worry About Their Futures at undercurrents – Apartment 613

A Fil-Canadian gay rom-com for Valentine’s – Walter Ang, USA Inquirer

Theatre Review: Ça rime avec vinaigre and Léna at undercurrents’ Franco Soirée – Emmanuelle Gringas, Apartment 613

Theatre Review: Small Tortures (I Love You) at undercurrents—until Feb. 11 – Sarah Crookall, Apartment 613

Three Plays for the End of the World at undercurrents—until Feb. 12 – Julia Bueneman, Apartment 613

Theatre Review: Pest Me Pet Me at undercurrents—until February 12 – Sarah Crookall, Apartment 613

New Play Tuesday—new works at undercurrents – Ryan Pepper, Apartment 613

Theatre Review: Dressed as People at undercurrents—until Feb. 18 – Ryan Pepper, Apartment 613

Theatre Review: Beth-Anne at undercurrents—until Feb. 18 – Ryan Pepper, Apartment 613

Show at undercurrents festival explores intimacy, sex and race – CBC All in a Day with Alan Neal 

Virginia Woolf inspires new work by Montreal playwright Riley Palanca – Carlito Pablo, Canadian Filipino Net

Would Virginia Woolf Contemplate Suicide if She Were Filipino, parating sa Ottawa – OMNI Television

Theatre Review: Would Virgina Woolf Contemplate Suicide If She Were Filipino at undercurrents—until Feb. 18 – Samara Caplan, Apartment 613