After a lifetime of being taken for granted, dJerald the Djinn discovers the joy of being magical for their community and themselves. With help from their human and puppet friends, and maybe even you, dJerald unretires to fulfill an impossible wish – stealing World Peace from the oligarchs. This satirical, self-reflective caper comedy is the fourth production for Velvet Duke Productions.
Content Notes: The audience can self-select to be part of the Audience Participation moments. There will be scenes of Violence akin to A-Team / Fast & Furious (no blood or death).
All shows have ASL interpretation except Thursday’s.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
(Un)draped is an abstract, sculptural, and often sensual dance and visual arts collaboration that explores loneliness, exhibitionism, and despair. Vacillating between persistent aloneness and overt intimacy through movement either frenetic or achingly slow, the two pieces in this show ask the audience to choose whether to view them through the studious gaze of an artist or the eyes of a voyeur.
Content Notes: Not nudity per se, but some of the performers are wearing undergarments for long periods of time. No latecomers.
This show doesn’t have a transcript or additional access information available. For more information about accessibility at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, you can check out the Access page which also outlines Accessible Show listings. Please click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
Gruppo Rubato returns to the Fringe for the first time in 15 years with a new political satire!
As he debates whether or not to seek re-election, the Mayor is looking to secure his legacy – but his signature project, the UpTown Entertainment District, is going bust. Meanwhile, he’s being sued by a group of citizens for his actions on Twitter, and trying to get an important council vote to go his way, all while protesters camp out in front of his office. Oh, and now there’s a sinkhole… but at least the trains run on time!
Written and directed by Patrick Gauthier, and featuring Ottawa all-stars Maryse Fernandes, Victoria Luloff, Mitchel Rose, and Will Somers.
Follow Dianne’s journey through gender transition and into the world of standup comedy. The production covers a multi-decade search for identity, authenticity and happiness. We follow Dianne’s growth as a woman and a comedian; it’s the story of her comedy and the comedy of her story.
Content Note: This standup sets will include some mature language, although only the occasional word. It will also include some references to sexual content.
This show doesn’t have a transcript or additional access information available. For more information about accessibility at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, you can check out the Access page which also outlines Accessible Show listings. Please click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
Playwright, composer, actor, singer; Noël Coward defined and shaped music and theatre in the 20th century. From a London childhood in genteel poverty, to a British spy in WWII, to the toast of Broadway, Melanie Gall (award-winning off-Broadway shows “Piaf and Brel” and “Ingenue”) tells the fascinating true story of Coward’s irreverent and unforgettable life, with a dozen of Coward’s iconic songs!
This show doesn’t have a transcript. For more information about accessibility at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, you can check out the Access page which also outlines Accessible Show listings. Please click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
ABLE, or what’s so funny about osteoarthritis? Join our intrepid heroine as she hobbles through lives past and present with a sly wink and a wonky ankle. An Ottawa Fringe premiere, written and performed by Vicki Williams (‘How Libby Got Married’ Theatre Wakefield) and directed by Lorne Williams (‘Take the B Train’ Ottawa Fringe). ‘It’s hysterical! It’s historical! It’s orthopaedic!’
Critics say…“Brilliant…” “…a masterpiece…” “theatre that can actually make a difference.” A new Canadian working at Superstore Anatolia cheerfully addresses her ESL class. But questions about her past in Bosnia elicit a darker story of struggle and survival. Candice Fiorentino gives “an absolutely brilliant performance…” in “…a play that celebrates the power of the human spirit.”
This show doesn’t have a transcript or additional access information available. For more information about accessibility at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, you can check out the Access page which also outlines Accessible Show listings. Please click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
A valuable antique husband has been stolen! What’s a dame to do? Film noir has never made less sense as dame and detective careen after a dastardly criminal, avoiding traps, thugs, and logic at every turn. Can they rescue the captured consort before he ends up on the black market? Can they defeat the same actor in several different hats? And can they do all this without making too much of a fuss?
Get close-up and personal with Keith Brown, world-class magician and VIP entertainer. He has inspired wonder in over 22 countries & counting! Chosen Toronto’s BEST magician & he’s not even from Toronto…
“Very Entertaining” – Eliza Reid, First Lady of Iceland
This show doesn’t have a transcript or additional access information available. For more information about accessibility at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, you can check out the Access page which also outlines Accessible Show listings. Please click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
You’ve heard the jokes about bedwetters, but have you listened to the stories? Tamlynn Bryson recounts her sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, and completely true story of becoming a woman while still feeling like a child.
“★★★★★ – Wonderfully crafted, funny, and touching” -Theatre in London
“Bryson’s delivery is unfailingly excellent” -ColinThomas.ca
Content Note: There is some swearing, discussions of going through puberty and starting to think about sex, depression and bullying. To view the extended content note click here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
