10,000 Digits of Pi
DARC Microcinema
Vinay navigates his memory palace of absurd images (shown on screen) to recite 10,000 Digits of Pi throughout the festival. However, every time he makes a mistake, he must do a punishment decided by the audience!
100% Wizard
ODD Box
Award-winning magic & storytelling from Toronto’s BEST magician… and he’s not even from Toronto!
After Shakespeare
ODD Box
What happens to Shakespeare’s heroes and villains after the curtain falls? Join Lady Macbeth, Portia, Hamlet, and King Hal as they reflect on their lives. Lexi Wolfe blends Shakespeare’s words, historical research, and her own dramatic spark to embody four distinct characters and explore their onward journeys.
ANATOMICA: A Comedy About Meat, Bones, & The Skin You’re In
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio B
Part stand-up, part storytelling, & part clown, it’s an intimate, unpredictable exploration of pain, zoology, & imagination. A gloriously deranged Ted-Talk by a wanna be scientist clown school graduate.
At Death’s Door
DARC Microcinema
A smoky night. A dark highway. A person on the edge. A story where life and death are nothing but a line drawn in the dirt.
Authentication
Arts Court Theatre
When two complete strangers are placed in a societal experiment designed for them to build a connection and be vulnerable to one another, things get physically and emotionally intense.
BLAH-Cappella: Vulva Va-Voom Struggles With Imperfection
Café Alternatif
Gritty cabaret headliner Vulva Va-Voom may have spent many years casting artistic pearls before nightclub swine, but is still accustomed to stages with at least rudimentary technical capabilities.
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Bucket List
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio B
Bucket List is a captivating show that blends storytelling and magic, written and performed by Jimmy Cao.
Chez Suzette Boulette
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio A
Welcome to Suzette Boulette, what can I put on your plate? A cigarette break trio? A good-natured food fight? A criminal hotdog with blood for dipping? Perfect. Now, head behind the counter, clock in, and enjoy the interpreters!
Dead Siblings Society
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio B
Wrestling with the fact that you’re Mom and Dad’s favourite by default now? Well you’ve come to the right place!
Divine Masculine: A Rhapsody
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio A
With a soundtrack ranging from Kendrick Lamar to Bollywood classics, this story of two couples explores the social construction of masculinity, cultural and racial fetishism, and the bridges and barriers we build in expressing love.
Does The Necromancer Have To Report His Minions To The CRA?
LabO
Three undead workers are given a second chance in this fast paced satire about work after life.
Eleanor’s Story: Life After War
Arts Court Theatre
After surviving WWII caught in Berlin, Eleanor struggles to navigate U.S. high school while haunted by war trauma.
Hmong Class 101
Studio 1201
“What is a Ha-Mong?” Jasmine Vang is teaching a Hmong Class to share her Hmong American identity with the Fringe.
IAGO vs HAMLET
Arts Court Theatre
The Tragic Dane takes on Othello’s bane Iago in a battle of soliloquies within a rented double-book’d rehearsal space.
Jack and Diane vs. Technology
LabO
A fast-paced, satirical comedy for technology lovers and haters. Technology makes our lives easier, right? Oldy-weds Jack and Diane unwittingly test this theory as they tackle a greedy virtual assistant, a disagreeable GPS, a no-technology camp run by misguided millennials, and plenty of aggressive wildlife. Who will prevail? You be the judge.
Multiple Neurosis
Studio 1201
Karin Fekko weaves tales of hilarity and tragedy through 17 years of keeping her MS a secret while partying, dating, and trying to land her dream job.
Oy, What They Said About Love
Atelier Theatre
Award-winning solo performer Steve Budd wonders why other people can tie the knot and he can’t. Oy does he wonder! So he asked some couples what brought them together and keeps them from pulling apart.
Stroke of Genius: Pantomime Masturbation Throughout Performing Arts History
Studio 1201
Sharp intellectual satire meets risqué Monty Pythonesque buffoonery in this über-polished multimedia “lecture.”
The Bunker
ODD Box
A fast-moving comedic head-trip about two brothers wrestling with the end of everything. Hilarious, heartfelt, and fun.
The Death of a Swan
Arts Court Theatre
When a strange man offers a way to save her poetry café, the audience must watch Evergreen accept a deal that every woman is offered.
The Graveyard Shift
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio A
Grave robbing: the ultimate dead-end job. Silent comedy with the unquiet dead. Burke and Hare with a dash of Buster Keaton. You’ll be dying to find out what happens next.
The Naked Mennonite: LIVE
ODD Box
When Stephen’s family moves to a small, conservative town, his search for belonging pulls him closer to truths he’d rather avoid.
Ugly Privilege
Studio 1201
An hour of stand up comedy by Jessica Pigeau, a headlining Vancouver comedian who has been described as “like if George Carlin was a Muppet.”
Weathering and Waiting
LabO
Featuring a unique apparatus – the Aerial Canoe – this performance takes audiences on an emotional journey, told with the spectacle of circus, physical theatre and musical soundscape.
What the Fuck, Kid?
La Nouvelle Scène – Studio B
A hilarious and sweet dive into the diaries of a preadolescent queer!