TIFF can be exciting, overwhelming, exhausting and frankly, a little chaotic… Sometimes all in the same day!
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TIFF can be exciting, overwhelming, exhausting and frankly, a little chaotic… Sometimes all in the same day!
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The Toronto Fringe Festival is on its last weekend and it offers 123 choices of shows to choose from this year.
Due to day job commitments and other work, I have seen a limited number of shows this year. Nonetheless, my time at the Fringe has been quite rewarding. Below I share a few thoughts on the shows I have attended thus far.
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The Toronto Fringe Festival is Ontario’s largest performance festival with an eclectic mix of topics and themes.
This year, Toronto Fringe will host performances at traditional theatre spaces and pop-up venues spread out between Keele Street, Davenport Avenue, Pape Avenue, and Lake Ontario, with dramatic theatre, clown, dance, storytelling, sketch comedy, musicals, improv, puppets, and stand up, plus six KidsFest shows, and thirteen days of free community programming at the Festival Hub at Soulpepper.
Continuing my support of the festival by sharing Part 2 of My Picks of shows you can enjoy this year.
READ MOREThe 38th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival is currently underway. This year’s festival includes 123 shows in 27 venues across the city.
The Toronto Fringe is Ontario’s largest performance festival with an eclectic mix of topics and themes. As it’s become my custom, I am sharing Part 1 of My Picks of shows at this year’s Toronto Fringe.
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is dialling up the suspense with the return of MOTIVE Crime & Mystery Festival, now in its fifth year. Celebrating this milestone year, MOTIVE 2026 will host its most expansive programme to date, featuring more than 55 events, author talks, and immersive workshops designed to captivate crime and mystery lovers of all kinds.
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The Canada Ireland Foundation (CIF) brings the second annual Bealtaine Theatre Festival to Toronto, featuring Canadian premieres of some of Ireland’s most captivating contemporary theatre productions.
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Native Earth Performing Arts premieres its 38th edition of Weesageechak Begins to Dance; an annual festival showcasing new works and works-in-development by 10 Indigenous creators from across Turtle Island and beyond.
The festival theme for this year is ‘Complexities and Curiosities’, weaving stories, conversations, workshops, and more around a fulsome gathering of creativity and inspiration.
Each night of the festival will feature a double bill with presentations from two Weesageechak creators.
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) will launch its inaugural Ever After Romance Festival Presented by Rakuten Kobo from November 21 to 23, 2025.
The Ever After Romance Festival is a “celebration of beginnings, in books, in love, and in life”, as described by Festival Artistic Director Roland Gulliver.
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SummerWorks Performance Festival continues in Toronto for its second week. As the festival celebrates its 35th anniversary, it continues to serve as a launchpad for new voices, bold ideas, and transformative experiences.
In co-presentation with DanceWorks, SummerWorks is featuring two performances created by amazing Latin American female choreographic voices, Irma Villafuerte (El Salvador/Toronto) and Sonia Bustos (México/Montréal).
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The Toronto Fringe Festival is a platform for innovative theatre and performance. Shows are selected by lottery or first-come-first-served processes, and all ticket revenue goes straight to the artists.
The Toronto Fringe is Ontario’s largest performance festival and will include three dance shows, five KidsFest shows, over a dozen new Canadian musicals, the Next Stage Series, plus dramatic theatre, clown, storytelling, comedy, puppets, and more.
Below, I give you the first half of my curated personal picks for shows I hope you and I get to enjoy at this year’s Fringe. So many shows… how exciting!
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