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.

Hye’s Picks Part 2

A reminder that my list includes shows that piqued my interest as well as shows whose teams reached out to invite me to their performances. I may not make it to all, however, I can help support the artists by suggesting their shows to you.

Ladies Day
1East Production
Until July 12, 2026
VideoCabaret Deanne Taylor Theatre

Windsor, 1969. Every Thursday, sixteen suburban housewives trade their aprons for cold beers, cigarettes, and dirty jokes at the neighbourhood’s first backyard pool. The play is a booze-fueled escape from domesticity, but beneath the laughter lies a powder keg of hidden truths, from alcoholism to closeted homosexuality. It’s a beautiful, chaotic oasis the neighbourhood ultimately decides to stop at all costs.

Mysteries and Lies
Sweet Action Theatre
Until July 11, 2026
Artscape Youngplace

The audience holds the cards. They make the decisions. They verify that what is happening is real. And somehow, impossibly, they still become complicit in constructing the illusion. The performance is a deepfake. But it’s one that the audience builds themselves.

Little One
Leroy Street Theatre & Dresser Drawer Productions
Until July 10, 2026
Puppy Sphere, Burroughs Building

The show follows adopted siblings Aaron and Claire, one supposedly well-adjusted, the other deeply disturbed, as their lives intertwine with those of their neighbours: a reclusive man and his mail-order bride. What begins as quiet domestic observation spirals into a disturbing exploration of control, isolation, and the hidden lives unfolding behind closed doors.

Seasons of Souls
Keir Collective
Until July 11, 2026
Factory Theatre Mainspace

Athletic, emotionally charged, and visually striking, this work explores transformation, resilience, grief, joy, connection, and renewal through physically driven choreography and immersive theatricality. Each section of the production reflects a different season of life, inviting audiences into a deeply human experience that is both visually striking and emotionally accessible.

OOGA CHAKA
Pucker’s and Parlous Theatre
Until July 12, 2026
Soulpepper Theatre’s Michael Young Theatre

This show is a 100% historically questionable retelling of the world’s first theatre makers as they sharpen their sticks, refine their scripts, and discover THE ARTIST’S WAY. But beneath the faux fur, rocks, and unbridled ambition, it’s really a show about art, ego, collaboration, and the deeply human need to create something meaningful — while also not taking any of it too seriously.

Snacey!
Pitch In Productions
Until July 12, 2026 
Weyni Mengesha Theatre

This is the story of Snacey, a young snake who lives in the Northern Andes. She has not been the kindest snake and is afraid no one will show up to her birthday party.  When her past behaviour slithers back to haunt her, Snacey must shed her evil ways and grow into a new version of herself. 

By Popular Demand
You’re Joking Productions
Until July 12, 2026
Native Earth’s Minogitoon Workspace Giizis Studio

This show is a cabaret-style musical sketch comedy show. From a F***boy TTC streetcar to the harsh realities of budget air travel, this show moves from sharp political commentary to big, outrageous fun, with live crowdwork that makes every performance different.

ORBIT
Waxwing Theatre
Until July 11, 2026
Factory Theatre Studio

When her routine space commute goes catastrophically off-course, Roe is left stranded aboard a failing shuttle with only one lifeline: a phone call with a bitter, underpaid customer service agent. This new science fiction play explores bureaucracy, economic precarity, and the immigrant experience through one darkly funny, high-stakes fight for survival.

UNSUNG: The Accidental Villains of History
Aster Roe Productions
Until July 11, 2026
Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space

Have you ever wondered who caused some of history’s greatest disasters? Who started the Chicago Fire? Which guard let in the Trojan Horse? This show takes the audience on a trip through time and hilariously reimagines seven historical disasters…and the characters responsible.

Little Eden
Charles Ford
Until July 12, 2026
Factory Theatre Studio

Gabriel wakes up in the middle of the night, trapped in the house of his deceased grandfather. Stumbling through a series of waking nightmares, he picks away at the walls of his psyche in search of a sense of authenticity. The show is a hopeful exploration of loss and grief; a journey through the mind of a man defined by his past and threatened by his future.

CUSP 
TMI & Co. Theatre Company
Until July 12, 2026
Soulpepper’s Weyni Mengesha Theatre

This is a contemporary adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, following eight twenty-somethings who have spent the summer at a cottage. Boredom is calcifying, romantic tensions are mounting, family dynamics are sharpening, and no one really knows what the f*ck they are going to do next. What happens when you have your whole life ahead of you, and anything is possible? You panic about the onslaught of regret that may one day come for you if you make the wrong choice, of course.

A Moment for Frayed Nerves
WovenKing Music
Until July 12, 2026
Theatre Passe Muraille Main Space

The show is described as “anime meets musical;” it is inspired by Ghibli cooking scenes, lo-fi study mixes, musical baths, and the quest for existential meaning. The show is a love letter to the ways our modern human experience is at once confounding, infuriating, hilarious, and heartening.

Momme Domme
Blemme Fatale Productions
Until July 11, 2026
Alumnae Theatre Mainspace

You’re invited to an exclusive preview of How To Be A Domme 101, hosted by performance artist and aspiring institutional darling Peggy Mitchell. Each night, a different cast of women drawn from clubs, collectives, and covens across Toronto arrive ready for a private mistressclass.

Nostos
Nowadays Theatre
Until July 11, 2026
Soulpepper Theatre’s Michael Young Theatre 

Two dogs and an android bear witness to the relationship between two sisters who run a dog-sitting business out of their Toronto home as they navigate love, sex, politics, and revolution. The play was inspired by Iranian Canadian playwright Mohammad Yaghoubi’s  experiences within Toronto’s Iranian community during the turbulent months following the events of January 2026,

Spiritual Bob is Trapped in Paradise!
C&C Theatre Company
Until July 11, 2026
Native Earth’s Minogitoon Workspace Giizis Studio
Sisters Jackson and Lewis are two Mormon missionaries serving faithfully in Arizona in 2003.

During a playful planning session, we get to know the sisters. Just as they are going out to knock on doors, they are magically locked in their apartment. They are then visited by important religious figures, and receive gifts that will lead to revelations, test their faith and ultimately, their friendship.

Additional Festival Details

Toronto Fringe offers Daily Discounts each day of the festival. Daily Discount shows are announced by 10am each day of the festival.

For Toronto Fringe Festival details, tickets and passes, please go to fringetoronto.com.