HAMILTON FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Hamilton Fringe Festival will return for its 21st year, running July 16-27, 2025.
The festival features over 50 companies and 350+ performances taking place in historic venues across town.
In 2024, over 17,500 theatregoers attended from all over Canada, the US, and beyond. Hamilton Fringe showcases a diverse lineup of sketch comedy, improv, theatre, dance, puppetry, magic, musicals, and more! Tickets are an affordable $14+ fee (or less) with a one-time purchase of a Fringe Benefits Button ($5).
MEDIA REVIEWS FOR FRINGE 2025
Please use the CONTACT form to request a review.
My schedule is based off what I can fit at a specific venue on a specific day. I am only able to review July 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22.
Please note: if your performance is at a venue that requires me to take flights of stairs, I will not be able to review your show due to mobility constraints.
REVIEW: OBJECT OF STRANGENESS
Through his humour, Gavin Stephens navigates the complexities of race, culture, and societal change, searching for where he truly belongs…
REVIEW: THE HATERS TOUR
Sam and Surer are narcissistic sensitivity trainers that think they're changing hearts and minds but come to realize is the material their teaching challenges who they are as people…
REVIEW: ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR GROWN UPS (SPOILER FREE)
With the help of some LEGO bricks, a deck of cards, and a table full of craft materials, Ben sets off on a journey to find the meaning of “real” magic.
REVIEW: THREE STRIKES, YOU'RE DEAD!
Ronnie Boozer is a baseball superstar who has forgotten how to play. Will it take murder to discover why?
REVIEW: MORE MISSING EPISODES
Nathan Lise tries to recall stories of missed potential, lost causes, and failure…
REVIEW: THINGS ARE FINE ACTUALLY
Laugh along with veteran Fringe performer Neil McArthur as he navigates surveillance capitalism, parenthood, and the pressure to be five stars at everything, all the time.
REVIEW: THE UNDERWEAR FAIRY (AND OTHER LOVE STORIES)
Join award-winning comedian & storyteller, Kristi Boulton, on a journey through embarrassing, delightful, occasionally heartbreaking true stories, including the mystery that 100k+ TikTok sleuths couldn't solve.
REVIEW: STATIONARY
A coming-of-(middle) age romantic comedy about two strangers in dead-end relationships who find an unlikely friendship when their gym schedules sync up.
