Hamilton Festival Theatre Company
What is the Hamilton Fringe Festival?
The Hamilton Fringe Festival is Hamilton Ontario’s biggest, boldest 12-day performing arts festival WITH PERFORMANCES IN 15 DIFFERENT VENUES (INDOOR AND OUTDOOR) ACROSS THE CITY.
Welcoming 50+ performance companies from the local, national, and international arts community, and with over 400 performances on our stages, this annual summer arts festival draws 25,000+ attendees and engages 150+ volunteers each year. With live comedy, theatre, music, dance, visual art, film, family fare, and more – there truly is something for everyone at Hamilton Fringe!
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REVIEW: TACOS AND EXTINCTION
A tragicomedy from existential minds of David Widder-Varhegyi and Elijah Varhegyi, Tacos & Extinction blends myths, history and the surreal into one wild ride…
REVIEW: RATS! ANOTHER MUSICAL?
If you enjoy improv comedy, musical theatre and fearless individuals belting their hearts out about the most random occupations and situations, then Rats! Another Musical? will delight you…
REVIEW: RAGING GRACEFULLY
Told in their signature blend of sketch comedy and song, Big Chick Energy takes on the many “eras” of womanhood, all while raging gracefully…
REVIEW: WAITING ROOM
Mylo Doyle’s Waiting Room is a strong, contemplative piece of theatre at this year’s Fringe that takes its audience on a relatable journey through grief and what happens after…
REVIEW: REBEL SPIRITS
The energetic sketch comedy duo Bateson & Shaw return to the Hamilton Fringe in Rebel Spirits - an imaginative and polished production full of sitcom inspired comedic magic…
REVIEW: TOWNSPERSON #3
Townsperson # 3 is a genius comedic ode to musical theatre and ensemble cast members that is guaranteed to amaze you…
REVIEW: FOR WHAT WE LABOUR - A COMEDY OF HEIRS
Full of cheeky word play, clever theatre in-jokes and hard to pronounce character names, Hiccup Productions offers up an energetic, original comedy that would make Shakespeare proud…
REVIEW: FELT CUTE, MIGHT OVERSHARE LATER!
What do you do when your most embarrassing stories are also your best ones? You get a puppet to tell them for you. Felt Cute, Might Overshare Later! is a solo comedy confessional where Kristi Boulton and her felt alter-ego revisit a lifetime of cringeworthy childhood catastrophes and romantic misfires and is a masterful demonstration of storytelling prowess at this year’s Fringe…
REVIEW: MEAT MARKET
Strap in as we take a raunchy and unapologetic journey through the perils of online hook up apps...
REVIEW: What If? Improvising Your Alternate Universe
What if you had a fearless improv group granting you insight into an alternative universe?
REVIEW: THE FORTUNE TELLER
A quirky comedy from Artword Theatre that has some insightful things to reveal about family, love, the universe and the Here and Now…
REVIEW: HOPE IN HOT TIMES
A clown comedy musical with tremendous heart and important environmental messages, Hope In Hot Times, brings the influences of family friendly entertainers such as Sharon, Lois and Bram and Fred Penner to the Hamilton Fringe…
REVIEW: 500 DOUBLOONS
In this clever comedy from Friendly Bear Theatre, this story asks: when history gives us no details, what legends do we choose to invent?
REVIEW: Unsolicited: Good Advice Gone Dad
Comedian and storyteller Kristi Boulton returns with a heartfelt, hilarious show about the wonderfully weird and unsolicited advice her dad has given her over the years…
REVIEW: The Heterosexuals
Heterosexuals. They walk amongst us. They are, as Johnnie McNamara Walker, states “the greatest threat to good taste…and yet, we never talk about it.” Until now…
REVIEW: OSTRICH PARK
An unhinged and loving parody of the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park, The Plot Hole Company brings another comedic hit to the Hamilton Fringe …
REVIEW: Liz, A Traumatic Comedy
Liz, a Traumatic Comedy is about Liz. It might also be about healing from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, through art, friendship, family and defiant hopefulness…and gnomes.
REVIEW: NOOK AND CRANNY: TWIN DETECTIVES
Estranged twins and former kid-detectives reunite as adults to solve the murder of the century.
REVIEW: COMMEDIA DELLE STELLE
What would it be like if Star Trek was written 600 years earlier? How would a humble troupe of street performers create the stories of one of the most beloved TV shows of all time?