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.
The 22nd Hamilton Fringe runs July 15-26, 2026!
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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PLEASE NOTE: REVIEWS ARE DONE FROM THURSDAY JULY 16- SUNDAY JULY 19 ONLY.
update: fully booked!
july 16 - the staircase main stage (ALL EVENING)
july 17 - THE gasworks (ALL EVENING)
july 18 - theatre aquarius (NOON TIL 8PM)
JULY 19 - WESTDALE THEATRE AND ELAINE MAE (THE STAIRCASE) (NOON TIL 6PM)
ALL REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED AND PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY TUESDAY JULY 21
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: Gaumukhi (Cow)
Gaumukhi is an existential drama tracing a young cow’s journey as they come to terms with profound questions of existence in a meditative and truly captivating piece of theatre…
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: A QUESTION OF CHARACTER
The clock is ticking when Leni Riefenstahl is visited by an interviewer with more than questions for the infamous filmmaker in this fascinating thriller from Minmar Gaslight Productions…
REVIEW: MIND THE GAPS
Nathan Lise is here to tell you some true stories from his life. Using improv to unpack organization gone wrong, he offers a charmingly vulnerable performance that tries to find meaning in the gaps…
REVIEW: THE FRUITS THAT ROT IN OUR BELLIES
What does the body remember when it begins to create a life? A profoundly haunting question asked by writer/director Kitoko Mai in their surrealist, supernatural tale about sisters, secrets and psychosis…
REVIEW: CRANE GIRL
Inspired by a real event, Best New Play Award-winner Crane Girl follows a woman who walks out of her life and climbs a crane…
REVIEW: MEN LOVE HORSIES: THE MUSICAL
Men only care about one thing…and it’s thoroughbred.
REVIEW: MOVING IN
Can you ever really know someone? This question is explored in Moving In, a deeply challenging drama from writer/director Elias Campbell…
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: THE DAMAGE DONE
What happens after too much has happened?
An uncomfortable but exceptionally well-staged and performed drama that will leave you feeling equal parts hopeful and melancholy…
REVIEW: Waiting for* Godot. *Waiting for Waiting for
In this reimagining of the Beckett classic, the hilarious cast will have you laughing, cringing, empathizing and waiting (literally) for more…
REVIEW: A Non Canonical Musical Adventure with Pookamhura: Mistress of B-Roll
A Non Canonical Musical Adventure with Pookamhura: Mistress of B-Roll explores themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and the complexities of life’s adventures.
It provides accessible insight into the world of online gaming, using song and dance to carve out its important message about stereotypes, stigmas, bigotry and finding a community that sees you beyond the character you play as…
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.