Toronto Fringe Festival
iPhoto caption: Dance Macabre cast. In photo: Keira Marie Forde (front). Back: [L to R] Uche Ama, King Cosmos, Theresa Gomes and Thomas Fournier. Photo by Tiku Romello Fisher (TRF Media).
At the 2026 Toronto Fringe, Caribbean artists stage collisions of identity, power, and desire
In separate video conversations, the lead artists behind Danse Macabre, Ex-Change of Words, and Momme Domme spoke about approaching themes of Blackness, diaspora, power, and desire.
iPhoto caption: A promo shot for the 2026 Toronto Fringe Festival. Photo by Robbie Harper.
Toronto Fringe reveals 2026 programming
Summer is on the horizon, and that means the Toronto Fringe Festival is too. The annual event’s 38th edition spans 13 days and features 123 shows in 27 venues across the city.
iPhoto caption: Adam Francis Proulx, Elm Reyes, Kay-Ann Ward in a Fringe promo photo by Joy Adeola.
REVIEWS: Toronto Fringe Festival 2025
This collection of Toronto Fringe Festival capsule reviews will be updated throughout the festival with writing from 20 different critics.
iPhoto caption: Shanice Stanislaus and Rachel
Resnik in '$$$.' Photo by Arin Sang-Urai.
Toronto Fringe is getting ready to send in the clowns
If there’s one notable trend in the 2025 Toronto Fringe lineup, it’s that this year's festival will feature more clowns than you can fit into a very small car.