Tag Archives: Fringe 2026

It’s a record-breaker! The curtain comes down on Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big crazy summer theatre festival

Posted on August 23, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca After 11 days and nights Fringe Unforgettable, the 45th annual edition of our big insomniac summer theatre binge, will exit the stage (all 38 of its stages, to be precise) Sunday night. And it will take … Continue reading →

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Tips for your final weekend fling with Fringe Unforgettable

Posted on August 22, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Fringe Unforgettable goes into its final weekend with news as sunny as the weather’s supposed to be. Mid-week, the 45th annual edition of our mighty summer theatre bash had sold 4,500 more tickets to its 209 … Continue reading →

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And this just in … update on Fringe holdovers, in four locations including Grindstone Comedy Theatre

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The might-have-seen wistfulness that always accompanies the end of the Fringe (which comes Sunday night) is giving you some relief next week. As already announced (read about it here), some of the Fringe’s hot-ticket shows will … Continue reading →

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An update: Hang on, there’s more! Fringe holdovers next week in three locations

Posted on August 21, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Did you forget? I have to break it to you: the curtain will come down on Fringe Unforgettable Sunday night after 11 days and nights. Your grand plan to cut a swath through the 209-show Fringe … Continue reading →

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The clowns from corporate head office are here: GERALD, a Fringe review

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Gerald (Stage 20, Mile Zero Dance Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The outreach department of Gerald Corp, one of the galaxy’s biggest energy companies, has sent two recruiters through space to find us humans. Please stand by. Lucky us! We’ve … Continue reading →

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The passing of the crown: the 30th anniversary revival of The Edmonton Queen, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

The Edmonton Queen (Stage 31, Nancy Power Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “Every once in a while a queen in born. Whether through osmosis or immaculate misconception is still mostly a mystery….” At 19, a gay kid … Continue reading →

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Dear mom, I’m fine, or I will be. The agony and the ecstasy of being someone’s mother, Parenthood: It’s A Mutha. A Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Parenthood: It’s A Mutha (Stage 32, Lorne Cardinal Theatre at the Roxy) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This show by the warm, charismatic Michelle Todd isn’t really shaped like a play. It’s a free-form memoir, a personal confessional that starts in … Continue reading →

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The remarkable origin story of a Canadian drag legend: Go West, Young Man, a Fringe review

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Go West, Young Man (Stage 11, Varscona Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The sheer fabulosity of drag queens can dazzle you into assuming that they aren’t born and “emerge,” but somehow spring to life fully formed, be-gowned and sparkling. And … Continue reading →

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The scary funhouse of memory and identity: Fetch, a Fringe review

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Fetch (Stage 5, Acacia Hall) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Two women, in identical dresses, stand before us with identical cardboard boxes in this unnerving, tightly wound little 2018 thriller by the Edmonton playwright Cat Walsh, whose muse runs to dark … Continue reading →

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From history into a world of puppet poetry: the fascinating, elusive challenge of Object of Divinity

Posted on August 18, 2026 by Liz Nicholls

Object of Divinity (Stage 3, Nordic Studio Theatre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Object of Divinity is a strangely timeless and timely story that underpins this enigmatic human/puppet show by actor/playwright Calla Wright, with an electro-industrial score, created and performed live … Continue reading →

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