HAMILTON FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Hamilton Fringe Festival returns 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).
STEEL CITY REVIEWS SCHEDULE FOR FRINGE 2025
ALL REVIEWS WILL BE POSTED BY JULY 23
Thursday July 17 (Staircase):
Liz: A Traumatic Comedy - Elaine Mae (9M Theatre) - 6:00pm
Pookamhura Mistress of B-Roll - Staircase Main (Theatre Erebus) - 8:30pm
Waiting for* Godot. *, Waiting for, Waiting for - Staircase Main (Breadbox Theatre) - 10:15pm
Friday July 18 (HTI):
Ostrich Park (The Plot Hole Company)- 6:30pm
Moving In (Moving In Productions)- 8:00pm
The Damage Done (Willson Entertainment Productions)- 9:30pm
Saturday July 19 (THEATRE AQUARIUS AND MILLS HARDWARE):
The Pole Shebang - Aquarius (AJL Productions) - 12:15pm
Crane Girl - Aquarius (Falling Iguana Theatre) - 1:45pm
The Fruits that Rot in our Bellies - Aquarius (Femmepire) -4:45pm
A Question of Character - Mills (Minmar Gaslight) - 6:30pm
Mind The Gaps - Mills (Nathan Lise) - 8:30pm
The Heterosexuals - Mills (Redheaded Stepchild Productions) - 10:00pm
Sunday July 20 (Westdale):
500 Doubloons (Friendly Bear Theatre)- 12:00pm
The Fortune Teller (Artword Theatre)- 1:30pm
Hope in Hot Times (Play Play Clown Theatre)- 3:00pm
Gaumukhi (Cow) (The Ghare-Baire Collective) - 5:30pm
Meat Market (Meat Market Collective)- 7:30pm
MONDAY JULY 21
Men Love Horsies: the Musical (Devin Bateson)
Unsolicited: Good Advice Gone Dad (Kristi Boulton)
What If ? Improvising Your Alternate Universe (Watson Productions)
Tuesday July 22 (pLAYERS’ GUILD)
Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit (The Universe Over 60) - 6:00pm
A Gentleman's Murder (Reactor Theatre) - 7:30pm
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.
