Event Details

The Toronto Fringe is part of the “Fringe movement” – a worldwide network of indie theatre festivals. As the name suggests, the movement is about celebrating under-represented voices and those on the margins of the performing arts world. It’s a festival where anyone can put on any show, without having to pass through a jury – where theatre students can mount their first production outside of school, where emerging artists can get their big break, and where established artists can test out new work. It’s a festival where audiences come for the adventure and the community as much as for the plays themselves.

This application is for the “2025 Toronto Fringe Festival”, taking place July 2 to July 13, 2025 at over fifteen theatre venues in Toronto. During the 12 day run, over 400 artists participate in performances across the city that include comedy, drama, musicals, improvisation, storytelling, children’s theatre, dance, and more. In 2025, Toronto Fringe will launch a landmark new partnership with Soulpepper Theatre, moving their central hub and most of the performance venues to the historic Distillery District.

Programming includes:

(1) KidsFest shows, 40+ theatre performances per day, and daytime & late-night programming at the Fringe Patio;

(2) presenting works by the winners of the 2025 Adam’s Prize for Musical Theatre and New Play Contest:

(3) continued partnerships with Second City, Canadian Green Alliance, and Theatre Orangeville to offer the Festival’s Comedy Award, Green Award, and Best of Fringe remount;

(4) collaborative initiative with Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto’s historic Distillery District;

(5) Satellite Venue model with returning participants Alumnae Theatre and Native Earth’s Aki Studio returning in 2025, and launching two new Satellite Venues with the Alliance for Canadian Musicals at Theatre Passe Muraille, and VideoCabaret;

(6) 2025 Next Stage Series featuring Bubble Babz by Barbara Johnston, Justice for Maurice Henry Carter by Alicia Payne, Siranoush by Lara Arabian, and Untitled Flamingo Play by Nathaniel Hanula-James; and

(7) the return of educational programs including the TENT (Theatre Entrepreneur’s Network and Training) Program, New Young Reviewers, and new editions of teen and children’s programming.