Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival Articles

The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival opened up with a strong weekend despite some gloomy weather.

A new high-flying aerial show will make its debut at this year’s Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival.

Organizers of this year's Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival are smiling wide after a record-setting event. Attendance, box office revenues and the number of shows included were all up compared to previous years. A total of 108,721 patrons took in indoor shows -- an...

This year's Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is continuing to break attendance records. Organizers say they had a record-breaking opening weekend, despite threats of some unfavourable weather. Sixty-seven sellout performances and 41,811 tickets were told. That's up...

Advance tickets and passes are now on sale for this year's Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. A slate of 182 performances are scheduled in 31 different venues this year, running July 15-26. “Each year, we watch the entire city buzz with excitement for the festival and...

Theatregoers smashed attendance records for another year at the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. Plays attracted 104,859 people between July 16-27 -- up from 101,488 last year. “It’s tremendously exciting for us to experience another record-breaking year at the...

By Eden Ramsay (@EdenRamsay) It’s been 27 years of unabashed artistic freedom and theatrical spectacle taking over Winnipeg in the form of the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. During the festival, Market Square is overrun by performers and musicians put on free shows...

Summer theatre is in full swing across the city with the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival now on. Until July 27, thousands of people will be take in a variety of 178 shows at 30 different venues around the Exchange District. “With a record number of performing...