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Toronto, ON – We invite you to step outside your comfort zone, take a walk on the wild side and choose your own adventure at the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival. This year’s line-up is packed to the brim, with 148 shows in 29 venues, featuring 1,200 artists in every imaginable genre.
Catch one of our 15 site specific productions in unexpected locations such as a boxing gym, a yoga studio, a synagogue and even a vintage clothing store in Kensington Market! Take a ride in one of our complimentary rickshaws that will bring you right to your venue on time. The Fringe Club will be abuzz every afternoon and evening with buskers, Shed Shows, a visual arts market, hip local food vendors, our licensed pop-up patio and 2 late night Saturdays where Fringers can celebrate until 4am!
To view the 2015 Fringe Program in PDF form, click here. To browse the 2015 show listings online, click here.
Here are some exciting changes and additions to the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival:
The FringeKids! Festival is bigger and better this year with a new location atThe George Ignatieff Theatre (15 Devonshire Place). Performances from 9 companies begin July 1 and the FringeKids! Club, right beside the theatre, is open July 2- 12, 10 AM -5PM with free outdoor concerts, workshops, creative play stations and a bouncy castle on the weekends! Kids and parents are encouraged to stop for a show and stay to play.
New Beer Sponsor: We are delighted to announce Steam Whistle Brewing as our new beer sponsor. Join fellow Fringers in the Fringe Club, July 1- 12, and raise a glass to the 2015 Fringe line-up.
Tent Talks: We’ve upped our game, and invited key innovators in the industry to discuss timely topics such as the storefront theatre movement, professionalizing comedy and music theatre development. Newly located in The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) Annex, the panel discussion series features industry experts such as Deb Clapp, Executive Director of the League of Chicago Theaters; Zaib Shaikh, Toronto’s Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries and Jacoba Knaapen, Executive Director of the Toronto Alliance of the Performing Arts.
Smartphone App: The Fringe – in the palm of your hand! This free app (compatible with iPhone, Android and Blackberry) will be your digital program guide, your direct connection to Fringe social media, your box office and your calendar. Show cancellations will be updated on the app in real-time, and you can opt in to push notifications regarding schedule changes and special events. Available June 10 at the App Store and Google Play.
And as always, we have tons of amazing indie theatre, dance, comedy and more at the 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival. New works, classics and adaptations are presented by local, national and international artists with touring productions from as far away as Japan.
The 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival: July 1 – 12, 2015
Show venues: Various locations around the Trinity Spadina and Annex neighbourhoods.
The Fringe Club is located in the parking lot behind Honest Ed’s (581 Bloor St. West, southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst). The Fringe Club is the festival headquarters, with a box office, beer tent, great food, and free programming throughout the entire festival.
Performance schedule: Daily between 10:00am and midnight
Ticket Prices: $12 in advance, $10 at the door
•FringeKids! performances for children 12 and under: $5 in advance and at the door
•100% of tickets are available in advance
Tickets available June 11. Purchase tickets the following ways:
1Over the phone at 416-966-1062
2Online at www.fringetoronto.com
3During the Festival: at the Festival Box Office located in the Fringe Club (581 Bloor St. West)
4During the Festival: at the show’s venue, one hour before performance (cash only!)
All shows start on time. Latecomers will not be admitted. No exceptions.
The Toronto Fringe
Now celebrating its 27th year, the Toronto Fringe provides creative opportunities for artists and audiences by producing two important festivals – the Toronto Fringe Festival and the Next Stage Theatre Festival – and by running outreach activities that benefit youth, artists and the theatre community at large. In 2014, the Toronto Fringe launched a national crowdfunding platform for indie artists, called Fund What You Can (FWYC). Our home, the Fringe Creation Lab, welcomes independent artists year round, encouraging their creative work by offering them affordable space to make art, congregate and innovate. For more information, visit www.fringetoronto.com
2015-05-29
Toronto: The 2015 Toronto Fringe Festival features 148 shows and 1200 artists