• James & Jamesy

🙂 FOOL’S GAMBIT is a high-energy improv showdown starring Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles (James & Jamesy) and Nayana Fielkov (Ragmop Theatre). They dive headfirst into the unknown, transforming nothing into something hilarious, absurd and delightfully unpredictable. Movement, mischief and comedic risk-taking collide in a game where the only rule is to keep playing. Who wins? Who loses? Who cares? The joke is always on us.

Praise for James & Jamesy and Ragmop Theatre:

“Are shows this good just a fantasy? Not anymore.” – Winnipeg Free Press

30+ Best of Fest Awards

Canadian Comedy Award

3x London Impresario Awards

5 STARS – Winnipeg Free Press

5 STARS – CBC

5 STARS – Global News

5 STARS – London Free Press

5 STARS – Theatre in London

5 STARS – Edmonton Journal

5 STARS – Stage Door

• Martin Dockery

A family man robs a thief of a ton of money. Martin Dockery’s edge-of-your-seat thriller, set to a propulsive soundtrack, is a knuckle-biting story of suspense, humour and horror! Like the love child of Breaking Bad, A Simple Plan and Fargo, this is a tale of small town greed, deception and an ever-expanding web of lies. Recent shows include: TRUTH, The Stakeout, Every Good Story Ends With One and The Sex Life of Butterflies.

Dockery has won 50 awards during his 16 years of touring, featuring 12 one-person shows and seven two-person plays across Canada, the US, the UK and Australia.

“He delivers tales with such verve, wit and insight, and he is so engaging and evocative that he makes the audience believe they are sharing the experience with him.” – Chortle, London, UK

• Paul Strickland Presents

As if Salvador Dalí and Willie Nelson made a comedy show.

“Mark Twain on acid” – Artistry Magazine

20X Best of Fest Winners Paul Strickland and Erika MacDonald’s one-man show… interrupted by a hilarious guest.

“It takes a true master like Paul Strickland to spin untruth into musical yarns this weirdly witty and wonderfully warm. TUNE INTO HIS FREQUENCY.” – Seth Kubersky, Orlando Weekly

From the creators of:

1nce Upon A LIE – 4 STARS Free Press

The Barn Identity – 5 STARS Star Phoenix

Tales Too Tall for Trailers – 5 STARS Edmonton Sun

• Picaro Enterprises

Award-winning magic and storytelling from Toronto’s BEST magician… and he’s not even from Toronto!

100% Wizard is the fusion of mystery, wonder and storytelling in an intimate and interactive theatre setting.

Get up close and personal with Keith Brown, world-class magician, speaker and VIP entertainer. Keith has inspired wonder in over 20 countries and counting.

2x Critics’ Choice Best Magic Show – Orlando 2024, 2023

Orlando Sentinel Best of Fest 2024, 2023

Patrons’ Pick – Edmonton Fringe 2024

Jenny Award 2023

“Mind-bending, mind-boggling and mind-blowing” – Orlando Sentinel

“Very entertaining” – Eliza Reid, First Lady of Iceland

“You’re incredible” – Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters

“WOW!” – Joe Thornton, NHL

• Racing Sloth Productions

From 21-time Fringe Fest Award Winner Tim Motley…

Patrons’ Pick Award – Winnipeg & Edmonton Fringes

5 STARS “Will leave you in awe” – Glam Adelaide

5 STARS “A tour de force” – Australian Stage

Canada’s favourite psychic detective is back! Wowing crowds the world over, this hilarious private eye is part comedian, part mind reader, part storyteller and all gritty retro 1930s film noir! Think Sin City meets Naked Gun meets David Blaine. Based on a crime story by The Maltese Falcon writer Dashiell Hammett.

4.5 STARS “Hard and fast as a runaway bullet train” – Winnipeg Free Press

4.5 STARS “Excellent show” – Edmonton Journal

4 STARS “The best private detective magician mentalist comedian you’ll ever see.” – Edmonton Sun

• Dave Morris

Fresh off its award-winning, sold-out run at the Victoria Fringe, 52 Stories is a storytelling show that takes place inside the memory palace of Pick-of-the-Fringe award-winning improviser and storyteller Dave Morris. One part memorization trick, one part storytelling show. Come and enjoy some heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of family, friends, love, loss, and of course, memory.

What are the things you remember? What are the things you never want to forget?

4 STARS “Dave Morris is a master of his art.” – Times Columnist

• SensibleChuckleTheatre

Have you ever wanted to write a huge blockbuster action movie, but just couldn’t find the time? Well, you’re in luck! The “geniuses” at SensibleChuckleTheatre (Let’s Kill A Dragon; A Brothers Guide) are back with another outrageous new show: Action Movie Mad Libs.

A hilariously weird comedy where we have 90% of the next great action movie script written – but we need your help to finish it! Once we have all your incredibly funny and surely appropriate suggestions, we’re going to perform the finished script for you! Let’s make Hollywood magic together!

4 STARS “Funny, weird, and at times, outrageous.” – Winnipeg Free Press, 2023

4 STARS “Absurd – in the best possible way.” – Winnipeg Free Press, 2024

• Still Your Friend

No matter how many times you die, you only live once!

Dying three times, Adam Bailey lives on to tell the true tall tales in this personal, funny and poignant show. From the award-winning creator of The TruthTM [superscript], The Life Henri and All Hail Mrs. Satan.

“Bailey’s a talented storyteller whose personality bubbles… What a pleasure to listen to.” – Winnipeg Free Press

“Adam Bailey is back with another masterfully told story to tickle your fancy… Insightful and charming.” – The Jenny Revue

• Thinking & Feeling Theatre Company

Siblings are our first friends and enemies. We laugh, fight, comfort and hurt each other, but they’re always there for us…until they’re not. What happens when that connection is broken, when the familial bond is lost? How do we move forward while holding on to the memory of our best friends?

These questions keep Avery up at night. Haunted by the night her heart stopped beating, she feels isolated and alone—but she’s not alone. Her brother August remains, whether she wants him to or not.

Locally created and cast, and debuting at this year’s festival, After August reminds us that letting go isn’t always easy – but it’s necessary to let ourselves heal.

• Hijinx Drama Club Inc.

Alana and Kaibo is a story about a young girl who refuses to give in to fear and the notion of impossibility. She is trying to save her island while the rest of her family and friends are leaving.

This story is filled with life-sized puppets. Sergio, the great white shark, his shark friends, and many underwater sea creatures try to message the sinking island kids with heaps of plastic garbage and silly songs.

Suitable for all ages. Performers are kids and adults. Brought to you by the same creators of Little Red and The Werewolf (4 STARS – Winnipeg Free Press).