Emil Amok Guillermo

What happens when a lifelong journalist stops chasing headlines and starts chasing his own life? In Emil Amok, 69: Less News, More Life, American Book Award-winning writer and former NPR host Emil Amok Guillermo delivers a hilarious and heartfelt one-man show about identity, family and the cost of living in a 24/7 news cycle.

From newsroom absurdities to personal revelations—including a surprisingly philosophical avocado tree—Guillermo blends sharp satire with deeply human storytelling. This is comedy with perspective: a show that invites audiences to laugh, reflect and maybe even breathe a little easier.

I, Metis Productions

The story of Louis Riel told seven times, from seven different points of view, in seven different genres.
Originally created and performed by Monster Theatre’s Ryan Gladstone, now adapted and given a Métis makeover by Winnipeg theatre vets Katie German, Genevieve Pelletier and Cory Wojcik.
No one in the history of Canada (perhaps the history of the world!) has generated more debate than Riel. Even supposedly verifiable facts elude consensus. His incredible story is shown here like never before – betrayal, insanity, stand-offs, murder, espionage, prophecy and John A. Macdonald!
Starring Katie German and Cory Wojcik
Directed by Genevieve Pelletier

TJ Dawe

Fringe fave TJ Dawe (The Slipknot, Medicine, Blueberries Are Assholes) returns, riffing on TV commercials from the 1980s, a decade when everything was excellent, choice, and unintentionally, hopelessly bizarre. Expect pastel colours, zippy computer graphics, and jingles that’ll stay in your brain for weeks.

“This guy’s headed for the stand-up hall of fame” — the Georgia Straight.
“Dawe can actually make you hurt with laughter” — Montreal Gazette
“A flawless performer” — Charleston City Paper
“Come and see what a real virtuoso can do” — Edmonton Journal.

Starr Street Productions

John and Jill Hanks live on a farm in rural Texas. After Jill takes an impromptu trip to a commune that may or may not be a cult, John is met with a changed woman and a string of dead chickens. John grows suspicious as Jill maintains contact with the group’s leader, Wade. Struggling to understand the true motivations behind the supposed commune, John’s paranoia boils over when Jill makes a shocking choice with both marital and culinary consequences.

Absolutely Not a Cult is a modern satire attacking the ignorant nature of the American political landscape. In a nation where corrupt politicians hide behind vapid platitudes, so do its citizens. Does anybody actually know what they believe in, if anything at all?

Artists’ Pick – Island Fringe
Best Ensemble – Fundy Fringe

A Friendly Co Pro’

An urgent and deeply human portrait of a revolutionary icon, Afeni centres on the indomitable spirit of Afeni Shakur—Black Panther and mother of Tupac. When the US Government tried to silence the Panther 21 with 156 false charges, Afeni acted as her own legal defense against improbable odds…and won!
Edmonton actor Onika Henry makes her Winnipeg debut in this new script by Adam Bailey (All Hail Mrs. Satan). Critics and audiences have hailed the show as “overall absorbing,” a “stunning performance” and “densely packed, emotionally charged and inspirational.” In an era where we need revolutionaries, discover one of the originals. Witness a story where “empowerment and action is at the core.”

Alexander Mantia Puppetry

Join Pasquale Provolone on his journey to protect his beloved zucchini garden from the local wildlife and their vaudeville antics, featuring an entire puppet cast designed, handcrafted and performed by Alexander Mantia!
The Zucchini Club is “a scrappy, inventive garden romp”, “the equivalent of a warm hug to the soul” and was a TORONTO STAR CRITIC’S PICK at the 2025 Toronto Fringe Festival!

Andrew Silverwood

Award-winning British comedian Andrew Silverwood has toured the globe for the last decade bringing laughs to audiences in no fewer than 10 countries. In 2025, on a quest to achieve everything he wanted before his 35th birthday, he travelled from Australia to Canada, the US, to Israel and Palestine to find out everything there is to know about love, war and weddings.
5 STARS “The funniest storyteller to come out of the UK in recent years” – Fourth Wall

5 STARS “Fringe at its cheekiest” – Hi Fi Way
“A definite must-see. Silverwood is ruthless” – Adelaide Advertiser

Alien Dreams Productions

Former friends Kawtar and Jesse may not survive their first encounter since the world changed. Over two decades ago, the Utopic New Order was established by the Company Open Trench. Over the years, the Company provided two labels for humans to make living simpler – the protectors (Blites) and the resources (Blinks).

Jesse is a Blite chosen for ascension by the Open Trench, and Kawtar is a Blink valuable for her wit and strength. Today, Kawtar is about to be replaced (or worse) and Jesse must announce the devastating news to Kawtar in order to ascend, by order of the company.

In this desperate race against time, long-forgotten secrets surface while Kawtar and Jesse bargain their way through crucial questions on their fate and that of humankind. The world may have changed, but have they?

Nicholas Rice

Another Side of Rice, the sequel to my successful Side of Rice, is made of three life-affirming and, I hope, humanity-affirming stories.
I’m 74 years old now, and I’m still on my lifelong and sometimes difficult quest to become a gentleman – not just any old man, but a gentle one, too.
Some of my show is Winnipeg-based. Listeners will find themselves revisiting the kids’ section of the Cornish Library (1958) or the field outside Sir John Franklin School and the Sporting Goods section of Eaton’s (1963).
The stories are often funny, sometimes sad, always totally true.
Dedicated, with love, to the memory of my cousin Tommy Churchill and my dad Joe Rice.

Possum Hollow Productions

A new Canadian-Scottish musical recounting the extraordinary true tale of Isobel Gunn, a Scottish woman who explored Canada in 1806, living as a man and working for the Hudson’s Bay Company.

After journeying from the remote Orkney Islands, Isobel travelled 1800 miles across the Canadian wilderness as “John Fubbister”, a labourer in the fur trade. But when she unexpectedly gives birth one cold winter morning, Isobel’s identity is revealed…

A celebration of a long-forgotten Canadian hero who had the courage to live freely and the tenacity to follow her dreams. Starring Fringe favourite Melanie Gall from Ingenue and Hockey Stocks and Beaver Pie!

5 STARS “Glorious singing and first-rate storytelling” – Adelaide Advertiser
“A real star in the making” – Broadway Baby