Tickets are selling fast! Buy yours today! You have 48 shows to choose from- an array of musicals, dance shows, solo shows, clown shows, comedies, dramas- so much choice! Click on the link below to see what shows are playing at the 2016 Hamilton Fringe Festival- July 14-24 and buy your tickets online!
And don't forget about our STEEL THE SCENE Kick off Party- July 13, 2016 at the Lincoln Alexander Theatre. 90 second previews of the shows, special guests and an award winning host! Tickets $11 online (include service fees) and $13 cash (at the door). Party at the Baltimore House afterwards!
#Turning13 Q & A is back again for a third week where we asked a random selection of companies to tell us, "What advice would your MAIN CHARACTER give to their 13 year old self?" This week we bring you: Artcurus Players, Toller on the Run, Christel Bartelse, and Perplexed Productions with their answers! (PLUS 2 fun facts about their show). Click on each photo to get more info about their shows.
SEARCHING FOR PARTY on #Turning13
Q: What advice would the main character of your show give to their 13 year old self? A: You don't have to be in the same room to be at the same party. Q: Give us a fun fact about your show, your company, or your team.
A: 1. Aaron Conrad is one of the few people alive to have beaten Blaster Master on the NES. 2. Our cast includes award winning playwrights, directors, and actor. Also Patrick. He's swell.
Toller on #Turning13
Q: What advice would the main character of your show give to their 13 year old self? A: Know yourself. Be courageous. Give it to them on all cylinders. Don’t change a thing… Make the world change for you. Never stop. Q: Give us two fun facts about your show, your company, or your team. 1. Toller is Sky Gilbert’s 76th play! 2. Toller Cranston introduced the triple Salchow to the sport of figure skating; DBT will not be performing a triple Salchow during the show.
All KIDding Aside on #Turning13
Q: What advice would the main character of your show give to their 13 year old self? A: Do not watch the film, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Q: Give us two fun facts about your show, your company, or your team. 1. This is Christel's third time playing the Hamilton Fringe, but first time her and Michelle Polak (Dora winning actress/Director) have teamed up. 2. The main prop in the show is an umbilical chord. (No babies were harmed).
The Tragedy of Othella Moore on #Turning13
Q: What advice would the main character of your show give to their 13 year old self? A: Know who your friends are. And tag them in your pictures. Q: Give us two fun facts about your show, your company, or your team. 1. The Twitter profile pics in the show are from our friends! The Twitter handles are all Shakespearean puns based on the person's favourite Shakespearean character. 2. The playwright eavesdropped on teens at her gym to get a handle on the lingo.
Volunteers and Billets needed for this year's Hamilton Fringe!
Volunteers receive so many amazing perks- you get to see FREE shows, you get a cool Hamilton Fringe t-shirt, you meet so many amazing people! You can also count your volunteer hours for school! If you would like to volunteer at this year's Fringe, email: Natalie Hickey volunteer@hamiltonfringe.ca to sign up today or call 289-698-2234 for more info.
And we still need billets for our out of town artists. Do you have a spare room in your house? Get a comp pass to watch shows and help an artist out! Click here to billet.
This outreach initiative offers free rush tickets to Fringe events for young people 18 years and under. The Fringe partners with the Hamilton Board of Education and a variety of local community service organizations to distribute the passes to youth who face barriers to accessing cultural activities in Hamilton. This program opens up Fringe activities to a wide and diverse range of young people, some of whom may choose to get further involved in the festival in future years.
If you are interested in learning more about how your community organization can access these passes for youth in your community, please contact Natalie Hickey, Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator at volunteer@hamiltonfringe.ca.
The Fringe would not be possible without the support of our funders and government partners. Learn more here.
