Press Releases

Stay up to date with Toronto Fringe's official announcements

February 19, 2025 - Toronto Fringe Reveals Programming for Next Stage Series

2024

November 14, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Announces New Festival Home for 2025"

October 29, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Celebrates Success of the 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival"

September 24, 2024 - "The 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival Reveals 2024 Programming and Casting"

July 15, 2024 - "The 36th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Issued Over 40,000 Tickets"

July 12, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Festival Announces 2024 Awards Winners"

June 20, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Festival Announces Free Programming and Winners of the Playwriting Contests"

June 5, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Festival Programming Revealed"

May 8, 2024 - "The 36th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Returns July 3-14, 2024"

April 17, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Announces 17th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival"

January 9, 2024 - "Toronto Fringe Appoints Rachel Kennedy as Executive Director, Co-Lead; Laura Paduch as Managing Director, Co-Lead; Kate Supleve Succeeds Jason Murray as Board Chair"

2023

October 31, 2023 - "16th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival Celebrates Success at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre"

October 26, 2023 - "Toronto Fringe Utilizes Community Services Recovery Fund to Expand Accessibility and Community Care"

October 17, 2023 - "Toronto Fringe Says Goodbye to Executive Director Lucy Eveleigh"

September 6, 2023 - "Toronto Fringe Announces the 16th Annual Next Stage Theatre Festival"

July 18, 2023 - "The 35th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Back with a Bang"

July 15, 2023 - "The 35th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Reveals 2023 Award Winners"

June 14, 2023 - "Toronto Fringe Festival Reveals Programming and Schedule"

May 17, 2023 - "The 35th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Returns July 5-16, 2023"

2022

July 20, 2022 - "The 34th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Returned in Person with Great Success"

June 22, 2022 - "The 34th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival Returns July 6-17, 2022"

February 24, 2022 - "2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival Celebrates a Successful Switch to Online"

January 31, 2022 - "2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival Extended to February 13, 2022"

January 11, 2022 - "2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival Moves Online with 10 Digital Shows"

2021

December 9, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe announces 2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival"

September 20, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe Announces New Digital Festival and Details for 2022 Next Stage Theatre Festival"

August 25, 2021 - "The Digital Fringe Showcases Toronto to the World"

July 7, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe Reveals Listings for Digital Toronto Fringe Festival"

June 8, 2021 - "Jon Kaplan's Legacy Lives On at the Toronto Fringe Festival"

March 8, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe Opens Digital Lottery Applications, Reserving 50% of Festival Slots for Artists who are BIPOC"

February 24, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe Announces Digital Festival this Summer"

February 4, 2021 - "Next Stage Community Booster wraps after providing a platform for vital community dialogue and investing in new work from indie artists"

January 8, 2021 - "Toronto Fringe reveals full listings for Next Stage Community Booster"

2020

July 13, 2020 - "Toronto Fringe will return just over $27,000 to the 52 companies of the Fringe Collective"

May 19, 2020 - "The Toronto Fringe announces The Fringe Collective, a Digital Fringe Experience, running July 1-12"

April 7, 2020 - "2020 Toronto Fringe Festival Cancelled due to COVID-19"

March 18, 2020 - "A Statement from Toronto Fringe Regarding COVID-19"

January 20, 2020 - "At the 2020 Next Stage Theatre Festival, audiences came out en masse"

 

2019

September 5, 2019 - "Most Personal and Political Next Stage Theatre Festival Line-Up Ever Offers a Vision for the Future of Theatre"