Reviews from the 2018 Winnipeg Fringe Festival

Are you ready to take a chance with Fringe? You can check out all ofourreviews of shows at the 2018Winnipeg Fringe Festival right here by ratingor title.

This page will be updated throughout the festival, so check back every day!

Looking for a specificshow?Jump to the alphabetical listings.

To see the full Fringelistings, head to the official Winnipeg Fringe website.

Reviews by rating

Five Stars:

• 6 Guitars(Reviewed at 2015 Winnipeg Fringe)
• Animosity
• Brain Machine
• Caws & Effect(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• Cranbourne
• Daddy's Boy
• The Elephant Girls(Reviewed at 2016Winnipeg Fringe)
• Fallen from the Toy Box
• James and Jamesy in the Dark(Reviewed at 2015Winnipeg Fringe)
• Josephine, a Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• Journey to Kalcedon Island: A Steampunk Adventure
• Lip Service
• There Ain't No More!
• Nashville Hurricane(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• Puppet Guy, Africa's top ventriloquist
• Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land
• Space Hippo(Reviewed at 2016Winnipeg Fringe)
• TiBertis Back!
• The Wilds

Four Stars:

• 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• Awkward Hug
• Bad Habits
• The Ballad of Johnny Boy
• Chris Funk Live
• Darwin vs Rednecks
• Death - A Romantic Comedy
• The Elephant Song
• Family Dinner
• Field Zoology 101
• Flight(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• Flute Loops
• Fool MuunKomming!
• Freestyle Fantastique
• Hamlet
• Hamlet (the rest is silence)
• How My Light Is Spent
• Ideas Bobert!
• Interstellar Elder
• Jellyfish are Immortal
• Jezebel, at the Still Point
• The Last 48
• Medea and the Argonauts
• Maybe Baby
• The Merkin Sisters(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• A Nightmare on East Hastings Street
• Old Dyke Tales
• Sex? But I'm Canadian!
• Terms & Conditions
• VarieTEASE: Room 100 at the Chelsea Hotel
• War of 1812
• Whiteface

Three Stars:

• 421 Is Dead: A StormTrooper Parody
• Big in Sudan: The (Mis)adventures of a Vagabond Musician
• Bill Pritchard's Address to the Jury
• Bushel and Peck
• Call Girls
• Cock Tales: Shame on Me!
• Confessional
• Dandymouth: word. play.
• Drops In a Broken Fountain
• The F Words: Fab, Funny, Fierce!
• Graham Clark's Not Here
• Hushabye - A Doomsday Comedy
• I'm Not Taylor Swift
• Inauguration Vacation
• Irena Sendler: Rescuing the Rescuer
• jem rolls: I, IDIOT.
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Martin Dockery: Wide-Eyed
• MIND MAGIC
• A one human being, potentially comedic performance of LES MISERABLES
• The Most Unlikely Comedian
• One Date City
• Please Be Seated
• Puss in Boots(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• A Sad-Ass Cabaret
• Scandals of the Boy-Mind
• See Bob Run
• See No Evil
• Tales Too Tall for Trailers
• Thom Pain (based on nothing)
• Today, For Now
• Traveltheatrics
• The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path
• WOKE Comedy Hour: Fringe Edition

Two Stars:

• Delightfully Rude
• Hundred Shows Price of One!
• I Think I'm Dead
• Macbeth: The After Party
• Maple & Sticky's Amazing Olympic Race
• Mother's Little Secret
• She Was A Great Dad
• Sidetrack Bandits: Round 2
• Vikings and Romans: The Untold Stories

One Star:

• Two White Guys Solve All the World's Problems

Reviews from A to Z

• 2 Ruby Knockers, 1 Jaded Dick: A Dirk Darrow Investigation(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• 6 Guitars(Reviewed at 2015 Winnipeg Fringe)
• 421 Is Dead: A StormTrooper Parody
• Animosity
• Awkward Hug
• Bad Habits
• The Ballad of Johnny Boy
• Big in Sudan: The (Mis)adventures of a Vagabond Musician
• BillPritchard'sAddress tothe Jury
• Brain Machine
• Bushel and Peck
• Call Girls
• Caws & Effect(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• Chris Funk Live
• Cock Tales: Shame on Me!
• Confessional
• Cranbourne
• Daddy's Boy
• Dandymouth: word. play.
• Darwin vs Rednecks
• Death - A Romantic Comedy
• Delightfully Rude
• Drops In aBrokenFountain
• The Elephant Girls(Reviewed at 2016Winnipeg Fringe)
• The Elephant Song
• The F Words: Fab, Funny, Fierce!
• Fallen from the Toy Box
• Family Dinner
• Field Zoology 101
• Flight(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• Flute Loops
• FoolMuunKomming!
• FreestyleFantastique
• Graham Clark's Not Here
• Hamlet
• Hamlet (the rest is silence)
• How My Light Is Spent
• Hundred Shows PriceofOne!
• Hushabye- A Doomsday Comedy
• I Think I'm Dead
• I'm Not Taylor Swift
• Ideas Bobert!
• Inauguration Vacation
• Interstellar Elder
• Irena Sendler: Rescuing the Rescuer
• James and Jamesy in the Dark(Reviewed at 2015Winnipeg Fringe)
• Jellyfish are Immortal
• jemrolls: I, IDIOT.
• Jezebel, at the Still Point
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• Josephine, a Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• Journey toKalcedonIsland: ASteampunkAdventure
• The Last 48
• Lip Service
• Macbeth: The AfterParty
• Maple & Sticky's Amazing Olympic Race
• Martin Dockery: Wide-Eyed
• Maybe Baby
• Medea and the Argonauts
• The Merkin Sisters(Reviewed at 2017Winnipeg Fringe)
• MIND MAGIC
• The Most Unlikely Comedian
• Mother's Little Secret
• Nashville Hurricane(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• A Nightmare on East Hastings Street
• Old Dyke Tales
• One Date City
• A one human being, potentially comedic performance of LES MISERABLES
• Please Be Seated
• Puppet Guy, Africa's top ventriloquist
• Puss in Boots(Reviewed at 2014Winnipeg Fringe)
• Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land
• A Sad-Ass Cabaret
• Scandals of the Boy-Mind
• See Bob Run
• SeeNo Evil
• Sex? But I'm Canadian!
• She Was A Great Dad
• Sidetrack Bandits: Round 2
• Space Hippo(Reviewed at 2016Winnipeg Fringe)
• Tales Too Tall for Trailers
• Terms & Conditions
• There Ain't No More!
• Thom Pain (based on nothing)
• TiBert Is Back!
• Today, For Now
• Traveltheatrics
• Two White Guys Solve All the World's Problems
• VarieTEASE: Room 100 at the Chelsea Hotel
• Vikings and Romans: The Untold Stories
• War of 1812
• Whiteface
• The Wild Dog Waits On The Concrete Path
• The Wilds
• WOKE Comedy Hour: Fringe Edition

Wondering what to see? See the reviews sorted by rating.

With files from Stephanie Cram, Andrew Friesen, KajHasselriis, Michelle Palansky, John Sadoway, Bradley Sawatzky, Joff Schmidt andKelly Stifora.