François le Foutre
The Raunchy Romp with the Raging Queen—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT
Join the most fearsome fruit in all of France for a full contact reading of his BANNED books as he brings his award-winning bawdy comedy to Winnipeg for the very first time. For 8 years he’s shocked and delighted audiences across the U.S. with the only gay pirate romance adventure show on the Renaissance faire circuit, and now he’s making his Fringe festival debut to see if the crowds in Canada are able to… handle it.
So I Guess We’re Doing This? Theatre Company
Finding Richard Close—The Asper Centre for Theatre & Film (U of W)
When the esteemed Estella Montcalm suffers a medical emergency leaving her at death’s door, her adult children Maryn and Ethan reunite for the first time in 30 years. Along with Maryn’s husband Teddy, they try to decipher their mother’s cryptic “should I die” instructions. On their journey they meet a delightful cast of characters, make bad puns, and explore their reason for separating so long ago.
Will Wilhelm & Brannon Bowers
Gender Play, or what you Will—Tom Hendry Warehouse
Fresh off a US tour to Tony-Award Winning theatres such as Steppenwolf and Actors Theatre of Louisville, GENDER PLAY makes its international debut!
In this highly anticipated Fringe Festival Debut, award-winning “theatrical trans trailblazer” Will Wilhelm invites you to a “resistance [that] is bedazzled and joyous.” (Chicago Reader)
GENDER PLAY rediscovers Shakespeare by returning to its original, gender-imaginative roots, and invites everyone into the expansive possibilities inherent to queer liberation. We begin by summoning Shakespeare himself at the Tom Hendry Warehouse. Don’t miss it!
“Both welcoming and irresistible… powerful and transformative.” – Stage Door Louisville
Still Your Friend
Adam Bailey: My Three Deaths—The Studio at Le Théâtre Cercle Molière
Back in Winnipeg and Back from the Dead, Adam Bailey is being Hailed as a “Master Storyteller” for My Three Deaths!
This “delightfully dark and ridiculous” show, about three times Adam Bailey has died, just won Patrons’ Pick for its premiere run at the Toronto Fringe, so make sure to book it early, and be regaled by stories of ghost sightings, amazing cats, and teenaged love! Prepare yourself for “a charming and laugh-out-loud funny celebration of life, love and mortality” – and don’t miss out on My Three Deaths!
Conseil Keith Serry
The List: A Traumady About Probiotic Masculinity—Son of Warehouse
In a world where there’s a huge gap between being a good man and being “the man” one man (storyteller Keith Serry) is taking a road trip to search for admirable role models and the three things every man needs to know.
Meticulously timed and written…brave, touching. -Rachel Levine (Montreal Rampage)
Hypothetical Projects
FanAddict—The Rachel Browne Theatre
2025 marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube! From the early days of Keyboard Cat to “YouTuber” joining the dictionary, we’re taking you back in time on the history of social media. How did we get here? What’s a “family vlogger?” And are the kids really all right?
ImproVision
ImproVision: Anti Pasta—Duke of Kent Legion
Trying to figure out what the title of our show means? Don’t bother.
We do short-form improv based on audience suggestions, incorporating weird stuff like puppets, super soakers and phones, with nary a noodle in sight.
So what’s with the title? No idea. It was that or Ambitchous, The 1953 Mr. Atomic Energy Pageant, How To Wash your Barista, Live At The Brandon Keystone Centre or The Devil’s Pie Charts.
What would YOU have done?
Yeah, we though so.
Gregoire Entertainment
Control: A Psychological Magic Show—CCFM – Antoine Gaborieau Hall
From Winnipeg magician Patrick Gregoire, who brought you ‘Mindreader’ (2023) and ‘Supernatural’ (2024), comes a brand-new, unforgettable 60-minute experience that exposes the hidden power of your subconscious mind… and how easily it can be manipulated…
‘Control – A Psychological Magic Show’ is fun, freaky, unique, and twisty. Come check it out!
