The land on which the ON THE EDGE Fringe Festival gathers is the traditional territory of the Nipissing First Nation Anishinaabe. This territory is covered by the Robinson-Huron and Upper Canada Treaties. We acknowledge them and any other Nations who care for the land (acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded) as the past, present and Read more about Land Acknowledgment[…]
2025 Fringey X-Tras If you thought 10 Fringe shows and 6 Duality offerings were enough, think again! We’ve also got a bunch of extra events we like to call Fringey X-Tras taking place as part of this year’s festival. Keep scrolling down for all the info. Fringe Pitch Session & Trivia Night August 5th @ Read more about 2025 Fringey X-Tras[…]
Fringe Awards Ceremony August 10th @ 5 pm Capitol Centre’s Martini Lounge This year’s Fringe Awards Ceremony will take place on August 10th at 5 pm in the Capitol Centre’s Martini Lounge. We have five awards to give out, three of which will be adjudicated by our amazing 2025 jurors! This year’s jurors are Sadie Read more about Meet our 2025 Fringe Award Jurors![…]
Satsuki Sakurai and the Blade of Broken Bonds Company: Blue-Tinted Fortress Written & directed by: Mari Wilson-Higuchi & Nick Moss New work: Yes Runtime: 60 Minutes Satsuki Sakurai, a 21 year old deadbeat, wakes up on her birthday to a very unpleasant surprise. The spirit of her recently deceased grandmother (Yuriko) has come to deliver Read more about Satsuki Sakurai and the Blade of Broken Bonds[…]
Polygraph Company: Trip the Light Theatre Collective Written by: Trip the Light Theatre Collective Directed by: Sophie Goyette-Hamels New work: No Runtime: 55 Minutes Polygraph is a multi-disciplinary play about 3 women up against the odds, the odds in this case being men. An accomplished A-list actor and an emerging pop star are both the Read more about Polygraph[…]
Pasquale Company: Paint the Stage Written & directed by: Jacqueline Blaikie New work: Yes Runtime: 45 Minutes Lisa is a young adult who moves into a new apartment expecting a fresh start. Sadly, there seems to be an unexpected roommate within her home. A rat, named Pasquale, was living there first. The two can’t see Read more about Pasquale[…]
Online Presence Company: Hard Times Written by: John Arthur Sweet New work: Yes Runtime: 45 Minutes John Arthur Sweet, winner of the award for Outstanding Original Work at the 2023 On the Edge Fringe (for outside, in the laneway, under the stars), returns to North Bay for the third year in a row with a Read more about Online Presence[…]
Juicy Woo-Woo! Company: SOBOLTALK Written & Directed by: John Sobol New work: Yes Runtime: 60 Minutes Juicy Woo-Woo! features saxman and action poet John Sobol in a dazzling one-man show that explores the latest exciting news in the weird and wild realm of UFOs. Curious about those so-called drones buzzing nuclear bases in New Jersey Read more about Juicy Woo-Woo![…]
Intertwined, Sewn Together Company: Alyssa Levac New work: Yes Runtime: 20 Minutes Intertwined, Sewn Together is a contemporary dance piece about wanting. It explores the complex and often contradictory emotions of desire, ambition, and longing. This piece considers the struggle of yearning for more and never feeling satisfied, finding pieces of yourself everywhere and not Read more about Intertwined, Sewn Together[…]
her. Company: Stephanie Kast Written & Directed by: Stephanie Kast New work: Yes Runtime: 50 Minutes ‘We’re born a her, and we die a her. Here is what happens in between.’ From the poetry book of Stephanie Kast titled “her.” Vicki Bitis and Stephanie Kast explore the words and prose from the poems through movement Read more about her.[…]