‘Who is Esther?’ Offers More Questions Than Answers
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
- Tett Centre
- TK Fringe
Content Warning: ‘Who is Esther?’ deals with mentions of racism and sexual harassment. Although this review does not discuss these topics in depth, they are general themes in the performance.
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Officially Fun: Gibson’s Comedy Special is a Go!
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
- Tett Centre
- TK Fringe
Your wedding, your way— and what a way to go! Sandy Gibson is a marriage officiate, privy to the wild wild world of weddings. I recently caught a showing of this hour-long comedy special, Making It Official, at the 2026 TK Fringe Festival. Gibson outlines his amusing career experience, guiding the audience down the rocky road of nuptial affairs. Running a diverse selection of gags, sketches, and bits, this entertaining […]
Unlearning to Learn: Nancy Edwards’ ‘Rethinking Good Intentions’
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
- TK Fringe
Set in the rural villages of Sierra Leone in the 1970s-1980s, Nancy Edwards’ Rethinking Good Intentions retraces the steps taken towards providing medicinal aid during her teaching nurse residency at Serabu Hospital. I was lucky enough to attend one of her performances as a part of Theatre Kingston’s Fringe Festival. Driven by a deep respect for the oral traditions of the Mende people, Edwards delivers her story as a one-woman […]
A Search for Equilibrium: ‘The Third Law’ Finds Its Footing
- Review
- TK Fringe
A propellant examination of the juvenile social psyche, The Third Law is an original, one-act play written and directed by 15-year-old Kai Kerr. The Third Law is part of Theatre Kingston’s 2026 Fringe Festival and is staged in the newly refurbished TK Studio. Winging through the halls of an allegorically ambiguous high school-slash-airport, protagonist Arya (Addie May) navigates budding relationships, neurodivergence, bullies, a hidden queer identity, and dying friendships. This […]
Fringe’s Contemporary Garden of Eden: ‘There is No Anger Like That of a Woman’
- Kick & Push Festival
- Review
- TK Fringe
“A desired object is still an object” Presented by the Theatre Kingston Fringe 2026 and Of The Sea Productions, There is No Anger Like That of a Woman, written by Grace Delamere, takes place in a present-day brothel over the course of one hour. This small window of time is shared between Eve (Grace Delamere), a sex worker, and Adam (Liam Armstrong), a banker; yet what occurs is beyond their […]
Interviews
‘El Diablo’ Returns to Kingston Fringe: “More Diabolical Than Ever”
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- TK Fringe
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the moment my call with Ewerton Martins begins, we both find ourselves laughing. Originally from Brazil, Martins is the creator and performer of El Diablo of the Cards. He is nothing but joyful as he greets me via video call from Manitoba, where he has just completed a sold-out run at the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. A graduate of École […]
The Idle Mind: Matt Shepherd’s Hour-Long Vow of Silence
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
- TK Fringe
Matt Shepherd is the leading man and creative mind behind the Kingston Fringe Festival’s upcoming show, Let Us Sit In Goddamn Silence for One Hour. This past Friday I got to speak with him concerning the show’s origins, intentions, and lingering questions. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Why Fringe? This feels like the kind of show you can only see at a fringe festival; did the […]
En conversation avec: Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, et Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin
- Centre culturel Frontenac
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
To read this article in English, click here. Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, et Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin forment l’équipe de création à l’origine de Le concierge, spectacle qui a inauguré le festival Kick & Push hier soir. Tracey Guptill, directrice artistique du Centre culturel Frontenac, s’est récemment entretenue avec eux pour discuter de théâtre immersif, de création in situ, et du pouvoir éphémère du silence. Cet entretien a été révisé pour en […]
In Conversation With: Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, et Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin
- Centre culturel Frontenac
- Interview
- Kick & Push Festival
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Daniele Bartolini, Christoph Ibrahim, and Vincent Leblanc-Beaudoin are the creative team behind Le Concierge, which opened the Kick & Push Festival last night. Tracey Guptill, the Artistic Director of Centre culturel Frontenac, sat down with them recently to chat about immersive theatre, site specific work, and the ephemeral power of silence. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What a […]