SPEAK ENGLISH, a 60-minute solo performance debuting at Cannonball as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, is created by Vanessa Kamp, an artist based in Barcelona. The show, which draws from dance and movement, performance, devised theatre, experimental sound, and improvisation, is about finding the limits of cohesion and the making of meaning. Part fantasy, […]
PHILADELPHIA, PA: All the way from Chicago, Marc Frost of Theater Unspeakable is bringing a true labor of love dedicated to his vaudevillian ancestor and to all who dreamed before us. This year, My Uncle Sam is coming to Cannonball Festival, an official hub of Philly Fringe. My Uncle Sam which follows the life of […]
We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together is a participatory opera, a meeting of voices, a collectively sung ritual release. We Have Gone As Far As We Can Together is a theatrical conversation inspired by the sonic and spiritual resonance of artists like Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra; traditions that hold music in […]
Susan has a perfect life, a perfect love, and perfect happiness. When she suddenly undergoes an unexpected loss, her perfect life ends. Consumed by excruciating pain, she finds it impossible to imagine any future worth living. Until, on an ordinary trip to the grocery store, she hears The Voice. The trouble is, Susan doesn’t believe […]
Bold Afro-Centric reimagining of Antony & Cleopatra returns after sold-out Philly Theatre Week Debut Shakespeare in Clark Park (SCP), in collaboration with Upstream Performance Collaborative (UPC) and Cannonball, presents new heaven new earth, a bold, revisionist Afrocentric adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra by multidisciplinary artist Rayne. Directed by SCP Producing Artistic Director Shamus and […]
An avante-garde model, a professor of botanical poetry, and a paranormal investigator walk into a bar. Ouch. They proceed to the back of the Trestle Inn, where, hidden behind an ominous curtain, shapeshifter Grace Lazarz unleashes a bevy of lovably grotesque characters into the intimate Go-Go purgatory. Lazarz and director/collaborator, Michael Amendola, invite the audience […]
LET’S MAKE AN ALBUM! is a new immersive performance series by Philadelphia pop-punk outfit Happier Than Ever, attempting to break down the wall between artist and audience. Join the punk trio as they lead an evening of songwriting essentials, guiding the audience through the process of crafting a song from initial idea to the first […]
Internationally-touring storyteller Noam Osband brings his new show, “Circumscribed: A True Tall Tale of One Father, Two Sons, and Thousands of Foreskins,” to Philly Fringe for its Philadelphia debut at Studio 34. Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the NYC Fringe, it's a show about growing up with a father who was a mohel (Jewish ritual […]
FringeArts’ FEASTIVAL returns this year for the 14th time, bringing together creative bites from over 20 of Philadelphia’s culinary leaders, including Michael Ferreri of Irwin’s and Kiki Aranita of Poi Dog, along with Wilder, Kiddo, Huda, Almanac, a.Kitchen, and more. Thrilling performances from top artists with be featured alongside – or even above – the […]
FringeArts’ FEASTIVAL returns this year for the 14th time on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, bringing together creative bites from over 20 of Philadelphia’s culinary leaders, with thrilling performances from top artists, to benefit FringeArts, currently presenting the largest iteration of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival to date, now in its 29th year, with more than 350 […]
Have you seen the news today? Isn’t it awful? Is now the best or worst time to be alive? In all of human history? Are you going blind? Maybe you should go to Italy? Will you feel better if you meet a friend for coffee? Should you stop talking to your mom about politics? Should […]
Hiroaki Umeda’s choreography and eye for digital design have been celebrated throughout Europe, Asia, South America and the U.S. Critically acclaimed for his almost impossibly fluid movement style bordering on street dance – subtle, radical, and provocative – his dance pieces frequently synthesize ultramodern video, dramatic lighting and crackling soundscapes as interlocking components interacting with moving […]
