2026 Victoria Fringe Lottery Results

Big congratulations to those who were drawn for the Fringe 2026 lottery and thank you to all of those who applied this year. We had over 200 applications! The lottery was held on January 19th 2026, at the Intrepid Studio Theatre. The Victoria Fringe will run August 26 – September 6, 2026. Applications for the Spotlight Shorts Program, the Indigenous Artist Program, and the Unconventional Venue Program Lottery are open now and close March 3 2026, with the lottery draws on March 6th 2026. The results by category are:

VICTORIA – CRD (30%)
1. Shelita Cox (Drag Sunday Productions) – IAP 2025/26 Artist
2. Misty Cozac (Kizuna Theatre)
3. Melissa Taylor
4. Patricia Zogar
5. David Heyman (Handmade Ivy)
6. Laurie Best (Nine Lives Productions)
7. Bronwyn MacLeod (Morphaces)

BRITISH COLUMBIA excluding Victoria (20%)
1. Rosie Grypma
2. Joylyn Secunda
3. Sam Bennison
4. Olivia Etey
5. Adam Jacobson

NATIONAL excluding BC (35%)
1. Erin Scott-Kafadar (PointeTango) – CAFF Touring Lottery Artist
2. Tamara Roberts (Sunday Night Love Show) – CAFF Touring Lottery Artist
3. Geoff Hughes (Macho Manitoban)
4. Alex Dallas (Dallas Productions)
5. Don Randall (Frolic&Fiasco)
6. Brendan McLeod
7. Lisa Randall (The Universe Over 60)
8. James Gangl (Gangland Productions)

INTERNATIONAL (15%)
1. Diane Jorge – CAFF Touring Lottery Artist
2. Fedor Ikelaar – CAFF Touring Lottery Artist
3. Karen Hall (More Play Productions)

UNCONVENTIONAL VENUE LOTTERY
Draw on March 6th 2026. Apply here

SPOTLIGHT SHORTS LOTTERY
Draw on March 6th 2026. Apply here

INDIGENOUS ARTIST PROGRAM LOTTERY
Draw on March 6th 2026. Apply here

Waitlist

The following companies are on the waitlist for the 2026 Victoria Fringe. If a company drops out, the first company on the region’s waitlist will be offered a spot in the festival. Some years there is lots of movement, sometimes there is none. You don’t need to check in with us, we will get in touch as soon as we have a spot to offer you. The results by category are:

  1. Clayton Jevne (Theatre Inconnu)
  2. Azura Idu (Smashbox Theatre)
  3. Pamela Bethel
  4. Jay Khomsi (Have It Off Productions)
  5. Ryan Kniel
  6. Keith Williams (Keith Sonic Productions)
  7. Paris Iverson
  8. D’Arcy Briggs (Burger & briggs)
  9. Link Bechtold
  10. Nicholas Guerreiro (Bragi Theatre)
  11. Diana Budiachenko (Indigenous Healing Arts Network)
  12. Andrew Bailey
  13. Andrew Brimstone
  14. Rodney Peter
  15. Elyott Ryan
  16. Miranda Reid (Rebound Dance)
  17. Kayla Hart (hartofsilver productions)
  18. Matthew Payne (7eventy 7even Collective)
  19. Steven Orr
  20. Angelo Rosso
  21. Ariel Glidden
  22. Dave Morris
  23. Heather Jarvie (hapax theatre)
  24. Willem Roelants (RVB Productions)
  25. Amy Dechka
  26. Shawn O’Hara
  27. Kendra Bidwell (Venus Moon Theatre)
  28. Anya Reynolds-Swannie (Ants on a Leash Productions)
  29. Ian Case (31 Iguanas)
  30. James Leard (Random Samples Collective)
  31. Dyana Sonik-Henderson (Broken Rhythms Victoria Society)
  32. Laura Simons (Catador Theatre)
  33. Lili Butterfield (Giggly Bits Comedy)
  34. Pedro M Almeida-Siqueira
  35. Sarah Wilson (Plisskin Productions)
  36. Trent Arterberyy
  37. Emme Sait
  38. Kathy Stacey
  39. Chris Rudram (Enigmatic Events)
  40. Nadia Myroon (timetheft theatre)
  41. Jayne Walling
  42. Lesley Carlberg (Tutu Art Project)
  43. Darren Millar
  44. Tai chatur
  45. Peter Campbell (Gumboot Productions)
  46. Evelyn Gray
  47. Kegan McFadden (&&)
  48. Amit Solanki
  49. Morgan Cranny
  50. Kai Taddei
  51. Annalyn Kind (Clown collective)
  52. Sally Braswell Murphy
  53. Bruce Chambers
  54. ira cooper (Spec Theatre)
  55. Matthew Gordon (Pithy Productions)
  56. Chaz Booty (Snap! Theatre)
  1. Jillian Burke (Desert Rose Collective)
  2. Bradley Duffy (VMIC)
  3. Jessica Pigeau
  4. Pomona Longshadow (Ssh, We’re Not Clowns!)
  5. David MacPherson (Where’s Noonan?)
  6. Katie-Ellen Humphries (Battlefield Heartbreaker Productions)
  7. Dahlia-Raphael Kerr (Phoenix Productions)
  8. Ruby Maher
  9. Noah Boyle (Big Bad North Theatre Collective)
  10. Jonathan Paterson (RibbitRePublic)
  11. Megan Milton
  12. Emily Case (Emily Make Productions)
  13. Peter Navratil (The Dream Agency)
  14. Andrew Wade
  15. Devon More
  16. Andrea Thiring (Intrusive Thoughts Theatre)
  17. Kristy Woollam (Shot in the Dark Productions)
  18. Sara Mayfield (Painted Fern Productions)
  19. Em Cooper (Cathartic Laughs Productions)
  20. Savannah Erasmus (Savannah Erasmus Comedy)
  21. Dana Schindel
  22. Hilary Fillier
  23. Nate Nate Nainers
  24. Victoria McNeil (Call Me Theatre)
  25. Joanna Rannelli (Gravity Theatre)
  26. Alick Mac (Alpamac Records)
  27. Terry Frank (DIAMOND SKY THEATRE)
  28. Celine Cullen
  29. Jae Gonzales
  30. Alivia Sabatino (StoryFreak Collective)
  31. Rosemary Morrison (Through the Wormhole Co.)
  32. Blair Moro
  33. BRENT HIROSE (The Spontaneous Shakespeare Company)
  34. Ashley Whitehead
  35. Tall Mark (Full Groan Productions)
  36. Bonnie Riley (Leave That Mess for Me Productions)
  37. Lauren Alberico
  38. Ryan Gladstone (Monster Theatre)
  39. Jillian Tolzmann (JiL of All Trades Productions)
  40. June Fukumura
  41. Rob Teszka
  42. Scarlet Chen
  43. Jessica Gabriel (Mind of a Snail Puppet Co.)
  44. Jordan Saniuk
  45. Sarah Rowland
  46. Sarah Filkow (Ragmop Theatre)
  47. Nico Gruzling
  48. Kristen Ruko
  49. Megan Phillips
  1. Stephen Stone (Sticks and Stone Percussion)
  2. Tracy Hamilton
  3. Kristi Boulton
  4. Josh Languedoc (Indigenized Indigenous Theatre)
  5. Kamal Alaeddine
  6. Bremner Duthie (Big Empty Barn Productions)
  7. Chris Gibbs
  8. Morgan Frey
  9. Willow Rosenberg (Willow Roots Productions)
  10. Hilary Wheeler
  11. Jacquelin Walters (Walters & Watt)
  12. Neil James
  13. Justin Hay (Modern Classic Theatre)
  14. Grace Fedorchuk (MurMur Theatre)
  15. Zac Williams
  16. Devin Bateson
  17. Hayden Maines (Illustrium Creations)
  18. Donald Baxter (Misty Mountain Music)
  19. Lauren Clinton (Lou Laurence)
  20. Braeden Etienne
  21. Janelle McGuinness (JM Productions)
  22. Rae Gallimore
  23. Steven Morton
  24. Sandra Banman
  25. Jimmy Hogg
  26. Sachin Sharma (two2Mango)
  27. Nisha Coleman
  28. Jaime Tait (Watching the Detectives)
  29. Elijah Bell (Dead Horse Theatre)
  30. Freddy Proia (Freddy Proia Entertainment)
  31. Tessa Emery (Tess Effects)
  32. Rainier Pearl-Styles (Holy! Scoundrels! Theatre!)
  33. Aliya Kanani (Spoon Fulla Sugar)
  34. Steven Andrews
  35. Karin von Ompteda (Karin Fekko)
  36. Nile Seguin (Slow Burn Media)
  1. Alisha Richard
  2. Penny Ashton (Penash Productions)
  3. Michael Marinaccio
  4. Ashley Victoria Robinson (Second Star to the Right Productions)
  5. Mandy Williams
  6. Benjamin Sandell (Ben San Del Presents)
  7. Emmanuel Majok (Emo-tainment)
  8. Tony Beeman
  9. Jonathan Mirin (Piti Theatre Company)
  10. Victoria Montalbano
  11. Martin Dockery (Concrete Drops Theatre)
  12. Eleanor O’Brien (Dance Naked Creative)
  13. Randy Ross
  14. DEANNA FLEYSHER (A butt kapinski joint)
  15. Nicholas Chieffo (13 Rats Theatre Co.)
  16. Emil Guillermo (Emil Amok Productions)
  17. Erica Bock
  18. Aurora Rupert (Littlewood Productions)
  19. Jordan Rocks
  20. Jeannine Clarke
  21. Marysia Trembecka (Glint of Light Ltd)
  22. Genie Cartier (Flying Rabbit Circus)
  23. Amica Hunter
  24. Lauren Kee
  25. Kent Whipple (Unexpected Productions)
  26. Sylvia Grosvold (Liblab Productions)
  27. Joan Bernier (Snake & Rod Theatre)
  28. Paul Strickland
  29. JON BENNETT
  30. Adam Havsky
  31. Lori Dungey (Doris & George Canoodle)
  32. Ingrid Garner
  33. Chase Padgett
  34. Erika MacDonald
  35. Jeanmarie Simpson (Arizona Theatre Matters)
  36. SHANE ADAMCZAK (Weeping Spoon Productions)
  37. Nicole Medema
  38. Michael Rogers
  39. Timothy Scher (Tim Motley)
  40. Rob Gee
  41. Donna Kay Yarborough
  42. patrick hercamp
  43. Alisa Rosenthal (Plucky Rosenthal)
  44. Susan Jeremy
  45. Michael Gougis (Morbidelli17 Productions)
  46. Claire Lochmueller

Draw is on March 6th 2026

Draw is on March 6th 2026

Draw is on March 6th 2026

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