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Our Programs

Spotlight Series

The Fredericton Playhouse Spotlight Series invites some of the most exciting artists touring today to the Playhouse stage, offering East Coast favourites, internationally acclaimed ensembles, up-and-coming musicians, innovative dance and circus shows, hilarious comedy performances, inspiring theatre pieces and much more.

The 2025-26 season features professional performances in music, dance, circus, and comedy from across Canada and around the world. Plus, with Pay What You Will performances, everyone can find a way to enjoy the Spotlight Series!

**NEW: Supported and Young Audience discounts are offered on tickets to all Spotlight Series shows. Click here for full ticket price details. 

Plus, become a Playhouse Member and be the first to get the best seats with access to a discount on Spotlight Series performances, special members' pre-sale for ALL events and MORE! 

Learn more about ticket pricing details.

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Wed 24 Sep 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$24- 48
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Martin Levac sitting at a bright white drum kit against a dark background
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Martin Levac: A Tribute to Phil Collins & Genesis

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, June 25 at 10am. Playhouse Member presale starts on Monday, June 23 at 10am. From the intimate to the universal, Martin Levac takes us through the soundtrack of Phil Collins’ life. From the beginnings of Genesis to the mega-hits of his solo career, Levac and his faithful musicians lovingly recreate Collins’ legendary repertoire. Experience...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Tue 30 Sep 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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The four members of the Hello Crows in a sepia-toned photo
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

The Hello Crows

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Join us for a powerful Truth and Reconciliation Day performance by The Hello Crows. This show will be a fundraiser for the Grand Council’s...

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The four members of the Hello Crows in a sepia-toned photo

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Fri 10 Oct 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$20- 40
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A cartoon drawing of the Indigenous Greasers and Pink Ladies in Bear Grease. The background is pink and blue striped, and the logo of a polar bear with the words Bear Grease is in front.
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Bear Grease

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Bear Grease is an unapologetically Indigenous musical—a loving clap back to the classic hit musical and film Grease. But instead of 1950s Greasers and...

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A cartoon drawing of the Indigenous Greasers and Pink Ladies in Bear Grease. The background is pink and blue striped, and the logo of a polar bear with the words Bear Grease is in front.

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Thu 16 Oct 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$39- 78
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Tom Papa in a black blazer and black tshirt looking directly at the camera, standing in front of a light purple background
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Tom Papa: Grateful Bread Tour

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Tom Papa is proud to present the Grateful Bread Tour! With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of...

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Tom Papa in a black blazer and black tshirt looking directly at the camera, standing in front of a light purple background

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Fri 17 Oct 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$18- 36
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A black and white image of the vampire monster from the 1922 film, Nosferatu
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Nosferatu (1922)

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Enjoy the critically acclaimed horror classic Nosferatu with live performance of a new and original musical score by Symphony NB resident musician Andrew Reed...

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A black and white image of the vampire monster from the 1922 film, Nosferatu

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Mon 3 Nov 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$26- 52
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A closely cropped image of Oscar Peterson from the waist up, sitting in a high backed chair wearing a black tuxedo jacket, white shirt, and black botwie
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Experience the music of Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson through some of today’s top jazz musicians. The evening, hosted by Peterson’s youngest daughter, Céline...

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A closely cropped image of Oscar Peterson from the waist up, sitting in a high backed chair wearing a black tuxedo jacket, white shirt, and black botwie

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Wed 5 Nov 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$49- 98
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Tom Morello sitting on a sidewalk holding a black acoustic guitar in his lap. He's wearing reflective sunglasses, looking away from the camera, with pink smoke surrounding him
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Tom Morello: A Night of Stories & Music

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Grammy-winning, Harvard-educated, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted artist, songwriter, and activist Tom Morello is living proof of the transformative power of rock’n’roll...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Thu 4 Dec 2025
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$20- 40
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Jill Barber smiling as she looks away from the camera, she's wearing a red sparkly dress for the holidays, photographed against a red background
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Jill Barber is a three-time Juno Award nominated singer-songwriter with an unforgettable voice once heard, never forgotten. With a captivating blend of folk and...

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Jill Barber smiling as she looks away from the camera, she's wearing a red sparkly dress for the holidays, photographed against a red background

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Sun 14 Dec 2025
@ 2:00 PM
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$23- 46
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Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman of Choir! Choir! Choir!
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Choir! Choir! Choir!

Part of Spotlight Series

Un-Silent Night: An EPIC Holiday Sing-Along! Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Why see a show when you can BE the show! Choir! Choir! Choir! is the fully interactive, participatory...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Sun 14 Dec 2025
@ 7:30 PM
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$23- 46
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Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman of Choir! Choir! Choir!
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Choir! Choir! Choir!

Part of Spotlight Series

Un-Silent Night: An EPIC Holiday Sing-Along! Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Why see a show when you can BE the show! Choir! Choir! Choir! is the fully interactive, participatory...

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Nobu Adilman and Daveed Goldman of Choir! Choir! Choir!

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Sat 17 Jan 2026
@ 7:30 PM
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$16- 32
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Rhys Nicholson sitting at a yellow table surface against a darker yellow background. They are wearing a light teal blue jacket and a white shirt, looking at the camera with their head turned slightly sideways
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. In the year of our Lord 2026, it’s a brand-new stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson. In these times that are...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Sun 8 Feb 2026
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Performer Johnnie McNamara Walker against a dark background, wearing a red collared shirt holding his hand to his face, looking shocked
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

The Heterosexuals

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. A comedic deep dive into the mysterious world of heterosexuality, from charismatic comedian Johnnie McNamara Walker. Heterosexuals…THEY WALK AMONG US! But where did they...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Fri 13 Feb 2026
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$18- 36
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A person in a black tshirt bent over about to smash an electric guitar on the ground
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

BOOM X

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. A Kidoons and WYRD Production, in association with Theatre Calgary and The 20K Collective. Written, Directed and Performed by Rick Miller. BOOM X is...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Fri 20 Feb 2026
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A close up of Nomfusi in a light blue tassled outfit, pictured from the chest up. She is looking right at the camera with her mouth open in a big, energetic smile
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Nomfusi

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Nomfusi is known for her vibrant mix of Afro-soul, jazz, and pop. The soul of Mama Afrika meets the fire of Motown and Soul...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Thu 5 Mar 2026
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A group of actors from the UPU Collective standing against a dark background, all looking to the left of the camera, arms raised protectively
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

UPU

Part of Spotlight Series

A Journey through the Heartbeat of Pacific Poetry Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. This creative blend of live performance and spoken word explores themes of South Pacific Indigenous culture...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Fri 6 Mar 2026
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$26- 52
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Text against a yellow background that reads, A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy. The photo in the centre is a composite of three sections of different faces combined to make one image of a face
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Step out of the house for an unforgettable evening with Peter Oldring and Pat Kelly (CBC Radio’s This is That) as they reunite with...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Sat 14 Mar 2026
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$21- 42
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Fredericton Playhouse Presents

A Cabaret of Legends

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Legendary songs from the collections of legendary artists, and the stories behind them, starring International award-winning vocalist and performer Tymisha Harris (Josephine, Josie &...

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A close up of Tymisha Harris wearing a royal blue strapless top with a fascinator on her head. She's sitting on a regal looking cream couch with wooden details, looking straight on to the camera with no smile

Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Thu 26 Mar 2026
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$27- 54
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Eight members of Dwayne Gretzky on stage in low lighting
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Dwayne Gretzky

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Dwayne Gretzky are Canada’s greatest party band and a can’t miss live music experience; a 10-piece, dynamic, curated nostalgia trip that captures the unique...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
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Fri 17 Apr 2026
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Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Everybody is a master of something. Blink, step, jump, balance, flip, fly. This is an ode to the countless hours needed to achieve great...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Mon 11 May 2026
@ 7:30 PM
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$26- 52
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A close up of the five members of Wintersleep standing together looking right at the camera
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Wintersleep

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Hailing from Halifax, Wintersleep has been quietly reshaping the contours of modern rock since their inception in 2001. Anchored by frontman Paul Murphy, alongside...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
Fredericton NB
Canada

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Mon 25 May 2026
@ 7:30 PM
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$23- 46
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A group of dancers from Ballet Kelowna: one in the centre is standing and looking up at the ceiling, the others are bent over with their backs to the camera, arms outstretched
Fredericton Playhouse Presents

Ballet Kelowna: taqəš and Other Works

Part of Spotlight Series

Tickets are available to 2025-26 Playhouse Members starting Friday, June 13 - click here to become a member to buy your tickets now. Regular tickets go on sale to the public on July 2 at 10am. Ballet Kelowna, known for its innovative performances in contemporary ballet, presents a stunning lineup from their repertoire with taqəš and Other Works. taqəš Cameron...

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Fredericton Playhouse
686 rue Queen St
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