Award-winning storyteller Andrew Bailey is back with his latest “hilarious and heart-wrenching” show, Bad Stoic, premiering at the 2026 Victoria Fringe Festival. Bad Stoic follows Bailey, a new parent, earnestly training to be a better, more stoic person. When he is finally successful, it turns out to be a terrible mistake. Bad Stoic plays at The Other Guise Theatre, 716 Johnson Street, Friday, August 28 – 8:15pm; Saturday, August 29 – 6:30pm; Sunday, August 30 – 7:45pm; Thursday, September 3 – 6:30pm; Friday, September 4 – 8:15pm; Saturday, September 5 – Noon; Saturday, September 5 – 6:30pm; Sunday, September 6 – 2:00pm.

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