#THE MERKIN SISTERS: BACKCOMBED

Fringe 2026

#THE MERKIN SISTERS: BACKCOMBED

★★★★★-VueWeekly
“PISS-YOUR-PANTS FUNNY. The woman beside me was orgasming with laughter.” -MTLRampage. BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND with a BEST-OF SHOW! Enter secret worlds created by sisters who, instead of cheerios, were fed Fellini films for breakfast. Picture the Blue Man Group meets Isabella Rossilini’s ‘Green Porno.’

Two wildly HILARIOUS, OUTRAGEOUS, delightfully unhinged sisters who take it to a whole new level of absurd brilliance. This jaw-dropping, laugh-until-you-can’t-breathe show will electrify your senses. A vivacious romp sending up our inner cavemen and our ultra-queens, smothered with the unique flavour of absurdity that comes from siblings surviving childhood together.

“Expert choreography and puppet mastery. I have never seen anything as good as this at pushing the limits of edgy comedy. You will leave smug and satisfied, with sore sides and wide eyes.” -TheJennyRevue

"This inspired lunacy is a salute to womanhood."-OrlandoSentinel.
“Crazy! Beyond vintage Lucy-and-Ethel-in-the-candy-factory crazy.” -TheatreInLondon.

“Visually arresting & immaculately staged, with a tender heart under its hair-raising exterior.”- WinnipegFreePress.
“Watching The Merkin Sisters is like taking a glimpse inside a pre-pubescent girl’s brain when they’re left to their own devices.” -TheatreinLondon.

Clench your cheeks & get in here already.

Co-created by Stephanie Morin-Robert (★★★★★ Blindside, ★★★★★ Eye Candy, ★★★★★ Soft Spot, performs standup on Just For Laughs)
& Ingrid Hansen (★★★★★ Epidermis Circus, ★★★★★ Ingi’s Fingies, puppeteers on Emmy-Award Winning shows Helpsters & Fraggle Rock with the Jim Henson Co)
Guest Director Britt Small (Premiere director of Ride the Cyclone)
Music by Shirley Gnome, The Merkin Sisters, & Hank Pine

Language: Few Words. 90% nonverbal.
Warnings: Loud sounds, surprises, water-based smoke/haze, cartoonish sexual content.

Plain Language Description

Two sisters create an absurd variety show, with dance, puppetry, performance art, and physical comedy. This show is wild, outrageous, and hilarious. It creates various shapes and forms of the human body. We twist between masculine and feminine. Babies are born. Hair falls out. Characters morph into new shapes, new genders. You never know what will happen next.