Alia Rasul, Ellie Posadas, Isabel Kanaan, Maricris Rivera, Ann Paula Bautista & Belinda Corpuz. Photo by Martin Nicolas. Cathleen Jayne Calica, stylist. The Tita Collective invites us into Filipin* kitchens, living rooms and lives with its Next Stage Theatre Festival production of its hilariously entertaining sold-out Toronto Fringe 2019 hit Tita Jokes. Created andContinue reading “NSTF: Family, community, music & lots of love in the entertaining, heartwarming Tita Jokes”
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Toronto Fringe: Into the mouth of the sea lion with the absurd surreal sketch comedy of Swallowed Whole
Carly Telford, Chris O’Bray & Raechel Fisher. Photo by Laura-Kate Dymond. Irrelephant Productions takes us into the mouth of the sea lion for 55 minutes of absurd sketch comedy, peppered with drag performance and social satire in the wacky, surreal Swallowed Whole, written and directed by Rachel Perry, and running at the Helen GardinerContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Into the mouth of the sea lion with the absurd surreal sketch comedy of Swallowed Whole”
Teige Reid & Darryl Purvis take us to the Church of the Perpetual LOLs in the Teige & Darryl Do A Show Together Show
Last night, a sizeable crowd gathered up in the Studio at Alumnae Theatre for a one night only evening of laughs and celebration for the Teige and Darryl Do A Show Together Show. Featuring Teige Reid and Darryl Purvis, plus a surprise guest, the celebration part was about Purvis’s 20th anniversary as a stand-upContinue reading “Teige Reid & Darryl Purvis take us to the Church of the Perpetual LOLs in the Teige & Darryl Do A Show Together Show”
Wacky, trippy good times with stand-up, sketch, music & improv in The Dandies’ Holodeck Follies
Out at the Comedy Bar cabaret space last night for a big fun night of Star Trek-themed comedy with The Dandies and their season 5 premiere of Holodeck Follies. Set up in a variety show format, the evening’s festivities were hosted by stand-up comic Hisham Kelati, and featured guests Northwest Passage and Leslie Hudson. TheContinue reading “Wacky, trippy good times with stand-up, sketch, music & improv in The Dandies’ Holodeck Follies”
Second City serves up the fun with a trippy mashup of holiday classics in Twist Your Dickens
Ever wonder where the misfit toys went after Santa took them off the island? How about that original ending to A Charlie Brown Christmas that the network execs didn’t want you to see? And how Oliver Twist became an activist? Wonder no more, my friends. For this holiday season, Second City presents Twist Your Dickens.Continue reading “Second City serves up the fun with a trippy mashup of holiday classics in Twist Your Dickens”
Sympathy for the devil & debate on the nature of humanity in darkly comic, thoughtful Dead End
Theatre Lab opened its production of Jonny Sun’s Dead End, directed by Michael Orlando, on Thursday night in the Factory Theatre Studio, where I caught it last night, along with a post-show talkback with Sun and Orlando. Set in an isolated and claustrophobic fourth floor corridor of an abandoned high school during the zombie apocalypse,Continue reading “Sympathy for the devil & debate on the nature of humanity in darkly comic, thoughtful Dead End”
Lightning round social satire that burns so good in Second City Toronto’s hilariously insightful Come What Mayhem!
This past year has been a tumultuous one, with some hysterically funny and horrible examples of human dumbassery. Taking on the trends and issues of 2016, Second City Toronto digs deep and burns hard in its sharply funny Come What Mayhem! Mainstage revue. Written by the ensemble and directed by Carly Heffernan, assisted by NigelContinue reading “Lightning round social satire that burns so good in Second City Toronto’s hilariously insightful Come What Mayhem!”
Toronto Fringe: Sketch comedy shenanigans & witty wordplay in Behold, the Barfly!
Kicked off this year’s Toronto Fringe with some sketch comedy courtesy of Spoon Vs. Hammer’s Behold, the Barfly! at the Monarch Tavern last night. Written and Directed by Justin Haigh, Behold, the Barfly! is a step into the mind of an unconscious bar patron, as we travel into his hilarious and sometimes bizarre dream world.Continue reading “Toronto Fringe: Sketch comedy shenanigans & witty wordplay in Behold, the Barfly!”
Second City Toronto brings big-time LOLs in The Hotline Always Blings Twice
Second City Toronto opened its new sketch comedy show The Hotline Always Blings Twice this week and I caught the show last night, with a packed, enthusiastic house – the audience liquored up just the right amount of silly and ready to laugh. After all, it’s a holiday weekend and Thursday is the new Friday.Continue reading “Second City Toronto brings big-time LOLs in The Hotline Always Blings Twice”
Toronto Fringe: Big fun therapeutic trip through time, space & friendship in Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris
Toronto Fringe favourites Peter n’ Chris are back again this year with their own special brand of sketch comedy shenanigans in Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris, running at Randolph Theatre. When Chris (Chris Wilson) dies in a tragic accident, Peter (Peter Carlone) must travel through time and space to find a replacement ChrisContinue reading “Toronto Fringe: Big fun therapeutic trip through time, space & friendship in Peter n’ Chris Present: Here Lies Chris”
life with more cowbell 