Vest of Friends Podcast

Evan Richardson

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:21:53 -0000

Vest of Friends troupe member Evan Richardson returns to join Marc Hallworth and Morgan George for their 100th podcast. They are also celebrating their second nomination for a Canadian Comedy Award for best audio series.

Evan Richardson on Twitter

Sex T-Rex

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 04:05:15 -0000

Sex T-Rex (née Sexual Tyrannosaurus) is a Toronto-based Comedy troupe whose cinematic style, wild physicality and spot-on parody has delighted audiences across Canada and the USA. Veteran improvisers, with hundreds of performances under their Cretaceous belts, Sex T-Rex branched out into scripted comedy in 2011. They have garnered rave reviews and accolades for their productions of Callaghan! and the Wings of the Butterfly (Fringe Hit, Atlantic Fringe 2016), Leviathan, Watch Out WildKat!,(Best of Fest, Atlantic Fringe 2014), SwordPlay: A Play of Swords (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2015 and Pick of Vancouver Fringe 2017), Wasteland (Second City Outstanding Comedy, 2016), Bendy Sign Tavern (sold out run, 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival), and Crime After Crime (After Crime) (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2018, Best of Toronto Sketch Fest 2019).

SexTRexComedy.com

Sex T-Rex on Twitter

Darren Springer

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 04:05:35 -0000

Darren Springer is one of the producers of the weekly comedy show Ossington Comedy. His humor writing has appeared in CBC Comedy, The Beaverton, and Splitsider. He is also the host of the upcoming standup show I Own 12 Hot Tubs, happening Tuesday April 23 at 8 PM at Comedy Bar.

Ghost Connectors

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 04:05:13 -0000

Watch as two ghost enthusiasts, Miles and Hanif, struggle to connect with spirits as well as the people around them. Miles Verweel and Hanif Jetha make up the comedy group called ‘Ghost Connectors’. They are an online video series, edited by Eli Speigel. Opposite most comedy groups, they don’t perform in real life, only through their series of videos.

Laura Cilevitz

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:05:00 -0000

Laura Cilevitz is a Toronto comedian who has appeared in shows like The Beaverton, Umbrella Academy, and more. She is part of a sketch comedy duo called ‘7 Minutes in Heaven’ with fellow comedian Josh Saltzman. She was once nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble). As part of 7 Minutes in Heaven, she also won the Tim Sims Encouragement Award at the 2008 Cream of Comedy competition.

Laura on Twitter

Laura on Instagram

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 04:05:14 -0000

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, and producer from Toronto, Canada. His short film Job Interview won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedy Short in 2015. Rodrigo is the recipient of the BITE Comedy Award from the National Screen Institute of Canada. He has appeared in Kim's Convenience, The Beaverton, Baroness Von Sketch and tons of other shows.

Rodrigo on Twitter

Rodrigo on Instagram

Angst 4 The Memories

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 04:05:18 -0000

"Angst 4 The Memories" is comprised of comedians Dan Curtis Thompson and James Elias Island. They respect punk music and follow it back to its roots: Green Day. They’re a comedically exaggerated parody of a pop punk band, just like Simple Plan.

Angst 4 The Memories on Facebook

Dan Curtis Thompson on Twitter

James Elias Island on Twitter

Emily Richardson

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 04:01:02 -0000

Emily Richardson is a comedian, actress, writer and artist originally from Cobourg, Ontario. She began performing improv and theatre at Queen’s University. A graduate of both the Second City’s Conservatory and Longform Programs, Emily spent a year with Second City’s House Ensemble. She is a member of the Sketchersons, the Bad Dog Featured Players, and recently appeared on AMI’s sketch TV show Blindsighted.

Emily on Instagram

Michael Kellett

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 05:05:37 -0000

Michael Kellett is an Improvisor and Stand up comedian. A graduate of Humber College Comedic Writing and Performance, Michael is one half of the improv duo ChapSchtick and has been a featured player on PotterProv, BeerProv and Two Strikes. His favourite number is 17 and his favourite smell is a campfire.

Daryn McIntyre

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:05:48 -0000

Daryn McIntyre is a comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of comedy groups like The Sketchersons, Almost Genius, Sweethole, Primo & The Junkyard Dukes Music as FunDMC. He is frequently a part of comedy shows throughout Toronto, like ‘Sketchersons Alumni Year End Show’ at the Comedy Bar in Toronto.

Daryn on Twitter

Alan Belerique & Isabel Kanaan

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:05:52 -0000

Alan Belerique is a Toronto based actor, improviser and producer. He produces and stars in “This is Not TV” a monthly sketch show and has recently joined “Cookie Biscuits” a web based sketch series. Alan is curious to see which of his web series will be triumphant.

Isabel Kanaan is a Second City graduate and Seneca College Acting for Camera and Voice alumna. She has been awarded the NBC Universal Bob Curry Fellowship. She is a member of CBC’s sketch comedy troupe Air Farce, the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons, and Second City’s House Ensemble and Educational Company.

Alan on Twitter

Isabel on Twitter

Simon McCamus

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 05:05:50 -0000

Simon McCamus has graduated many comedy programs from many theatres: Second City Training Centre, Bad Dog Theatre Academy, the old Impatient Theatre, and Chicago’s iO and Annoyance Theatres. A frequent performer around the city, his troupe, Fake Cops, has been featured in improv festivals (Toronto, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, and Ottawa), and his duo, Northwest Passage, has been featured in sketch festivals (Toronto, Montreal, & Vancouver).

Simon on Instagram

Fake Cops Comedy

The Two Draculas

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 05:05:50 -0000

The Two Draculas is a comedy group comprised of Tim Gilbert and Chris Locke. Gilbert is a comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He has risen to the top of the comedy heap through his cuttingly acerbic and fearless style, and has worked on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Showtown. Locke is a comedic actor, writer, performer from Toronto, Ontario. He is a producer of the critically acclaimed Laugh Sabbath live comedy shows. The Two Draculas perfromed at the Toronto SketchFest 'Best of the Fest' in 2018.

Tim Gilbert on Twitter

Chris Locke on Twitter

Jeremy Woodcock

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 03:56:38 -0000

Jeremy Woodcock is a writer and comedian who has been a staff writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, performed stand-up comedy at Just For Laughs, and tried to write this bio in third-person in a convincing way, but I’m not sure I pulled the last one off. Him, I mean.

Jeremy Woodcock is an accomplished comedian and writer who has worked on many projects, including This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Just for Laughs, Very Smart People with Steve Patterson, Finding Bessarion, GET SOME and The Sketchersons.

Jeremy on Twitter

Jeremy on Facebook

Jeremy on Instagram

Jessica Fitzpatrick

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 05:05:12 -0000

Originally from Stittsville, Ontario, Jessica Fitzpatrick is an actor, writer and comedian, currently living in Toronto. She is an honors graduate of the Humber School for Comedy Writing and Performance in Toronto, Ontario, where she received the prestigious Brian Linehan Scholarship Award in 2011. Jessica is best known for her high-energy characters and over the top physicality. She has toured around Canada with her self-created solo show Cupidity, which made a stop at the Atlantic Fringe Festival last year and received fantastic reviews.

@iamjessfitz

GoodKnight

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 05:05:01 -0000

GoodKnight is a comedy rap duo made up of Clif Knight and Mark Goodman. They have released multiple music videos and tracks online and have a merchandise store available for all their fans. They are based in Toronto, Canada.

GoodKnight on Twitter

Mark Goodman on Twitter

Clif Knight on Twitter

Garrett Jamieson

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 05:02:40 -0000

Garrett Jamieson: Once worked at a dirt factory, funeral home and pornography store, he left Winnipeg (murder capital of Canada/also referred to as Winterpeg) to set the comedy wheels in motion. Graduating from The Humber School of Comedy he is one of the founding members of the Canadian Award Winning sketch troupe "The BOOM" Garrett is currently part of the Comedy Records family which is Canada's first comedy record label Comedy Records. He has toured internationally performing comedy (Europe/Australia/South East Asia/USA) and been a part of numerous comedy festivals both as a stand up and sketch performer. He can also be seen opening for Gemini award winning metallic noise rock band, KEN mode. You can catch him at the IceBreakers Comedy festival January 25th in Niagara on the lake.

www.GarrettJamieson.com

Templeton Philharmonic

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:00:11 -0000

The Templeton Philharmonic are a Toronto-based comedy duo comprised of Gwynne Phillips (HBO's "Sensitive Skin," CBC's "Kim's Convenience") and Briana Templeton (SyFy's "The Expanse," The Comedy Network's "The Beaverton"). The two are known for their sketches which blend period pieces, surrealism, dance sequences and biting social commentary - all with a feminist bent. They've performed at festivals like New York City Sketchfest, The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, and on stage at Toronto's famed Massey Hall alongside astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield. They've picked up several awards for their work including "Producer's Pick" at Toronto Sketchfest, "Patron's Pick" at the Toronto Fringe Festival and "Best Comedy Duo" at the LA Comedy Festival. Templeton and Phillips are the hosts of the Audible's eavesdropping-inspired original series, "None Of Our Business."

templetonphilharmonic.com

Templeton on Twitter

Dog Shirt

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:00:39 -0000

Dog Shirt is a comedy group made up of James Bedggood, Zach Berge and Noah Maloney making the best worst stuff they can. From musicals to animation, they can be seen performing some wild stuff all over, especially at Comedy Bar in Toronto every 2nd Monday of the month at their variety show. You can also see loads of content on their youtube channels under the same name. Nice!

Dog Shirt on Youtube

Tricia Black

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:29:55 -0000

Originally from the east coast, studied sketch, improvisation and musical improvisation at The Second City Training Center in Toronto and Chicago, as well as iO Chicago.

Tricia is the Artistic Producer of the award winning theatre company, Tweed & Company Theatre, where she has written and composed several new Canadian musical works. Tricia can be seen currently as a member of the ensemble in The Second City Theatrical, “She The People”.

Tricia's Second City Profile

Lance Byrd

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 05:00:26 -0000

Lance Byrd is a comedian living and performing in Toronto. He is a graduate of the Humber Comedy Program, the Second City's Conservatory, a member of award-winning sketch troupe, The Weaker Vessels (Patron's Pick - Toronto Fringe 2015), a founding member of improv powerhouse Three Speed and a former performer with the Second City's House Company. His television credits include "Giving You The Business" (Food Network). Lance can be seen performing at the Social Capital Theater any given Monday or Friday, and performs around Toronto regularly.

Lance at Second City

Dan Beirne

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 05:00:03 -0000

Born in Ottawa, Canada, Dan Beirne has made a name for himself as an actor and a writer. He has been involved in a variety of projects, including The Bitter End, The Trotsky, Dad Drives, Space Riders: Division Earth and On the Road. In addition, he’s the recipient of several awards, including the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Multimedia/Best Writing in a TV or Web Series and the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Program or Series Produced by Digital Media. He was also nominated for the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Performance in a Web Series. Recently, Dan joined the cast of FX’s Fargo.

Dan on Twitter

Dan on IMDB

Sketch Comedy Film Festival

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:03:22 -0000

Tyler Morgan is a Winnipeg born, Toronto living comedian with over 7 years of sketch comedy experience. He studied comedy at Humber's Comedy Writing and Performance Programme and Toronto's Second City. He currently makes comedic short films with his sketch troupe Live Dudes. He is very happy to be bringing this festival to life and celebrating the production of sketch comedy.

Linda Taillon is a Toronto improvisor and performs regularly with her troupes the Drop-outs and Throwing Tiaras. She is a graduate of the Second City Toronto shortform and longform programmes and the Assembly longform improv collective and is currently in the writing programme at Second City Toronto. She studied Cinema at the University of Toronto and McMaster University.

Film Festival on Facebook

Linda on Twitter

livedudescomedy.com

Death Riffs

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 05:00:31 -0000

Death Riffs is a Canadian born and bred sketch troupe comprising of one Luke Rainbird, Sam Pichonsky, Joey Thompsongriffin, and Taylor Templeton-Smith. The troupe came together in their first year at Humber College’s Comedy Writing and Performance program, and since then have been taking the comedy scene in a very quiet, organized revolution. The Troupe performs consistently at Comedy Bar and it’s members at Yuk Yuks.

“Yeah, it’s smart.” -Bruce Pirrie, on something they wrote.

Death Riffs on Facebook

Death Ray Cabaret

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 04:00:31 -0000

DEATH RAY CABARET is the musical comedy show from Toronto Second City veterans Jordan Armstrong and Kevin Matviw. DRC’s surreal character monologues and original songs are the funniest thing since sliced bread!

deathraycabaret.com

DEATH RAY CABARET on Twitter

Lady Pants

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:00:44 -0000

Lady Pants is an all female-identifying independent improv troupe. Since their inception in early 2017, they have brought their high energy performances to stages all across Toronto. Follow them on Instagram @officialladypants or find them on Facebook to see what they’re up to next!

Ladypants on Facebook

Matt McCready

Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:00:22 -0000

Matt McCready has been writing and performing sketch and improv comedy in Toronto since 2007. He’s the creator and producer of The Social Capital Theatre’s flagship long form show ‘$15 Beer Beer Comedy Show‘, as well as ‘The World’s Biggest Improv Tournament’ and ‘The 24 Hour Sketch Challenge’.

Matt is a former member of the acclaimed sketch troupe The Weaker Vessels, which won patron’s pick at the Toronto Fringe Festival for their revue ‘Public Displays of Narcissism’. He was also the founder of the weekly sketch shows ‘Fridurday Sketch Live’. He’s written two plays for the Toronto Fringe Festival; William Shakespeare’s Beauty and the Beast (King James Edition) and Eternal Friendship of the Spotless Mind, which also won the patron’s pick.

Matt at Social Capital

Kyle Dooley

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:00:59 -0000

Kyle Dooley got his comedy chops in Halifax Nova Scotia, co-founding the multiple Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe Picnicface. After touring the country with live shows Picnicface got it’s own TV show on the Comedy network, all 13 episodes are now available on CraveTV. As a writer Kyle has contributed sketch comedy to TripTank (Comedy Central), The Irrelevant Show (CBC Radio 1) and four MainStage Revues at Second City Toronto. Kyle also writes for children’s animation including Winston Steinberger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong (eOne, Teletoon) Counterfeit Cat (Tricon, Disney XD) and the upcoming series Cupcake & Dinosaur (eOne, Netflix).

Kyle on Twitter

Kyle's IMDB

Freak N Da Beatz

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 04:00:06 -0000

Freak ‘N Da Beatz is a sketch troupe comprised of Humber Comedy graduates that came together in 2017. Joined by their love of sketch, the trio also performs stand-up when they aren’t being soooo freaky in da beats. The troupe consists of comedians Chili Davidson, Isabella Campbell, and Neema Nazeri, all of which have been active presences in the Toronto comedy community for nearing three years now. Each member of Freak 'N Da Beatz has their own unique comedic style that not only contrasts one another's but exceptionally compliments as well. Though relatively new to the scene, they have taken Toronto by storm with their unique and refreshing take on sketch comedy.

Neema on Twitter

Chili on Facebook

Turbo Gulp

Tue, 25 Sep 2018 04:00:10 -0000

In a time when people demand better, faster, fresher, and more stimulating original digital content, Turbo Gulp meets and exceeds that demand by pumping out first-class, cross-platform content to be guzzled by a global audience.

Turbo Gulp collaborates with top creators with one goal in mind: to quench your thirst for excellent content. Because content is king, and Turbo Gulp only serves the king. So we implore you to take a swig of our prime digital content beamed directly to all digital devices, social media channels, and news feeds.

We Are Turbo Gulp Trailer on Youtube

Herbeaver

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:00:21 -0000

Herbeaver is new on the Toronto comedy scene, as of April 2017, with their monthly show, Bush Party, in the Comedy Bar Main Space. Katie, Heather, and Mallory all graduated from the University of Windsor with their BFA’s in Acting. When that didn’t work out, they high-tailed it to comedy! The members of Herbeaver have trained with the likes of Second City, Process Theatre, Rooney Actor’s Workshop, and Baroness Von Sketch writer, Dawn Whitwell. They use their strong writing chops to produce and perform an hour of new material every month, along with performing guest spots at various comedy venues in Toronto. Recently, Herbeaver has collaborated with the Humber College film program to produce a series of filmed sketches, as well as a documentary about their writing and performing experience, being released in 2018.

Though, new to the Toronto comedy scene, Herbeaver has obtained a large following over the last several months and are eager to continue building up their audience and reputation as four funny, fearless women.

Herbeaver at Comedy Bar

Herbeaver on Twitter

Andrew Clark

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 04:00:27 -0000

Andrew Clark is an award-winning writer and humourist and the director of the Humber College Comedy Program in Toronto.

Since 2009 he has written the very popular Road Sage humour column in the Globe and Mail. With over 300,000 readers each week in print, the Globe Drive website also attracts 250,000 visitors a month. Clark’s Road Sage, one of the Globe’s most popular columns, averages 15,000 page views per week. Clark’s readers are loyal and he stays in contact with his readership through social media.

Clark has written two books. His most recent, A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle was nominated for three national literary awards, among them the Governor General’s Award for Literary Non-fiction. His first book, the critically acclaimed Stand and Deliver: Inside Canadian Comedy, was a history of the Canadian comedy industry.

An experienced journalist, he has been managing editor of The Walrus Magazine and a senior writer at Maclean’s Magazine. He won a Gold Medal at the National Magazine Awards and is a regular contributor to numerous publications. He has recently written for The New York Times Magazine and the Globe and Mail Style advisor section.

Andrew Clark on Globe and Mail

andrewclark.ca

Tall Boyz ii Men

Tue, 04 Sep 2018 04:00:48 -0000

Tallboyz II Men is a diverse group of comedians being diverse diversely. The troupe is made up of Tim Blair, Vance Banzo, Franco Nguyen and Guled Abdi. The troupe was formed after they met each other performing in the Toronto stand-up comedy scene, and agreed to combine forces for the greater good. Collectively some of their credits include JFL42, Comedy Brawl, CBC Radio, NOW Magazine and The Colin Mochrie Improvisation Award. In addition, some of the members have been a part of The Humber College Comedy Program, Second City’s Bob Curry Fellowship, The Bad Dog Theatre Featured Players, and FUSION 2.0 Sketch Comedy. Come laugh and cry with Tallboyz II Men!

Tallboyz on ComedyCountry.com

Tallboyz on Twitter

Jeff Paul

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 04:00:50 -0000

Jeff Paul brings a care free, no holds barred attitude, and razor sharp wit to every stage he performs on. No topic is off limits and his unmistakable charm has allowed him to push the limits of comedy for years, making him one of the country’s favourite comedians.? Jeff’s act, based on his life observations, results in raw, often embarrassing stories of failed relationships, his physical appearance and drug and alcohol use will keep you laughing from start to finish.? In addition to being a Yuk Yuk’s regular, Jeff was selected for New Faces at JFL42 in Toronto, accepted to the Sudbury Comedy Festival (2016, 2017), headlined the Cottage Country Comedy Festival, was chosen twice to showcase for COCA, has been featured twice in the NXNE Festival and can be seen hosting his weekly Dope N’ Mic show at Toronto’s famed Underground Comedy Club. He also founded the Icebreakers Comedy Festival in his hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Check out Jeff's Podcast The Potato Files

jeffpaulcomedy.com

Oliver Georgiou

Tue, 21 Aug 2018 04:00:13 -0000

Oliver is an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles. He's the founder & producer of the unscripted theatre company SODA School Of Dramatic Acting, an alumnus of Second City Toronto House Co, and can be found on iTunes in Caverns & Comedians, which won Best Gaming Podcast at PodCamp 2018.

Oliver on Twitter

Oliver on IMDb

Hana Holubec

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:00:24 -0000

Hana is a comedic film, tv and stage performer born and raised in Toronto. She performs in numerous shows across the city and can be seen on That Friday Show, $15 Beer Beer Show, Harold Night, Sixty in Sixty, and as Luna Lovegood on Potterprov. She is one half of the improv duo 'Ok Bye!' and looking to cause drama with a new partner for 'Ok Hi!'. She is currently in the Second City Conservatory program and is confidently writing her screenplay in coffee shops across Parkdale. Hana is also part of the newly devised clown theatre, Sweet Action, and looks forward to continuously making silly things on and off stage.

hanaholubec.com

Notorious

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 04:00:59 -0000

NOTORIOUS is Canada’s premiere hip hop comedy act. Since 2013, top comedians/rappers have joined forces across the country to create dope rhymes and hilarious jokes all in the same breath. They’ve performed with some of Canada’s top comedians like Ashley Botting, Kevin Vidal, Colin Mochrie and many more. In 2018 they released their debut rap comedy album Overnight Success ii, which features the hit single Tinder on the Toilet. Come find out what all the hype is about at www.notimprov.com

Notorious on Twitter

Colin Mochrie

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 04:00:18 -0000

Colin Mochrie is a Canadian improv comedy legend. Colin is best known for England's Whose Line Is It Anyways?, where he made his first appearance around 1990. The show has been rebooted for a third time, currently on CW staring along cast members such as Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady.

Colin on Twitter

colinmochrie.com

Low Rise Queens

Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:00:04 -0000

The Low Rise Queens are a Toronto based sketch and musical comedy troupe comprised of Anna Smith (A Tribe Called Sketch), Erica Gellert (The Sketchersons/Sunday Night Live, Tom & Erica) and Rachel McLatchie (Hottest Girl in School, Politically Correctional Officers). LRQ met at Humber College’s Comedy Writing and Performance Program and have been friends for 4 years now! Since then, troupe members have performed at such festivals like Toronto Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Fundy Fringe and The North Carolina Comedy Festival.

Low Rise Queens on Facebook

Maddox Campbell

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 04:15:46 -0000

Maddox Campbell is an actor, writer, comedian, and producer based out of Toronto, originally from New Brunswick. He performs and produces live comedy throughout Toronto and has appeared in Independent films (Quitter), web series (Wheelhouse), as well as some commercials (Metric) and small parts on television (Man Seeking Woman). He is the creative director of Kicks and Giggles Entertainment which produces the live shows Perfect Match and The Resistance: Improvised, as well as the podcasts Caverns and Comedians and Break A Wish. He hopes that this list of mild accomplishments has convinced you to like him and that you will be his friend now.

Maddox on Twitter

kicksandgigglesentertainment.com

Peter Stevens

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:03:26 -0000

Peter is a handsome writer, director, improvisor, comedian, and teacher. He has worked for The Second City, Canadian Improv Games, and TIFF. He does not work at being handsome. He just "has it". Recently, he was awarded a 2014 Canadian Comedy Award for "Bee Circus" on CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show.

Peter on Twitter

peterstevensonline.com

Brandon Hackett

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:00:01 -0000

Brandon is an alumnus of the Second City National Touring Company, the award-winning sketch collective The Sketchersons, and the Bob Curry Fellowship, through which he was selected to showcase in Chicago at the NBCUniversal & Second City Breakout Comedy Festival. Brandon’s TV credits include: writing and performing on This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC), and appearing on Odd Squad (PBS) and The Other Kingdom (DHX, Nickelodeon). You may have even heard him once or twice on CBC Radio’s Because News. In 2015 Brandon was named one of the Toronto Star’s “Entertainment Rookies of the Year.”

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Instagram

Marcel St. Pierre

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 04:18:20 -0000

A New Brunswicker of Acadian extract, Marcel St. Pierre is now a Toronto-based actor, improvisor, comedian, author, writer and producer. Both of his books of short humorous fiction, cliché and wind go hitchiking and Vengeful Hank & Other Shortweird Stories were number one best-sellers on Amazon in their category. A sometimes familiar face on commercials and television, Marcel has also performed with sketch and improv groups like The Second City National Touring Company (Toronto), Canadian Comedy-Award winning Monkey Toast, and The Stand-Ins. He’s a multiple BDA/Promax advertising award-winner for his work as an on-air promo writer and producer. He and his work have appeared on The Comedy Network, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, Teletoon, Treehouse TV, YTV and more. He was also part of the Canadian Screen Award (Gemini) winning team that produced CBC Television‘s The Morgan Waters Show. (Best Youth Program, 2007). He is the creator, producer, director and appears on two sketch comedy albums with Shortweird Radio and is a founding member and former Artistic Director of The Bad Dog Theatre Company. Producer of live comedy shows in Toronto, you can also catch him performing improv and stand-up at places like The Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, The Social Capital, Comedy Bar and points in between, solo or with with his improv supergroup The Coincidence Men.

Marcel Twitter

shortweird.com

Dumpster Kids

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:00:23 -0000

Dumpster Kids is a sketch duo made up of two millennials, Erika Ehler and Becca Zwick. Their content tends to veer into the realm of current social issues, with their sketches often bordering on the surreal, while still being grounded in reality. They focus more on zany situations than zany characters, and overall have a more dry sense of humour.

Dumpster Kids Facebook

Hunter Collins Two

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:00:11 -0000

Hunter Collins is North America's foremost nincompoop comedian. Some call him an "International Television Juggernaut" and others as "The King of Modesty", but most know him as that man who keeps asking them for the rest of their food.

Originally from Montreal, this bilingual performer has graced the stage at countless illegal baby-fighting rings and festivals, including JFL42, The Halifax Comedy Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Icebreakers Comedy Festival. In addition to hosting the 18th annual Canadian Comedy Awards, Hunter has sexed it up big-time on MuchMusic's hit syndicated show Video On Trial and in a surprising amount of rural bus stations.

Hunter is a graduate of the Comedy Writing & Performance program at Humber College, where he won the Mike Myers Award, which is given to the graduate who achieves the highest levels of performance and professionalism. He has also taken home a Canadian Film Festival People's Choice Award and plans to one day win some sort of award that has to do with ripping farts that sound like words.

He is happily married to 30 Mormon ladies and has 96 biological children. Download Hunter’s uproarious sketch comedy albums "Nincompoop", and “Nincom2oop” as well as his stand-up EPs "Quénadian" and “Live From New York Comedy Club” wherever you crazy kids get your music these days.

Hunter Collins Twitter

huntercollinscomedy.com

Nincom2oop on iTunes

Fck Girls

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 05:51:43 -0000

Fuckboy definition from urban dictionary:

“Asshole boy who is into strictly sexual relationships; he will lead a girl on and let her down”

Tired of Netflix and chill, two friends in their mid-20s, ANA-MARIJA and JORDANNE, decide to take the carnage that is their dating lives into their own hands; to give the guys they date a taste of their own medicine. In a dating landscape where it always seems to be about competing to see who cares less, the two girls are the farthest thing from cool. They decide to change all this by becoming the stone-cold “Fuckgirls” they think they need to be to survive. Turns out it’s hard to do when you’re compassionate human beings with your own dating hang-ups. A tale of friendship and self-discovery.

Fck Girls Twitter

Fck Girls Instagram

Jon Blair

Tue, 29 May 2018 04:00:10 -0000

Jon is a seasoned sketch and monologue performer best known for 5 years in The Sketchersons, 2 of which he spent as the troupe’s head writer. Jon wrote on four seasons of the CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes and made numerous on camera appearances – for that show Jon won a Canadian Comedy Award and was nominated for two WGC Awards and a Canadian Screen Award. In addition to touring last summer as a cast member in Sex T-Rex’s award-winning show “Swordplay”, Jon has also toured hsi own solo revue “I’m Only One Man,” As a solo sketch comedian Jon has been a repeat performer at JFL 42, Halifax Pop Explosion and NXNE, Jon is the host of the monthly variety show “Jonsday”, and the recipient of the prestigious Bag of Beer Award for best Newcomer at the 2016 Montreal Sketchfest (an award presumably named after his own body)

Jon Blair Twitter

Jon Blair clippings

Dame Judy Dench

Tue, 22 May 2018 04:00:12 -0000

The five members of Dame Judy Dench have been working together since 2012, each with a different performance background, giving the ensemble a distinctive voice. The Canadian Comedy Award nominated troupe takes on serious subject matter in the most absurd ways. Physical comedy is paired with dry wit as they test the boundaries of sex, existentialism, feminism, breakups, death and disaster. Their sketches navigate the strange and mundane, all while they try to be grownups.

Dame Judy Dench on Facebook

Dame Judy Dench on Twitter

Dan Galea

Tue, 15 May 2018 04:00:53 -0000

DAN GALEA is a Toronto Based Comedian who hosts and produces a Variety/Talk Show at The Rec Room in Toronto called The DG Special Live!. He has done shows in Montreal, LA, New York and Vancouver. He has worked with some of the top names in Canadian and American Comedy Including Don Ferguson, Judah Freidlander, Will Sasso, The Kids in The Hall and many more. Dan Started off at the Humber School of comedy where he was voted funniest over-all by his peers. He was a founding member of The Sketchersons, Founder/producer/Head writer of the The Boom which had 4 years of sold out shows at the Supermarket in Kensington Market. Now Dan is currently the producer and creator of Primo. He’s been on tv too, on shows like Much Music’s Video On Trial, CBC/Comedy Central's Crawford, Cocktails, Rookie Blue, Cock’d Gunns, Comedy Bar (The Show) and Pure Pwnage!

Dan Galea's website

@TheRealDanGalea

Dirtbag Cousin

Tue, 08 May 2018 04:00:34 -0000

Dirtbag Cousin (Austen Alexander and Will French) met while studying at the Humber Comedy Writing and Performance program.

Austen Alexander is a working actor and filmmaker. He has starred in feature films (The Customer) and national television commercials (CIBC, Hershey’s, Under Armour, Starbucks). His film and broadcast television background gives his concept of comedy a unique approach.

Will French is a stand up comedian who has performed at venues such as the Rivoli, the Stirling Festival Theatre, Factory Theatre, Comedy Bar, and various strip-mall sports bars across southern Ontario. His comedy has been featured on Sirius XM’s Canada Laughs and he was the 2016 Recipient of the Mark Breslin Award for Stand Up Comedy through Humber College. After the Humber College Industry Show the two recognized a mutual sense of humour between them despite their very different areas of expertise. They decided that they wanted to perform together regularly but they wanted a more simplified and stripped down sketch style suited more to seeing characters in critical moments, and a high ratio of laughs per minute. Catch them monthly at the Dirtbag Cousin Sketch Duo Show out of Toronto’s legendary Comedy Bar.

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Anne McMaster

Tue, 01 May 2018 04:00:34 -0000

Anne is a comedian, writer and teacher and has performed with companies across Canada and in the UAE including On The Spot Improv in Montreal, The Improv Guild in Calgary and The Courtyard Playhouse in Dubai. She can currently be found teaching, producing, and performing improv and sketch comedy across Toronto. Anne is a graduate of the Second City’s Conservatory Program and has trained with Keith Johnstone in Calgary, The Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade in New York. Anne produces and hosts Toronto’s “Date Night Comedy: Totally Worth a Babysitter” (a NOW Magazine’s Critic’s Pick). Anne particularly loves working with youth & teens and has taught improv, TheatreSports and sketch comedy in Calgary, Abu Dhabi and Bolton. Most recently she directed The Country Day’s School’s first sketch comedy revue. She is a mom and highly skilled at stepping on Lego.

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Tony Ho

Tue, 24 Apr 2018 04:00:06 -0000

Tony Ho are Toronto's dark comedy darlings. Their disturbing, compelling and hilarious approach to sketch has made them one of the most prominent comedy groups in the country. They are four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominees, have been showcased at the San Francisco and Toronto Sketchfests as well as JFL42 and NXNE. Their award-winning film work has been featured on Funny or Die, VICE, MuchMusic, Ain't It Cool News and at the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival.

TonyHo.com

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The Two Sues

Tue, 17 Apr 2018 04:00:34 -0000

The Two Sues quit their jobs as administrative assistances and set out on a journey of following their shared dream - of inspiring the world to quit their jobs and follow their dreams too! Through storytelling, personal experiences, music, mime, and a touch of cray-cray. The Two Sues will have you writing your resignation on a napkin before the show is over!

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Success 5000

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 04:00:35 -0000

Success 5000 is an Edmonton-based duo specializing in musical comedy. They have headlined every stand-up night in Edmonton, toured the country, performed on CBC’s The Irrelevant Show, and been featured in comedy festivals such as Vancouver Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, Philly Sketchfest, Seattle Sketchfest, Sled Island and Improvaganza. They have released two full-length comedy albums: a studio recording entitled Laughcore, and a live album, We’ll Fix It In Post, recorded at the Sewing Machine Factory in Edmonton. Self-described as “musical comedy that doesn’t suck,” their songs blend absurd humour with biting cynicism. Reviews have praised their show for its “self-depreciating, nihilistic, and sarcastic humour that’s both current and genuinely hilarious.”

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VoF Live with Making Box Brigade

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:00:34 -0000

The Making-Box Brigade is Guelph, Ontario’s own professional improv and sketch ensemble. Made up of fiercely funny friends, this troupe has a solid foundation in comedy and friendship. Together, they headline at Guelph’s premier Comedy Theatre and Training Centre for sold out audiences every Friday night. They’re also festival Darlings at Hillside and the Guelph Comedy Festival. It’s probably because they’re perfected the “cinnamon roll hug.”

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VoF Live with Good Morning Apocalypse

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 06:47:44 -0000

Good Morning Apocalypse is a sketch comedy collective from Midland and Penetanguishene. Founded in 2015, they have produced sketch and improv shows across Ontario, (Coal Patrol, Toronto Sketchfest 2017, Toronto Fringe 2017 (selected as Patron’s Pick)) as well as radio plays, (“Silent Heist”) murder mysteries, (“Murder at the Seven Sins”) and web shorts, such as their recently completed short “The Beast,” which was awarded “Best Acting Ensemble” in the 72 Hour Horror Film Race hosted by filmracing.com. Most recently their film short film “Spoons” was selected as one of the top 16 in the world for the 48 Hour Film Project and will be screened in LA at the Director’s Guild of America in March. Most recently their Christmas comedy revue “Coal Patrol” was staged at the Midland Cultural Centre, hot on the heels of receiving the Culture Midland Award in the category of “Emerging Talent” for 2017. They are currently working on a Valentine’s Day Revue, entitled “Bad Dates” that will be staged at the Midland Cultural Centre on Feb. 14.

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Reid Brackenbury

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 04:00:38 -0000

Reid Stuart Gordon Brackenbury was born and raised in London, Ontario. He moved to Toronto at age 18 and enrolled in the Humber Comedy: Writing and Performance program. It was there he joined the sketch troupe Vest of Friends. He performed with them for over six years. They received high praise and won the Best of the Fest Award in Toronto and Montreal. He also produced and wrote a play that lost over 900 dollars and performed a failed one-man show involving Pokémon.

Reid recently moved to Los Angeles for the weather, babes, and hunks. He completed the UCB Sketch & Improv program and performs stand-up regularly. Just last week he recently got funny...so you’re all screwed now!

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The Flat Earth

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:00:47 -0000

The Flat Earth are Philly Improv Theater’s most senior sketch comedy team, pillars of Philadelphia’s flourishing comedy scene, and fan favorites of comedy festival audiences and fellow performers all across North America. The Flat Earth was awarded the Best New Troupe of the 2016 Montréal Sketchfest and runner-up for the Producer’s Pick of the 2016 Toronto Sketchfest.

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Craig Lauzon

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 05:00:37 -0000

Craig Lauzon is well known to television audiences as a comedic actor on AIR FARCE. He made his first appearance on AIR FARCE in October 2002, and became a regular in September 2004. His send-ups of Canadian political figures and cultural icons are spot-on and hilarious. Some of his most memorable characters have included Donald Trump, Stephen Harper and George Stroumboulopoulos.

Other television credits include The Guilt Free Zone, Fool Canada, The Ron James Show, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and several voices on the animated series Beyblade and feature Beyblade: The Movie.

Other recent stage credits include: Where the Blood Mixes (Theatre Aquarius), Thunderstick (Native Earth Performing Arts), King Lear (National Arts Centre) and Trudeau and Levesque (VideoCabaret).

Craig entered the alternative sketch comedy scene in 1996. In 1999, he was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Award, and latched onto a regular role on The Comedy Network's Chez Carla. Next, he co-wrote and starred in "The Chick and Cubby Comedy Hour," a Canadian Comedy Award nominee for Best New Play. He also received a Canadian Comedy Award-nomination for his own one-hour TV special, Ham I Am, for The Comedy Network. Craig is a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe Tonto's Nephews with Native-Canadian roots. Originally from Ottawa, Craig is of Ojibway descent. He is now based in Toronto.

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Ape Island

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 05:27:31 -0000

Ape Island is made up of three silly ‘80s babies, Adam McNamara, Léa Rondot and Guy Bradford. They hail from Toronto, Canada with hopes to delight you with their sometimes screwy and always joyful style of humour inspired by pop-culture of their youth. Come for the Apes, stay for the Comedy!!

Ape Island on Twitter

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Ape Island featuring in the Toronto Sketchfest

Tuques of Hazard

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 05:05:36 -0000

Tuques of Hazard is a Toronto based Sketch comedy duo. Kyle Andrews and Colin North met at Humber College in 2011 and officially founded the Tuques of Hazard shortly thereafter. Ever since then, they have been an unstoppable force of… well no one is quite sure what they are. They have mostly been described as ‘High concept sketches; Low intelligence execution’ and that seems to be pretty accurate so far.

Tuques of Hazard on Youtube

Mark Little

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:05:14 -0000

Mark Little is one of the founders of the sketch comedy group Picnicface and plays Simon Hunt on CBC's Mr. D. He is a regular performer at the Just For Laughs festival, was named one of Variety’s 10 Comics To Watch for 2013 and made his American television debut on Conan in 2016. Mark has won Canada's two most prestigious stand-up comedy competitions, the Yuk Yuk's Laugh Off and the JFL Homegrown Competition, and in 2012 he co-wrote and starred in the feature film Roller Town. Mark can be heard voicing “Dino” in the upcoming Netflix animated series Cupcake & Dino: General Services. Mark’s own cartoon, Gary & His Demons, will premiere on Vrv later this year.

Mark Little's Yuk Yuks Laugh Off Set

Mark Little on imdb

Mark Little's Wikipedia

Super Cool Oh Yes

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 05:00:20 -0000

Super Cool Oh Yes is sketch group made up of mostly York Theater grads and 1 other guy. They are known for their cult-hit, basement show, the Spaghetti Variety Show at Kensington Hall, a bizarre feast of surrealist mayhem.

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Nigel Downer

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:00:56 -0000

Nigel wrote and performed in four critically acclaimed mainstage revues at The Second City, including Dream Really Do Come True (and Other Lies) and The Meme’ing of Life. Nigel was assistant director to The Second City’s 2016 smash hit, Come What Mayhem! and the sold-out run of the 2017 Toronto Fringe show Not Oasis Presents: Alone In This Together. Nigel can be seen on Make It Pop! (Nickelodeon) and Baroness von Sketch Show (CBC); on the web in Body Buds (CBC Comedy) and My 90-Year-Old Roommate (CBC Comedy); and in numerous commercials for companies like Winners to Tim Hortons. Nigel is an improviser, teacher, director, and host, performing in shows and festivals across North America and the UK.

Nigel on Twitter

Flirty Boys

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:01:00 -0000

Ali Wylie and Alessandra Vite of The Flirty Boys are two of four very flirty grown women with sketch in their blood. With resumés that include The Sketchersons, Second City Mainstage, and Ladystache, they will charm you onstage and off with their fast-paced, smart, and silly jokes. They are: Alessandra Vite, Alexandra Wylie, Allison Hogg and Ann Pornel.

The Flirty Boys

Alessandra Vite on Twitter

Ali Wylie on Twitter

Gregory Cochrane

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 05:01:00 -0000

Gregory Cochrane is a Toronto-based actor, writer, and musician. He has performed stand-up comedy at Just For Laughs in Montreal and taped a Comedy Now! special for CTV. He is an alumni of the Second City National Touring Company and currently writing for 22 Minutes on CBC Television.

Gregory Cochrane on Twitter

Spooked

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 05:05:36 -0000

Spooked Podcast is made up of 4 of the most unqualified improvisers in Canada. Cody Crain, Damien Doepping, Colin Morey and Kjartan Hewitt host as more talented guests round out each episode. Each story is bound to leave you wanting more...from them.

It's the improvised scary story podcast where it's never scary and sometimes a story.

Spooked on The Sonar Network

Alex Kolanko

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 05:01:00 -0000

Alex Kolanko is a comedian and improvisor in Toronto Canada. As part of the improv team Fake Cops they created the show The Disaster to have a space to make unusual comedy. He is also a member of The Sketchersons and performs with them every Sunday. He tries to be funny but doesn't always hit the mark.

Fake Cops on Twitter

Alex on Instagram

Cheap Smokes

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 05:00:52 -0000

Cheap Smokes is made up of Laura and Kaitlin.

Laura was born and raised in a very small town called Thamesford Ontario where "cow poop bingo" was an annual thing (seriously). She has been apart of the comedy duo Cheap Smokes for six years. Laura has been on MTV's losing it, Prank Science, Ghostly Encounters, and hosted Swap Shop on Rogers television. She has recently booked the lead in a feature film, Hate Horses.

Kaitlin is a writer, director, and chocolate eater from Pembroke, Ontario (a town known for it's murals and retirement homes). She's been apart of the Canadian comedy award winning sketch troupe “The Sketchersons." And is the other half of the lady comedy duo "Cheap Smokes" where she has found any excuse to play goblin characters, consequently attracting many hot boys.

Cheap Smokes featured by The Trailer Park Boys

Cheap Smokes debut album

Kaitlin on Twitter

Laura on Twitter

Freddie Rivas

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 05:00:39 -0000

Freddie Rivas is a comedian and puppeteer from Toronto. Performing in festivals across Canada and the United States like JFL42, Spur, Field Trip, NXNE among others, Freddie has worked with some of the best in puppetry and comedy alike. His live show Rapp Battlez won a 2013 Canadian Comedy Award for best live show.

Confederacy of Dunks on Talkhole

Freddie on Twitter

Toronto Make Me Laughs

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 05:00:37 -0000

The Toronto Make Me Laughs are a political song parody sketch collective. Their performance is a high energy song and dance act consisting of a super-medley of songs parodied with a political twist. Whether you're into alt-comedy, sketch, improv, or it's your first time seeing comedy, there is something for everyone!

Toronto Make Me Laughs on Facebook

Sketchfest Showcase

Colin Sharpe

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 05:15:12 -0000

Colin Sharpe is a graduate of the Second City Conservatory and York University Creative Writing programs. He is a founding member of the Cream of Comedy nominated troupe, The Weaker Vessels, winners of the Patron’s Pick award at Toronto Fringe 2015. In 2017, Colin wrote and performed in the Toronto Fringe hit, Murder in the Cottonwoods (Best Ensemble/Now Magazine). Colin was also a featured performer at the Just For Laughs 42: New Faces showcase in 2016. You can see Colin on the comedy circuit every Friday on The Social Capital Theatre house team, Toronto’s Best, and on Sundays at the Comedy Bar as a member of the award winning troupe, The Sketchersons, on Sunday Night Live!

Social Capital Theatre

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Boys Club

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:00:04 -0000

Boys Club! is a unique narrative driven sketch experience that flirts with absurdity. Sort of like a comedic fever dream that you may never wake up from.

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Marty Topps

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 05:05:39 -0000

Marty Topps is an award winning musical comedian from Toronto. Known for his synth heavy tunes, keytar solos and high energy live show, Marty has been wowing audiences nation wide through his catchy anthems about his failed marriage, favourite shirts, love of Jeeps and more. Marty's also an active member of Laugh Sabbath, co-hosting the first Thursday of every month with fellow comedian Tim Gilbert. With five albums under his belt, videos featured on the Funny or Die front page and two Canadian Comedy Award nominations it's Marty's live show that's earned him his reputation as a must-see act for comedy fans and comedians alike.

Nice Guys

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:00:56 -0000

Michael Mongiardi (Cast Member) Michael Mongiardi is a member of Assembly House team Jibber Jabbar, and is the improv coach for Improv League Champions Grim Diesel. He’s also one half of the lauded sketch troupe 2 Humans, recently voted 1st runner up for Now Magazine’s Best Sketch Troupe. He has toured across North America performing sketch and improv comedy and his improv duo Greasy Pizza Kisses were finalists in World’s Biggest Improv Competition for 2016 and 2017.

John Richardson (Cast Member) John Richardson is a member of The Second City longform alumni team Jibber Jabbar, the sketch troupe That’s So Whatever, and a cast member of the weekly Toronto sketch show Fridurday Sketch Live. He has travelled across the country performing improv and sketch comedy, is a regular cast member of the fan favourite monthly improv shows Gilmore GirlProv and Double Oh, and teaches improv comedy at The Social Capital Theatre.

That's How I Remember It is a hit Toronto podcast where The Nice Guys take an audience-suggested movie, and turn into a fully-improvised radio-play, complete with sound effects and musical score.

That’s How I Remember It has been voted one of the top Toronto Podcasts in Toronto by blogTO, NOW magazine, Streetcar.ca, and The Comedy Network. They also put on their own monthly LIVE podcast show in Toronto and have performed their unique narrative format at comedy format at festivals around North America including Ottawa, Toronto, Detroit, Indianapolis, and New York. The podcast has become such a destination for Canadian Comedians, that they’ve attracted top-tier local guests including Clare McConnel (Star Trek: Discovery), Mark Little (Picnicface, Mr. D), Tony Rosato (Saturday Night Live, SCTV), and Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?).

That's How I Remember It Podcast

Nice Guys on Twitter

Nice Guys on Instagram

Tom & Erica

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 05:00:09 -0000

Tom & Erica are an award winning sketch troupe from Toronto. They have played in the NC Comedy Arts Festival, 420Comedy Fest, Toronto & Montreal Sketchfest and most recently the Fundy Fringe Festival. They present a fully loaded, punched up, high octane sketches that will leave people excited for more. With habits of touching on the messier side of life, They enjoy taking the mishaps and screw ups and spinning them into a hilarious turn of events. When Tom & Erica aren't Tom & Erica'ing you can catch them each week in Sunday Night Live with the Sketchersons!

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Panacea

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 05:05:41 -0000

Panacea™ is a sketch comedy troupe that cures everything the world destroys.

They are: Marshall Lorenzo (The Sketchersons), Gillian Bartolucci (The Sketchersons), Allana Reoch (Second City), and Nicky Nasrallah (Songbuster).

@PanaceaComedy

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K. Trevor Wilson

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 04:00:57 -0000

K Trevor Wilson, the Man Mountain of Comedy has spent over 20 years in entertainment. A star from Crave TV’s award-winning Letterkenny, he’s also appeared on What Would Sal Do, Showcases’s Billable Hours, NBC’s Darcy’s Wildlife and A&E’s Breakout Kings.

As a stand up comedian he’s performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central’s Roast Battles and multiple times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal as well as the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and JFL 42.

His album, SexCop FirePenis reached the top of the iTunes Comedy Charts and was named Best Taped Live Performance at the 2016 Canadian Comedy Awards. An award-winning comedian, Wilson received the 2012 Irwin Barker Homegrown award at Just For Laughs, the 2014 and 2015 COCA Comedian of the Year and was named Canada’s Best Male Stand Up at the 2015 Canadian Comedy Awards.

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Ladies & Gentlemen

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 04:01:00 -0000

Ladies & Gentlemen are Chris Sandiford & Daniel Carin. An award-winning sketch/improv/stand-up duo who have performed at Just For Laughs, San Francisco Sketchfest, New Orleans' Hell Yes Fest, as well as sketch and improv festivals in Philadelphia, Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Seattle (where they won the Best Visiting Troupe award) and Montreal (winning the Best Local Troupe and the JFL Funniest Troupe award). As solo stand-ups, they've been taped for Kevin Hart's LOL Network, opened for Lil' Rey Howrey, Matt Braunger, Iliza Schlezinger and together hosted The Ladies & Gentlemen Comedy Show in Montreal, voted #1 comedy show by newspaper CultMTL two years in a row! This episode is brought to you by Humber College.

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Phil Moorhead

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Phil Moorhead is a Toronto-based comedian who has professional experience in sketch (The Sketchersons, Junkyard Dukes), animation writing (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Inspector Gadget), webseries acting (Terrific Women, PeopleWatching) and stand-up comedy).

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Also check out fellow troupe member Joel Buxton of The Junkyard Dukes!

L'il RasGALS

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 04:01:00 -0000

Together Chelsea Larkin and Susannah Kiernan form sketch duo L’il RasGALS, and one regular sized human (almost). Combined they have almost 30 years of improv and sketch comedy experience. Chelsea graduated from the Comedy Writing and Performance Program at Humber College, Second City Conservatory and Masters Class, and has trained and performed with Bad Dog theatre and Impatient Theatre Company. Susannah is also a Second City conservatory grad and former cast member of the Second City Sunday company the Bench, and has trained extensively and performed at the Groundlings (L.A.) and Upright Citizens Brigade (N.Y.). The L’il RasGALS have been performing regularly together as a duo all over Toronto for years, with highlights including Montreal and Toronto Sketchfests, the SheDot Festival and being nominated for Now’s Best Sketch Troupe.

Bryan O' Gorman

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Bryan O'Gorman is a professional weirdo who has headlined comedy shows all over the world in dozens of countries including England, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Australia, Romania, Serbia and the USA to name eight. This year he plans on playing in every country on earth, plus the moon (if the spaceship he's building works). Last year, Bryan's second album opened at number one on iTunes comedy charts and remained there for several hours. A live performer since childhood, this joke of a man honed his stand up skills in the legendary Toronto comedy scene and has refined them on stages throughout the galaxy. Catch him now before he dies in a feeble attempt to make it to the moon in a homemade rocket. Of his many credits, a few include being featured on MTV, Much Music, The Comedy Network, Sirius-XM Radio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival,The Melbourne Comedy Festival, National Lampoon Radio, JFL-42, the Montreaux comedy festival and the CBC.

Twitter: @BOG_416 Instagram Buy his album "The BOG LP" on iTunes

Chris Wilson

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:12:34 -0000

Chris Wilson is one half of 3-time Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch duo Peter n' Chris. Together they have contributed sketches to College Humour, CBC's The Irrelevant Show and are writers for the web comic White Ninja starring Paul Scheer. Chris can also be seen as a regular cast member on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce. Watch the short film Grocery Store Action Movie and get your butt to Cloud Comedy (a monthly stand up show he runs with comedian Jordan Cohen) at Jfl42 on Sept 28th.

Peter n' Chris on Twitter

Chris Wilson on Twitter

The Irrelevant Show

PeternChris.com

White Ninja

Grocery Store Action Movie

Fratwurst

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 05:58:50 -0000

Seven years of innovative sketch writing and teamwork have propelled Fratwurst to realize their greatest feat of hilarity: Dan's Inferno. After a resoundingly successful run of their 2014 "Choose Your Own Adventure," sketch show, You Detective (Toronto Fringe Festival), and regular festival dates in New York, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, Fratwurst has decided to break from sketch comedy to focus on the world of theatre by crafting their first original play.

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Soul Decision

Tue, 05 Sep 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Soul Decision is made up of Kevin Vidal and Christian Smith. They were recently named the "Best of the Fest" for the Toronto Sketch Comedy festival (2017) and performed in the "Best of the Fest" show in the Montreal Sketch Fest (2017). Christian is a Second City alumni of their House Company and understudies for their Touring Company. Kevin is an alumni of the Second City Mainstage in Toronto. You can catch him on CBC's Workin' Moms and Kim's Convenience. Both are actors and writers but most of all they're nice boys.

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Ned Petrie

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:37:28 -0000

Ned Petrie is a writer, actor, and 6-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee. Currently, he is a regular on the upcoming TV seriesBlindSighted (AMI / Breakthrough) and Gary & His Demons (Blue Ant Media). Ned was previously a writer and co-star on the animated series Night Sweats (Teletoon) and the creator of The Panel Show (CBC Radio). He has been featured at such live comedy festivals as Just For Laughs Toronto, Sketchfest NYC, NXNE, Chicago Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, and Toronto Sketchfest. You can check out his writing on The Beaverton, CBC Comedy and Twitter @NedPetrie.

TwoSon

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 04:01:00 -0000

TwoSon are tiny Canadians trained in sketch and improv through Toronto's Second City Training Centre and Bad Theatre Company. Devon Henderson and Jackie Twomey met in the Second City Writing Program where they bonded over their love of emotional distance and Shonda Rhimes television programs. They've been performing together ever since.

TwoSon has headlined SketchFest Seattle and performed at Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival, Montreal Sketchfest, SheDot Festival, and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, where this past year they won The Understudies' Memorial Award for Sketchiest Sketch Troupe.

TwoSon has performed improv at the Detroit Improv Festival, District Improv Festival, and the Vancouver International Improv Festival. Devon and Jackie were part of the 2016 International Ensemble at VIIF.

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Allie Price

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 05:29:22 -0000

Allison Price is a Canadian Comedy Award winning and Dora nominated actress and an alumni of the Second City, where she wrote and performed in four critically acclaimed Main Stage sketch revues. Recently for Second City, she performed alongside Sean Cullen and Patrick McKenna in Twist Your Dickens and with Colin Mochrie in the North American tour of The Second City Guide to the Symphony, which received it's US premier at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She is the co-creator and co-star of the unscripted web series Slumber Party with lifelong BFF Gwynne Phillips. As half of the award-winning sketch duo Haircut, Allison has performed in Chicago, Toronto and as a part of Just For Laughs. She is the star of the dark indie comedy Everything is Fine with Sandra and Jeremy and the screen adaptation of Miranda July's short story Roy Spivey You can catch her improvising as a regular cast member of Theatresports at The Bad Dog Theatre. For some of her dramatic work, look for the remount of the Fringe hit pool (no water), playing at The Citadel Theatre, September 27th - October 15th.

Palcoholics

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Palcoholics are Matt Nadeau and Aaron Peever, a couple neat best friends who use sketches to piss each other off on stage and give audiences a good time. A bit of sketch, a bit of Improv, kinda drunk, kinda funny!

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Ladystache

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 04:05:00 -0000

Ladystache is a sketch comedy duo from Toronto, consisting of Steph Tolev and Allison Hogg. They have traveled all across the world performing in festivals such as: Edinburgh Fringe Fest, San Fransisco Sketchfest, LA Comedy Fest and Montreal Sketchfest. They have a fast paced brand of comedy full of energy, physicality, bizarre characters and an occasional wolf hat. Their sketches twist, turn, offend and delight. Steph currently lives in Los Angeles, California. Allison lives in a two hundred year old house in Toronto that is most definitely haunted.

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Eric Toth

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 04:27:05 -0000

As a member of the sketch troupe the Imponderables, Eric was named by Variety Magazine as one of their top 10 comics to watch. His troupe appeared at the Just For Laughs Festival (Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal Gala Series on CBC), two Canadian Comedy Award Specials on the Comedy Network, and in the CBC special: Sketch with Kevin McDonald from the Kids in the Hall. They've played to sold-out houses in Toronto (Rivoli, Second City, Massey Hall), New York (UCB, PIT) L.A. (ACME, UCB), and Chicago (IO Theatre).

After writing and starring in an Imponderables’ pilot for MTV in the US, Eric began writing, producing and starring in the IPF funded, multiple award winning original series, Bill and Son’s Towing. From there, he’s gone on to write for the Ron James Show (CBC), Still Standing (CBC), Kim’s Convenience (CBC), Gaming Show in My Parent’s Garage (Disney/Family), Odd Squad (PBS, TVO), and two seasons of the Just For Laughs/CW Network Talk Show in an Elevator starring Nick Thune and Pete Holmes.

After turning his attention to directing, Eric has gone behind the lens to work on several episodes of the CMT sketch show Almost Genius, the multiple CCA Nominated Gaming Show in My Parent’s Garage for Family/Disney Channel/Netflix and his own CBC original comedy series he co-created with Pat Thornton called, My Kitchen Can Be Anything.

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The Imponderables

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Carson Pinch

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 04:40:29 -0000

Carson Pinch is a Toronto-based award-winning comedy writer and performer. Carson has performed all over North America and currently writes and performs a brand new show at Comedy Bar every week with Toronto comedy legacy troupe The Sketchersons (Sunday Night Live), who are now in their 13th year. Carson is also a writer and performer with the multiple award-winning sketch comedy troupe O DAT DUM.

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Live Dudes

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Live Dudes is a sketch comedy trio comprised of Tyler Morgan, Andrew Harris, and Cameron LaPrairie. They met through the Second City and have since gone on to perform improv, sketch and stand up all over North America. Bringing talent from all corners of the country, these boys ride the razor’s edge of controversy while maintaining their impish nature.

FB: @TheLiveDudes

Instagram: livedudescomedy

YouTube: Live Dudes

Joel Buxton

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 04:00:27 -0000

Joel Buxton has provided comedic writing for This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC) and Because News (CBC Radio 1). He writes for children’s animation, including Inspector Gadget (DHX) and Cupcake & Dinosaur (eOne). He has appeared on television shows such as The Beaverton (CTV) and CMT Select (CMT), and writes for Reader’s Digest, VICE, Frank ‘N Funny Greeting Cards, and CBC Comedy.

Joel has performed stand-up comedy at festivals such as JFL42, NxNE, and Field Trip Music Festival. He is an alumni of the award-winning sketch collective The Sketchersons, and also performs sketch with The Junkyard Dukes. Their self-titled album is available on iTunes. Joel recently assistant directed the Second City mainstage’s 79th revue, Everything is Great Again.

Joel is also a songwriter and musician with the group Brunswick Project. Their YouTube Channel “Animal Songs” has generated over two million views. Follow him on Twitter @JoelBuxton

Good Game

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:00:00 -0000

Good Game is a sketch and musical comedy trio from London Ontario. The group formed just over a decade ago when Nick Chenosky, David Horn & Craig Scorgie met in a high school drama class. What started as goofy sketches at school talent shows turned into Fringe festivals and comedy venues. They have a headliner series at Comedy Bar and are touring across Canada this year with their new sketch comedy revue “GUNG HO!”. Good Game was recently featured at the NYC Sketch Comedy Festival, and are annual favourites at Toronto's Sketch Comedy Festival. For all things Good Game, check them out at goodgamecomedy.com

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Allison Hogg

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:16:49 -0000

Allison Hogg is an actor, writer, and comedian. She is currently writing for the award-winning TV show This Hour Has 22 Minutes. She is a founding member of the sketch duo Ladystache, who were winners of the first ever SiriusXM sketch off and nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Troupe. She is currently the head writer for iconic Toronto sketch troupe The Sketchersons, who perform weekly in Sunday Night Live at the Comedy Bar. Allison is also a member of The Flirty Boys who have recently won the Now Magazine Audience Choice Award at The Toronto Sketchfest. She has performed in a number of festivals including JFL42, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, L.A Comedy Fest, NXNE, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, Montreal Sketchfest, Del Close Marathon at the UCB, Dirty South Improv Fest, Toronto International Improv Festival, and Toronto Sketchfest. She currently lives in a house in Toronto that looks like it belongs to a witch.

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Parker and Seville

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 04:44:24 -0000

Parker & Seville is an award-winning sketch duo from Toronto. Previous winners of the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival's "Sketchiest Sketch Troupe" Award. They got their start in 2007 as a vaudeville act, performing Abbot and Costello-like routines before expanding their act to include a variety of different characters. Dave Barclay (Parker) and Matt Kowall (Seville) met at Humber College in 2005 in the Comedy Writing and Performance Program. A few months later they wrote their first sketch together, “Grade Two Boys News”, and have been collaborating ever since. In October 2014, Parker & Seville founded a new troupe with 4 other sketch comedians named O Dat Dum. It has gone on to great success, winning the 2015 Sketchiest Sketch Troupe Award and the 2016 Producers' Pick Award, both at Toronto Sketchfest.

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Cameron Wyllie

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 05:58:50 -0000

Cameron Wyllie is a sketch comedy hero who has taken a record five troupes through the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, including award-winning troupes "Smells Like The 80s" and "O Dat Dum." He also pumps out projects with John Gape, a collective of comics and filmmakers operating on an out-of-pocket budget.

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Hunter Collins

Tue, 30 May 2017 06:18:21 -0000

Hunter Collins is North America's foremost nincompoop comedian. Originally from Montreal, this bilingual performer has graced the stage at countless festivals, including JFL42, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Cottage Country Comedy Festival, NXNE, Icebreakers Comedy Festival, and The Montreal Sketchfest. In addition to having taped a comedy special for iChannel's No Kidding, Hunter has sexed it up big-time on Much Music's hit syndicated show Video On Trial, and CBC Radio's Laugh Out Loud.

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Flo and Joan

Wed, 24 May 2017 01:49:00 -0000

Flo & Joan are a British-born, Toronto-based musical comedy duo, and sisters Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. The piano/percussion pair has headlined and played to sold-out audiences across North America and internationally including Montreal Sketchfest (Best of the Fest Selection 2016), Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (Best of the Fest Selection 2016), SheDot Festival, and as part of JFL42. Their debut show Victory Flaps at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, was a top selection at the Fringe in the Amused Moose Comedy Awards.

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Album: Victory Flaps