sketch comedy
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Inside this year’s Next Stage Theatre Festival programming
A unique selection of dance, sketch comedy, musical theatre, and drama will play from October 18 to October 29 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.
iPhoto caption: (L-R) Nkasi Ogbonnah, Andy Hull, Andy Assaf, PHATT al, Jillian Welsh, and Hannah Spear. Photo by Cassandra Popescu.
REVIEW: Skyline’s the Limit at The Second City Toronto
The Second City remains a strong comedic force in Toronto’s comedy scene: and even after 50 years, the skyline is certainly not the limit.
iPhoto caption: The cast of Don Valley Girls (left to right): Andie Hong, Mona Hersi, Rabiya Mansoor, Fateema Al-Hamaydeh Miller, and Surer Qaly Deria.
REVIEW: Don Valley Girls at Why Not Theatre/RISER
I returned to my DVP-adjacent home wishing there was a DVP-themed bar in the city. I would go to that bar.
iPhoto caption: (left to right) Joe Flaherty (SCTV), Kirk Griesser, Larry Brown, Vicki Burningham, and Jim Crawford in The Off Ramp, National Arts Centre, inaugural National Access Awareness Week, 1988.
In 1987 I was hired by the Rolling Thunder Theatre Company for a ten-week contract. Brainstorm with the cast, write and direct a new play, then wave bon voyage as the Thunder van ambled off for ten months of touring.