Tag Archive for the term: comedy

There’s a new book out that interviews and analyzes a resurgence in comedy that’s connected to the independent music scene:
Denver Post entertainment reporter John Wenzel is out with a book, “Mock Stars,” about indie comedy (…)
These comics are “Mock Stars” rather than “Rock Stars,” Wenzel explains.
“Their business is to make fun of institutions and convention. [...]

HELLAVATOR ^^^The Elevator From Hell! Going… DOWN? Written by Ned Cox
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Ted and Wendy are trapped inside the Elevator From Hell! Is Jose merely a custodian, or is that the smell of sulphur and brimstone? Going…  Read More… DOWN?!

Performed inside an actual working freight elevator, HELLEVATOR is an insane  new  comedy from the funniest [...]

I am delighted to be able to announce that the beloved performers, improvisers, and award winning script writers who call themselves Uncalled For will be hosting our Indyish MonthlyMess this weekend in Griffintown. Sept 13. Yay! I just found out, figured I’d share asap, so after this quick blog I’ll update the Event page. From [...]

Hello Indyish nation

I would like to cordially invite you all to a special night of musical comedy that I am putting on featuring a good friend of mine from New York, Ben Lerman. He is a uniquely hilarious ukulele troubadour and his uproarious performance is a must-see summer event. I’m extremely excited that [...]

Chris “Hilarious” Gibbs is a mainstay at Fringe Festivals across Canada for good reason. His new show, The Further Adventures of Antoine Feval, allows him the opportunity to portray the type of character he works best with: the ignorant idiot. The show is a sequel to the more simply titled Antoine Feval, but this should [...]

BONDAGE
reviewed by El Gato!
Whoa. I love comedy. And clown, and stuff like that. And I went into this show thinking a bunch of things. First, it had gotten a ton of great press. Second, a bunch of people I’ve talked to did not enjoy it as much as the reviewers. Third, I was scared. [...]

An actor once told me that if a play started well but ended poorly, the audience would say “It wasn’t that good after all”; on the other hand, if it had a rough start but ended well, the audience would say “It wasn’t so bad after all!” So, in that spirit, I will do my [...]

Y’know what? Those ancient scientists may have been right with that whole “spontaneous generation” thing. Take this here comedy extravaganza, Christophe & His Superfriends, as an example. Half the comics in this show either just got rid of, or are currently joking about, their hair. The show was great. It can’t be a coincidence! That’s [...]

I attended the Best of Montreal Night for the third annual Sketch Comedy Festival at Theatre Ste. Catherine. To sum up the whole night I can say I was pleasantly and vaguely entertained the whole evening. Nothing was fall down funny….or laugh out loud funny but I had a nice warm feeling of amusement for [...]

Did you know that stand-up comics have friends, even though “friends” is often a great joke topic?
Did you know that Montreal’s Christophe Davidson has superfriends? If you weren’t aware of the super-ness of some of Christophe’s friends, well, get aware!
From a far away galaxy comes ‘Christophe & His Superfriends’. For years they have forged their [...]