The Things We Learned From Telling Tita Jokes
“Because Filipina life is never just one thing. It’s contradictory, layered, messy, loving, exhausting, generous, and sometimes absurd. And the show had to hold all of that.” ~ Alia Ceniza Rasul
Comedy & Improv
From set to sketch to TO Sketchfest with “The Midnight Snacks”
“The moment we hit the stage and got our first big laugh — at a place we don’t normally get a laugh – I knew we had something. ” ~ Jazmine Campanale
Review: “People of the City” come to laugh-filled life before our eyes
“…let me say that you should be there if you want to watch civic imagination and community coming to riotous life” ~Scott Sneddon
Send in the clowns: “Hansal & Geetal” invite you to share their jokes at TOsketchfest
“As clowns, we love breaking the fourth wall. But here was a delicious challenge: what if we couldn’t?” ~ Sachin Sharma
TOsketchfest’s Cody Sullivan invites YOU to the important insanity of a “Town Meeting”
“I’m using my show about my little town as a way to show the horrific mess that is the federal government, in a digestible way —and as a way for myself as an artist to process my anxieties around the loss of US democracy.” ~ Cody Sullivan
Review: Unpredictable “Invasion: A Christmas Carol” is hilarious and uplifting
“Invasion: A Christmas Carol argues for a different ritual: making space for surprise.” ~ Scott Sneddon
Clowns Glen and Vinny are ready for a surprising Spotlight
“It’s fun to perform as Glen and Vinny because we get to use everything in our toolkit to bring them to life.” ~ Ban Kopp and Calvin Rea
“Making people laugh is an art form”: Andrew Phung is at the Comedy Is Art Festival
“Comedy and making people laugh is an art form. It’s nuanced and difficult, and there’s nothing stronger and more satisfying than a group of people laughing together.” ~ Andrew Phung
It’s here! 14 strange and sweaty young actors plunge into the secrets of “The Ensemble”
“This play is insane in all the best ways, while still having humour and heart.” ~ Aliyah Bourgeault (and Emmet Logue)
Morgan Joy on the timely superpowers of puppetry and “Peggy’s Place”
“I really appreciated how the puppets seemed to hold a kind of magic that opened people up to ask questions and share stories that they otherwise might be too shy to share.” ~ Moirgan Joy
Conor Bradbury brings his full comedic force to “Duel Citizens” at Second City Toronto
Artist profile: Comedian and improvisor Conor Bradbury is on the Second City Mainstage