The Second City’s Reid Janisse pauses to reflect
Interview with the award-winning actor, writer and director Reid Janisse of The Second City Toronto
Comedy & Improv
Simon McCamus’ creativity and enthusiasm are surging – despite the pandemic
Actor and educator Simon McCamus hasn’t let the pandemic squelch his creative output. Tamara von Estorff spoke with Simon about teaching improv at The Second City, performing with his improv troupe Fake Cops, voice acting, and his current focus on writing.
Nkasi Ogbonnah brings her wit, values – and yes, enthusiasm! – to Second City Toronto’s new (and final) show, CERB Your Enthusiasm
Nkasi Ogbonnah on milestone firsts: making her Second City Toronto mainstage debut, being the first South Asian woman in a SC mainstage cast, and the representative impact of Kamala Harris
Catching up with stand-out stand-up, Cassie Cao
“I am experimenting with creating visual comedy in the form of Instagram cartoons and photos. The learning curve of how to adapt my comedy to these online platforms has been steep, but very fun and insightful!” We chatted with stand-up comedian Cassie Cao about creating comedy during the pandemic, and her shift from economist to comedian!
For Desmond Ngai, travelling is laughing matter
“When I got into comedy, I felt it to be incredibly freeing knowing that I could finally be myself.” ~ Desmond Ngai
Interview with Desmond Ngai, lawyer by day, TravelComedian by all other times!
Live from Toronto, The Sketchersons Present: Sunday Night (Virtually) Live!
Brand new shows of The Sketchersons Present: Sunday Night Live is streaming Sundays at 9 PM! Interview with writers and cast members Aba Amuquandoh, Emily Richardson and Tom Hearn
Reflections on TO Sketchfest in the shadow of Coronavirus
Scott Sneddon ruminates on his experience of laughing through the fear of the advancing province-wide Coronavirus crackdown at T.O. Sketchfest 2020.
If I Could Throwback Time with The Second City’s Clare McConnell
Our interview with the sure-footed and quick-witted Clare McConnell, performing on The Second City Mainstage in “If I Could #Throwback Time”
Tom Hearn’s SLANG sketch tour is going to be so extra
“In one hour, I’ve packed my favourite original characters and songs, too much dancing, TWO impressions at least, ‘Gay Garbage’ and even Doug Ford”. Award-winning comedian Tom Hearn talks SLANG
Baram & Snieckus primed to tease improv gold out of scripts they’ve yet to see
You can’t make this stuff up. So it’s best to leave it to improv greats, Naomi Snieckus & Matt Baram, back with The Script Tease Project. Our chat with Baram and Snieckus
If our clothes could speak: women-driven CLOTHESWAP examines the implications of clothing consumption
CLOTHESWAP is the sum of its fabulous parts: Part play, part clothing swap, part eco-consciousness and part charitable event. Our interview with creators Amanda Barker and Dale Boyer
Daniel Stolfi reconsiders cancer through the healing power of humour
Believe it or not, for Daniel Stolfi, cancer is a laughing matter. As a comedian and writer, he has a