Books

Writing non-fiction’s a bitch – a truth not universally acknowledged.

– Will Aitken in This Writing Death

Theatre

Chekhov for Beginners



by Natalie G.

Comment

Don't know where you were sitting, but there were lots of laughs.

– comment by Suzy Charto

Posts tagged as:

Just for Laughs

FESTIVAL CITY

Crowd Controlled

Thumbnail image for Crowd Controlled

Audience doesn’t do any favours for Weird Al’s mixed-bag musical comedy show Amp’d, at Just For Laughs

by Daniel Salama
03.08.2011

Last year’s Amp’d show, a collection of musical comedy, was widely praised as one of the better shows at Just For Laughs. It’s unlikely this year’s show, at Club Soda (July 28), will leave the festival with a similar legacy. The revue, hosted by the legendary Weird Al Yankovic, was hobbled by a palpable lack [...]

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

Situation (comedy) critical?

Thumbnail image for Situation (comedy) critical?

A frank and feisty interview with Just For Laughs’ State of the Industry host Andy Kindler

by Jeremy Moses
02.08.2011

It’s become a tradition at the Just For Laughs Festival for comedian Andy Kindler to give his annual State of the Industry Address. Known for being straightforward and scathing when he feels appropriate, Kindler really never holds back his opinions. Not surprisingly, in his sit-down interview with Rover Arts, he didn’t hold back again about [...]

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

Freakin’ Time to Say Goodbye

Thumbnail image for Freakin’ Time to Say Goodbye

Exiting the Zoo with DeAnne Smith's About Freakin' Time

by Meaghan Thurston
02.08.2011

It’s with a sense of sadness and relief that I must say goodbye to yet another festival. The wild and adventurous Zoofest has come to a close. Festival season in Montreal makes me feel like a two year old who has spent a month and half at the carnival, subsiding solely on cotton candy.

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

Homegrown Hilarity

Thumbnail image for Homegrown Hilarity

REVIEW: Canadian stand-ups throw down for the Irwin Barker Homegrown Comic award at Just For Laughs

by James Gartler
01.08.2011

You have to love that a festival as big as Just For Laughs will still make a point of showcasing up-and-coming Canadian talent. There may have been only one recipient of the Irwin Barker Homegrown Comic award on Friday night, July 29, but each of the nine performers who took to the stage brought something [...]

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

Guy’s Got Skills

Thumbnail image for Guy’s Got Skills

Just For Laughs picks an indisputable winner with Tim Minchin’s “It’s Funnier Live”

by Jeremy Moses
30.07.2011

I’m trying to figure out 100 million ways to tell you how amazing Tim Minchin’s show was on Thursday night, July 28. I’ve been writing all week about how great all the shows I’ve gone to have been. But those were all lies.

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

The Empowerers Strike Back

Thumbnail image for The Empowerers Strike Back

Sarah Quinn's one-woman show Other People's Problems celebrates the nervy spaz in us all

by Meaghan Thurston
29.07.2011

“This is a safe sharting space,” declares the maniacal motivational speaker who takes the Zoofest audience hostage at the beginning of Other People’s Problems. Safe-Sharting? Sharing from the heart, of course. Vaguely reminiscent of Sarah Palin in a fitted black dress and maroon jacket, with her brown hair neatly pinned back as she spews advice [...]

[...]

FESTIVAL CITY

High Infidelity

Thumbnail image for High Infidelity

The Just For Laughs presentation of "Cheat! Live" - featuring Joe DeRosa, Robert Kelly and Bill Burr - runs the gamut of relationship gags and gaffs

by Jeremy Moses
29.07.2011

One of the more hyped shows in this week’s Just For Laughs schedule is Friday night’s Relationship Gala (July 29), hosted by Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet. Now, I’m sure that the show will be funny and will probably convince your new girlfriend to sleep with you. But if you don’t have over $100 to shell [...]

[...]

Page 1 of 3123