’77 Montreal Festival – The second edition of the ’77 Montreal festival took place Friday past at Parc Jean Drapeau, bringing together fans of the punk rock genre for a day out in the sun. Early crowds where sparse, presumably ...
Just For Laughs 2018 highlights – The 36th edition of the Just For Laughs comedy festival ended on July 29 with a new outlook thanks to a new ownership group (including comic Howie Mandel), a large variety of shows for ...
Todd Glass made his Just For Laughs debut in 1992, during the festival’s 10th anniversary edition, as a “mobile comedian”. Glass had a makeshift comedy club that he operated out of the back of a Jeep pickup truck, complete with a ...
The 36th edition of the Just For Laughs 2018 festival is about to enter its third and final week. And this is the week that is the meat of the festival, in which Just For Laughs will experience its greatest ...
Scott Thompson – Comedian and writer Scott Thompson – throughout his time as a member of the legendary Canadian sketch comedy group “The Kids in the Hall”, which gained a massive cult following thanks to their sketch series that aired ...
Katherine Ryan – For comedian Katherine Ryan, comedy was always something that she really valued throughout her life. “My dad came from an Irish background, and he always enjoyed telling humorous stories with the rest of the family. We also enjoyed ...
The Ethnic Show review – After attending the premiere of The Ethnic Show last week at Club Soda for its 10th edition, it once again proved that it is one of the most solidly entertaining shows on Just For Laughs’ ...
Will Forte and Colin Quinn – Practically since the beginning, the Just For Laughs festival has always welcomed past and current performers from the iconic NBC late night sketch series Saturday Night Live (aka SNL) to perform stand-up, do a ...
Just For Laughs ventriloquist comedian Jeff Dunham – Way back in 1991, Jeff Dunham performed for the first time at Just For Laughs. The Texas-born ventriloquist/comedian appeared with his character “Peanut”, a cheerful, hyperactive, purple-skinned “woozle” who is covered mostly in ...
Comedian Brad Williams, who was born with achondroplasia, a condition that is a type of dwarfism, uses his condition in his stand-up comedy as a means not only of introduction, but to break the ice with his audience. “Sometimes there are ...
Gina Brillon – For Gina Brillon, comedy has been the ultimate career choice for her since she was a kid growing up in The Bronx. “I fell in love with comedy at the age of 14. I was watching such comedians ...
Rad Dads – As I met up with local comics – and recent first time fathers – Walter J. Lyng and Reese Turner at a pub on Monkland Avenue to discuss their upcoming show “Rad Dads!”, which will be part ...
