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Kidding. But Still. feels like you're hanging out at a fun New Year's Eve party and Greg Proops just happens to be holding court. Greg is someone I've been watching since I started comedy. A lot of people know him from Whose Line is it Anyway?, but I've always been more impressed by his improvisation as a stand up.
Mid-Range is not Jamel Johnson's first foray into comedy albums. Jamel, who rose up through the D.C. comedy scene and is now a regular at the Improv, launches into a tight and punchy 30ish-minute set.
Album Review: Kyle Bergstresser - You Gotta Get Used to the Boy
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • June 6, 2026 @ 4:10pm
A little over a year back, I settled into a seat to watch Kyle Bergstresser record his album You Gotta Get Used To The Boy at The John Candy Box Theatre in Toronto's Second City.
Album Review: Cameron Esposito - Person of No Consequence
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • March 25, 2026 @ 7:39pm
Cameron Esposito is a comedian with a solid history: 5 albums, her own sitcom, and multiple film and television appearances, not to mention a 20-year career in the industry. They've easily cut their teeth. Her album Grab Them Aghast is a go-to, where her hunger as a young comic shines through and is immediately charming.
For many of a certain age, the Muppets are a fixture of our youth. The Muppet Show was a show we watched with our parents where we heard jokes that we both laughed at, their movies taught us about friendship, and they were a part of pop culture from top to bottom.
Myq Kaplan is a New York-based comedian who's been in the industry for over 20 years, and out of the gate he tips his hand at the type of experience you're in for.
This is the hardest thing I've ever had to write. I took these tickets with reckless abandon and now here I sit, like a fool caught in a Faustian bargain.
How do you describe a Maria Bamford show? How do you even explain Maria Bamford? For reference, Judd Apatow is currently working on a documentary about her, because even he can't explain it.
Modern improv is a relatively new art form. Birthed from Viola Spolin's Improvisation for the Theatre, it started out as the back bone of performers' acts like Nichols and May, who were part of the Compass Players, an improvisational theatre company including Paul Sils as well as Ted Flicker and Del Close.
Tonight I had the absolute joy of seeing Ava Val and Patti Harrison share a stage, and it was so good the only adjective I have left after leaving the theatre is bananas. It was bananas good. A great big hand o' bananas.
It used to be Ava was a Toronto treat, but in the last couple of years she's been spreading her wings and playing across the country and around the world.
If there is a black belt in comedy, or better yet a Nobel Peace Prize, give it to Chloe Radcliffe.
I know in comedy there's that cliché of "never blame the audience", but wow what a terrible audience. This was especially weird for a festival.
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