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Interviews & Features
Interview: Comedian Demetri Martin heads across Western Canada as part of this year's Just for Laughs tour
Posted by: Paul Little • November 3, 2014 @ 11:10pm
Full disclosure upfront: the first stand-up comedy CD I ever purchased and listened to multiple times over was Demetri Martin's 2006 debut, These Are Jokes. I bought the CD while on a road trip to Minneapolis to see a concert, and listened to the album multiple times on the 8-hour drive home.
The Supporting Act Podcast Ep. #042 with Stephen Sim
Posted by: Matt Moskal • September 24, 2014 @ 11:56am
This year marks the fifteenth Winnipeg if... Improv Festival, which takes place September 30 to October 4 at the Gas Station Arts Centre. The event features members of Hip. Bang!, Rapid Fire Theatre, Der Kaktus, and The Kids in the Hall.
The Supporting Act Podcast Ep. #038 with Graham Clark
Posted by: Matt Moskal • August 20, 2014 @ 2:42pm
Graham Clark is a comedian based out of Vancouver, BC. He and fellow comic Dave Shumka co-host the popular Maximum Fun podcast Stop Podcasting Yourself.
The Supporting Act Podcast Ep. #024 with Shane Mauss
Posted by: Matt Moskal • May 14, 2014 @ 10:13am
With only a decade of on-stage experience, Shane Mauss has achieved a Master's education in stand-up comedy. He started telling jokes in 2004 and made two appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien within his first three years.
There are few Canadian comedians operating on the same level as Mark Forward. He is an absurd storyteller and an unusual talent. His debut stand-up comedy album, Things I Thought Of, was released earlier this year.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: Comedian and TV personality Daryn Jones
Posted by: Paul Little • April 10, 2014 @ 9:43pm
I was first introduced to the comedic mind of Daryn Jones on his early 2000s Comedy Network show Buzz, which featured he and Mista Mo in various sketches and random bits and interviews on the streets of Toronto.
Winnipeg Comedy Fest Interview: New York-based stand-up comic Phil Hanley
Posted by: Paul Little • April 9, 2014 @ 3:25pm
Stand-up comic Phil Hanley has had a great last couple years since moving from Vancouver to New York to take his comedy career to the next level. He's appeared multiple times on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, as well as shown up on John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central.
Interview: Comic Debra DiGiovanni of Match Game and Video on Trial is a "Late Bloomer"
Posted by: Paul Little • January 27, 2014 @ 10:17pm
The first thing you realize when watching Debra DiGiovanni -- whether it's on stage or during her appearances on television shows such as Comedy's Match Game or Much Music's Video on Trial -- is that she's ridiculously funny.
Interview: Match Game's Darrin Rose crossing Canada with a cast of comics for Just for Laughs
Posted by: Paul Little • November 9, 2013 @ 6:21pm
Just for Laughs is a comedy institution -- an iconic name not just in Canada but around the world.
Amplified Idiots: The Inexplicable Rise of the Winnipeg Comedy Scene
Posted by: J.D. Renaud • June 24, 2013 @ 10:53pm
Winnipeg has one of the most diverse and pound-for-pound funniest comedy scenes in Canada. The problem is, it's in Winnipeg.
Over the past decade, and even more-so in the past five years, the comics in my desolate stomping ground have been growing into impressive and formidable comedy beasts. Winnipeg is no stranger to fostering rich and healthy arts communities.
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