The Williamson Playboys - the self-proclaimed oldest living father and son Cajun music duo (also known as comedians Doug Morency and Paul Bates) - delight with hilarious songs played on tuba and mandolin, and equally funny improvised banter between numbers assisted by MC Sandy Jobin-Bevans.
*Because I Can* features reliably funny Toronto regulars, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Mike ‘Nug’ Nahrgang, Jim Annan, and Kate Hewlett in Allison McWood’s surreal, almost Monty Pythonesque, comedy about a manipulative podiatrist, his urban-phobic patient, an insecure male nurse, and a Romanian janitor wise beyond his position.
Because they can they will wrestle with a mop for your entertainment
In the Moment Theatre is back at it, following up their 2005 Fringe show _Shadow Court_ with further unabashed geekery in *Out of Character*. Delving into the mysterious and bizarre world of LARPing (Live Action Roleplaying, for the non-geeks), the play foregoes easy humour at the expense of these social outcasts and delivers a surprisingly poignant love story.
I’m a sucker for a bit of fast-talkin’, jazz-handin’ vaudville, and this was exactly what was promised on the flyer for *The Parker and Seville Show*. Trying in earnest to emulate classical greats like Laurel and Hardy or Abbott and Costello, Dave Barclay and Matt Kowall inserted their own brand of absurdity and vulgarity into an ancient formula.
Parker and Seville: there's no business like show business
After a mysterious fire burns down St. Agatha’s church, its new pastor and hard-core parishioners attempt to raise 4 million dollars of reconstruction money by throwing an old fashioned church-basement Bingo evening.
Actor and musical performer Jeff Jones bares his soul in this sometimes funny, often abstract, almost schizophrenic monologue about loss, regret, and the beauty of collective thought.
Following up last year’s hour long standup show _It's Sara Hennessey Time_, comic Sara Hennessey returns with a more theatrical offering with character pieces, prop comedy, a miniature cutout town, and video interludes.
Episode One? These damn kids from Edmonton are bound to disappoint many a Fringer with a polished, engaging, skillfully acted, and sharply written show that only unveils the first third of their epic World War 2 trilogy.
Toronto alt-comedian Winston Spear’s performance piece features him and two associates fooling around (carefully choreographed fooling that is) with flashing toys and gadgets of every ilk to the constant accompaniment of techno beats.
