comedy
JFL Northwest Film Festival premieres Canadian and international Comedies
March 11, 2018By: Alex Bloom Just for Laughs (JFL) Northwest’s Vancouver Film Festival recently came to a close on March 10. During the festival various short and feature length films were shown — for many it was their Canadian premiere. Here are some of the films shown during the festival that you should check out: Lost in Paris (France/Belgium) [caption id="attachment_103484" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of Potemkine Films)[/caption] Starting off with an unconventional twist, the filmmakers themselves, Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, star in this screwball comedy. This will, of course, be familiar to their fans. The duo — who have a…
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Ese Atawo discusses Blind Tiger Comedy’s POC night
January 30, 2018By: Alex Bloom Blind Tiger Comedy, founded by improv groups The Sunday Service and Hip.Bang! is a company that both teaches comedy and puts on shows. The company offers four full semesters of classes a year, with various areas of…
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Sugar Sammy hosts the Just for Laughs Canadian Comedy Tour
October 10, 2017Sugar Sammy returns for a second year to host the 17th Just for Laughs Canadian Comedy Tour. The tour begins on October 13, with stops in Surrey and Vancouver before heading to 10 more cities. This year’s edition also features…
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The Switch is a show that tells the stories of transgender people through humour
July 31, 2017Created by Amy Fox of Trembling Void Studios and Elizabeth Marston, The Switch is a show that seeks to represent transgender people in a way that isn’t shallow. Rather than appear as a convenient moral lesson in a show, as…
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Ali Hassan is Muslim, Interrupted
February 20, 2017Comedian Ali Hassan has trouble explaining to his children why their Muslim family doesn’t go to the mosque — and why he eats pork. The nuances between religion and culture are not always easy for many people to understand, let…
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2016’s best comedy specials
January 4, 2017Let’s be honest, 2016 was anything but funny. The world is a giant mess and it’s not magically going to get better in the New Year. So let’s look back on when comedians tried to make the best of a…
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Cathy Jones feels like a Stranger to Hard Work
October 5, 2016Sitting in the mattress department of a Sears department store in Halifax, Cathy Jones is having a pretty hectic day. She’s had a haircut, got a new screen on her cell phone, and now she’s found somewhere relatively quiet and…
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Burlesque in the spotlight during festival season
May 26, 2016The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival (VIBF) hit Hot Art Wet City and the Vancouver Playhouse earlier this month. For those who don’t know, the art form of burlesque is a combination of caricature, extravaganza, and parody, usually centred around the…
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CENTRE STAGE: Great Russian Ballet touring Canada and reviews of Janeane Garofalo, This is That, Betroffenheit, and Spellbound Contemporary Ballet
March 7, 2016Great Russian Ballet’s Giselle currently touring Canada March 14 in Abbottsford; Vancouver show postponed and TBD Most people would assume that Russians are used to the cold, but Viorel Balan, founder of Great Russian Ballet, assured me that when his…
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CENTRE STAGE: In review: Winners and Losers, Trevor Noah at JFL Northwest, and dance at Chutzpah!
February 29, 2016Winners and Losers Feb 16–27; The Cultch This show has been gaining plenty of critical acclaim, from being nominated for a 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award to rave reviews from critics, but it didn’t work for me. While there were…
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