Comedy is Art Festival

Year six of the Comedy is Art festival at The Theatre Centre is three nights of can’t-miss comedy with over 20 comics from across Toronto and beyond. Shows include Andrew Phung and Friends, Not Hamilton Improvised, Nkasi Ogbonnah’s Afronaut, and more. Passes and single tickets are on sale now at theatrecentre.org. 

New this year, Comedy is Art will host Our Cities On Our Stages on October 25, Bad Dog Theatre’s groundbreaking symposium on inclusion and diversity. This full day of activities (workshop, presentation, dialogue) will dovetail into an improv presentation as part of Comedy is Art.

Showtimes:

Andrew Phung and Friends with Andrew Phung, Gavin Williams, and Alexa MacKell 

Thursday, October 23 

7 p.m.

Afronaut

Nkasi Ogbonnah

Friday, October 24 

7 p.m.

Hot Takes

Hosted by Toronto-based comic Tamara Shevon with Darren Leo, Raquel Maestre, Ben Sosa-Wright, and Orly Zebak.

Friday, October 24 

9 p.m.

Our Cities On Our Stages from Bad Dog Theatre at Comedy is Art
Our Cities On Our Stages, Bad Dog’s groundbreaking symposium on inclusion and diversity, will include a full day of activities (workshop, presentation, dialogue) that dovetails into an improv presentation as part of Comedy is Art. 

Saturday, October 25

10 a.m to 6 p.m. – see festival page for workshop details.

Made You Laugh

Headlined by Toronto favourite Nick Reynoldson, with Marcia Johnson, Daphney Joseph, Lou Laurence, and Kě.
Saturday, October 25

7 p.m.

Not Hamilton Improvised

Co-Presented by Bad Dog Theatre

An improvised hip-hop and freestyle-rap musical inspired by a historical figure or character as chosen by the audience, fully scored by the backing tracks of Hamilton. Songs non-stop!

Featuring: Lance Oribello, Katie Chin, Patrick Ronan, Tim Blair, and Nicole Passmore.

Saturday, October 25
9 p.m.