Liz Johnston and Griffin McInnes

Tax return jokes? You can count on it. Two things are certain in life: laughter and taxes. Yup, we’re pretty sure we got that expression right. We just finished our tax returns, and boy, was it a nostalgic trip. After all, Wit’s End has been around for about two years now, give or take. We’ve […]

Annnnnd we’re back! Yes, we know, you missed us. In case you’re wondering, we did get the flowers, and the chocolate, and that fish wrapped in a bulletproof vest and butcher’s paper that we think/hope belongs to our neighbours…  WAIT, what?! You don’t remember who we are because our last blog post happened over seven […]

We’re relieved. 
 But not about the fact that the show is over! In fact, it’s been oodles of fun, and anyone who’s been on stage knows it’s addictive. 
We’re relieved because the shows have actually been getting some hearty laughs. 
 Let us explain: when it comes to rehearsing an improv/sketch show, picking out […]

The big night is tonight!

 At 7:30 pm tonight, we’re opening our doors for the premiere of our very funny (if we do say so ourselves, and we do) one-woman show and night of sketch comedy. We’ve got about a kabillion things to do before showtime, and so what are we going to do instead? […]

We’re bound by fate to Sandra Shamas. She’s a very funny actress/comedienne from Ontario, and she wrote the first part of our upcoming double-bill production My Boyfriend’s Back and There’s Gonna Be Laundry, which is on from Aug. 3 to 5 at the Bus Stop Theatre. We’ve been putting the process of writing original work […]

Making theatre is a lot like menstruation. Let us explain what we mean: Last week we spent a night at Freeman’s drinking and exchanging childhood stories, then stories about children we have known, and then just simply stories about children falling over. Yes, that is our regular Tuesday night; yes, our drinking is how every […]

Like most good (and bad) ideas in Halifax, we came up with ours after a long night at Tom’s Little Havana. We were partway through theatre degrees at King’s and Dalhousie and decided we could start a theatre company. The conversation went something like this: Liz: “We could do this. I’m serious.” Griffin: “I’m serious.” […]