There is a month called June that exists. It’s temperate and sunny. Things are green. For two days during that month comedian Daniel Tosh will come to the city and perform a stand up routine at the Rebecca Cohn (June 11 and 12, 7pm. Tickets $61). The man you may recognize from Tosh.O has dubbed […]
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Comedians recap 2014’s laughs
We asked some local comedians what their stand-out stand-up moments of 2014 were, here are the funny results. “My favourite moment was watching the legendary Steve Mackie win the hearts of everyone at Gus’ Pub with his hilarious rants during the recording of his special in September. He’s not made of mattresses!” comedian Kaitlin Shuvera. […]
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Sandi Rankaduwa’s deep-dish comedy
Sandi Rankaduwa w/Jen Kirkman, Bob Kerr, Jon Blair, Aisha Alfa Friday, October 24, 7pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street $21/$25 “I did the improv intensive program at iO Theatre,” says Sandi Rankaduwa, a Halifax comic who’s been hanging out at Chicago’s best comedy joints for the last year. “It’s a lesser-known improv institution but […]
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Welcome to comedy town: Our Ha!ifax ComedyFest coverage
Celebrating 19 years of cracking wise, the Ha!ifax ComedyFest takes over stages and brick walls until April 26. We talk to seven clever comedians—Greg Proops, Orny Adams, Ian Black, Doug Mutai, Steph Tolev, Kaitlin Shuvera and DeAnne Smith—to help you fill your comedy dance card. Click here
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Greg Proops is The Smartest Man in the World
There are many times you’ve seen Greg Proops: a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, a voice actor in films including Star Wars I: Phantom Menace, his podcast The Smartest Man in the World, a 2010 Casino show or the 2012 Ha!ifax ComedyFest Smartest Man taping. Now you can add 2014 to the list. […]
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Ian Black’s egalitarian comedy
“Is Betty White even still alive?” asks Halifax comic Ian Black, after admitting that his favourite ’90s show is The Golden Girls. “It must be like a Weekend at Bernie’s thing by now.” The Yuk Yuk’s comic, who’s also a regular at the comedy open mics at Bearly’s, Clay West and Gus’ Pub, is gearing […]
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Kaitlin Shuvera wants to challenge you
Kaitlin Shuvera has lived in Halifax for less than a year, but after (regularly) performing at three open mics a week, she’s ready to take on the Ha!ifax ComedyFest. Shuvera got into stand-up comedy because improv comedy wasn’t an option in Kelowna, where she used to live. A few friends said they wanted to start […]
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DeAnne Smith’s been everywhere, man
If you ever heard “Nerdy Love Song,” “No Worries” and the more recent “Consensual as Fuck,” you know DeAnne Smith can kill it on the vocal front. If you’ve seen her performances at Just for Laughs, Melbourne Comedy Gala, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, you know she can slay on stage talking about everything from looking like […]
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Steph Tolev is feeling your mustache vibe
When asked how she would describe her act, Toronto native Steph Tolev says she’s “high- energy, self-deprecating and kind of silly. I think I’m saying things that other women are feeling. Hearing a woman talking about her mustache on stage is kind of like, ‘Oh, it’s OK if we have one. We’re allowed to talk […]
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Orny Adams’ double life
Orny Adams is going to be back in town Saturday to rock the ComedyFest’s finale. After performing across Canada on the Just For Laughs comedy tour, Adams is ready to get on stage at the Cohn and deliver a set of what he calls pure “pounding comedy.” Although, he’s been doing standup for more than […]
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Doug Mutai’s chasing the dream
Doug Mutai’s Kenyan roots got him on his feet and running, but while he was moving forward he felt something stronger pulling him back. A deep nagging sense that the sport wasn’t propelling him to where he needed to be. “Running is something that runs in my family. So I tried it out in college […]
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Chris Locke’s talk
“If my style of comedy was on a T-shirt, it would be one of those ‘I Survived a Shark Attack’ shirts that look like you really did just survive a shark attack,” says Toronto’s Chris Locke. The frequent Comedy Network comedian and actor returns to Halifax for Warm Soda at The Company House on Tuesday […]
