Tag Archives: sketch comedy

‘Everyday horror’ mined for comedy: that’s Girl Brain, and they’re back

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s nothing like a pandemic to make a sketch comedy trio revel in being together again — in person, in a spanky theatre, rehearsing a new show, with a fog machine.  “Where are we?” says Ellie … Continue reading →

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Girl Brain goes the (social) distance in a new series of online comedy sketches

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Proposition: there is a funny side to everything. If you approach from oblique angles.  While Ellie Heath was spending a month in quarantine at her mom’s place, she overheard a rambunctious maternal Zoom cocktail get-together. “Mom … Continue reading →

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“Embrace your weirdness”: the world as seen by Girl Brain, coming to the Citadel

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Overheard out in the real world — a cafe maybe, or a wine bar: Three women at the next table are laughing uproariously. “That’s a sketch!” floats your way through the air, like a winged mantra. … Continue reading →

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Peter Oldring is funnier than you: star comedian joins Grindstone’s new comedy fest

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you got incensed the day your ear was caught by an item on CBC Radio One that the province of Nova Scotia had cancelled Grade 4, you’re not alone. (And you already know something about … Continue reading →

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What to see at Improvaganza: thoughts from sampler night

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Improvaganza is back — and with it the chance to be with people, onstage and off- who are making it up as they go along.  Rapid Fire Theatre’s 18th annual international extravaganza, which assembles top improv … Continue reading →

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Fringe review: Get Me The F#ck Out Of Edmonton

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

  “Get Me The F#ck out of Edmonton” – and other ramblings of a fringe has-been (Stage 8, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre) By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Here’s the thing about Wes Borg: he is Fringe history — from the top of … Continue reading →

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For the love of the screwball: Going, Going, Gone! by comedy star Jana O’Connor at Teatro La Quindicina

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls@12thnight.ca The hero of Going, Going, Gone! Jana O’Connor’s new 30s-style screwball comedy, is an antiques dealer: “shy, uptight, uncommitted, afraid to make a wrong move in life” as the amused playwright describes him. Everything, in short, that … Continue reading →

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