Montreal Sketchfest

Nominé Meilleure Troupe Franco alors qu’il avait à peine vu le jour, lors du Sketchfest 2022, La Haute Culture est de retour. Le duo bilingue a très faim, et il s’apprête à nouveau à souiller les planches du Théâtre Sainte-Catherine. Juste pour vous. Bande d’égoïstes.

Pour la première fois, Maïté Sinave et Marie-Noël Cyr joignent leur folie furieuse dans un show à sketchs. “C’était le temps, me semble.”, disent quelques fantômes du TSC. Amies de théâtre et d’improvisation depuis 10 ans, ces deux garces du spectacle ont récemment intégré le milieu de l’humour, prêtes à tout péter. Ton rire sur ma joue aura l’effet d’un bisou chaud sur les cœurs en détresse. Remplacez 25 séances de thérapie par 25 minutes de comédie. C’est moins cher, moins pertinent, mais vraiment plus divertissant.

Loïc Thomas est écrivain, photographe, humoriste, mais surtout, complètement dingue. C’est simple, pas moins de dix personnages vivent en lui-même. Par une construction originale, son « seul » en scène les fait cohabiter, l’espace d’un instant, dans un numéro tantôt absurde, tantôt poétique. Le comédien y livre dix minutes tendres et survitaminées, sous l’œil d’un metteur en scène exigent : le rire.

Nominé Meilleure Troupe Franco alors qu’il avait à peine vu le jour, lors du Sketchfest 2022, La Haute Culture est de retour. Le duo bilingue a très faim, et il s’apprête à nouveau à souiller les planches du Théâtre Sainte-Catherine. Juste pour vous. Bande d’égoïstes.

A Montreal based troupe, with an improv and stand up background. The troupe uses sketch as a vehicle to explore the truths and absurdity of the human experience.

Cam Wylie is Canada’s beloved Sketch Comedy Maniac, with 3 Canadian Comedy Award Nominations, Festival Appearances all over North America, and a bunch of awards with made up sounding names. His sketches live at the intersection of dumb and gorgeous.<3 ❤

A Montreal based troupe, with an improv and stand up background. The troupe uses sketch as a vehicle to explore the truths and absurdity of the human experience.

Jay•Walk: /ˈjāˌwôk,ˈjāˌwäk/ An INTERSECTION-al sketch comedy troupe. featuring: Ella Waxman (she/her): condones jaywalking. Zahra Faiz(she/her): favourite intersection to Jaywalk – (45.508350, -73.571693) Claire Tees(she/they): favourite intersection to Jaywalk- in front of her uncle’s cottage in Vancouver. Carmina Berberi Daou (she/her): geographically illiterate.

A variety of different backgrounds get together to tell funny stories and create unpredictable scenes. Collected Novellas is a witty, bold, half Montreal and half Toronto sketch troupe who defies the laws of comedy! (Or at least puts on a good show)

Smooth Comedy is a subgenre of a sub genre. The group tries to eat as many carbs on stage as possible without saying a word to each other. Famously, we have ridden a sleigh off of the earth (earth is flat)

Slowly lose your grip on reality as you slip further into madness with Sproink and Oink! LIFE, DEATH, Laughter, Tears! It’s all here! Sproink and Oink!

A white guy, a black guy, and a brown guy walk into a bar. Hilarity ensues! Hot off the heels of Toronto Sketchfest 2023, and preparing for their upcoming show at the 2023 Toronto Fringe Festival, The Try-Racial comedy troupe looks to bring to light the comedic elements of three different racial point-of-view’s in one hilarious sketch show

Cheap Wine is Jack Creaghan, Jess McQueen & Charlotte Creaghan. They are family. For real, they are in-laws. As in they spend holidays together and two of them have the same parents and two of them have a prenup. Check out their stuff and try to figure out who is what to who, how much is based on real-life events, and if spending this much time together is healthy.

Mom’s Girls is a female/non-binary sketch troupe based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Allison Kelly, Andie Bulman, Elizabeth Hicks and Stef Curran have been performing together as a troupe for nearly five years. We’ve written and performed 10 shows—most recently at Toronto SketchFest 2023. Our brand could be described as…wholesome dirt. Sexy fun? Politically-charged buffoonery? Feminist clown? For example, one of our recent shows included biting satire about government negligence toward waste management in “Ms. Frizzle at the Dump,” and then ended with a Wicked parody and a group hug. At our shows, we get laughs, we get groans, and we get high-pitched party girl “WOOOOOs!”. We’re serving CODCO meets The Babysitters Club.

Mom’s Girls is a female/non-binary sketch troupe based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Allison Kelly, Andie Bulman, Elizabeth Hicks and Stef Curran have been performing together as a troupe for nearly five years. We’ve written and performed 10 shows—most recently at Toronto SketchFest 2023. Our brand could be described as…wholesome dirt. Sexy fun? Politically-charged buffoonery? Feminist clown? For example, one of our recent shows included biting satire about government negligence toward waste management in “Ms. Frizzle at the Dump,” and then ended with a Wicked parody and a group hug. At our shows, we get laughs, we get groans, and we get high-pitched party girl “WOOOOOs!”. We’re serving CODCO meets The Babysitters Club.

2016’s Best Newcomer and 2019’s Best of Fest, Jon Blair claws his way out of a tomb once a year to perform irreverent and absurdist solo sketch comedy at Montreal Sketchfest, both because it’s fun AND because they summon him to do so with an amulet.

Melissa G is a clown, improviser, comedy show producer and artist who is channeling her inner chaos into a character roulette, solo act. In troupes, she’s been part of Montreal Sketchfest, MProv Fest (Montreal), the Ottawa Improv Festival and more. Therapy? No need – she has comedy.

Bring Your Own Juice (BYOJ), McGill University’s only sketch comedy group, just wants to make you proud.

Jon is a sketch comedian from NYC, an alum of McGill and its iconic sketch troupe – Bring Your Own Juice. This is a show of lovable, truly horrid little guys: a sex robot with a heart of gold, a weak father with a strong son and even an English dude.

Jonah Border is a thousand feet tall, a billion pounds, and commands all the spirits of the shadow realm. Originally from Minnesota, he loves the Montreal scene, especially at Theatre Sainte Catherine. He does not need to blink and will never die.

Rails Comedy is a Washington DC-based sketch comedy troupe that presents a blend of clever writing, dynamic performances, and a commitment to pushing boundaries. Rails Comedy has performed at the Austin Sketch Fest, Montréal Sketchfest, North Carolina Comedy Festival, New South Comedy Festival, and Sketchfest Seattle. If you’re looking for a night of laughs, come see Rails Comedy and experience why they’re one of the most sought-after sketch comedy groups in the country.

West 2 West brings a child-like cartoon chemistry to their sets about life as modern adult men from two different backgrounds. One studied clown in France and the other studied street dance in the mean streets of Vancouver BC. Together, they create scenes filled with engaging physicality and a sense of play, not only with each other but with the audience.

A Sri Lankan Canadian Comedian that’s been doing stand-up comedy for 6 years. Gotham K produced a show called “Roast The Host with Gotham”. A staple in the Montreal comedy scene.

Tita Collective is an all-Filipina collective composed of award-winning playwrights, comedians, musicians, dancers, theatre makers and actors. They explore different mediums to tell the stories about the Filipin* diaspora. Through theatre, comedy, music, and movement, we aspire to tell stories that: thoughtfully honour and celebrate our roots and history, explore our identities as Filipinas, represent the narratives of the Philippine diaspora in an inclusive and respectful way, and nurtures and unites community through joy and laughter. They have won several awards, including the 2022 BroadwayWorld Toronto Awards – Best Ensemble Performance (Professional), 2022 Just For Laughs Award at the Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival, 2019 Steamwhistle Producers’ Pick at the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Best Newcomer at the Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival, the Second City Outstanding New Comedy Award and Patrons’ Pick at the 2019 Toronto Fringe Festival. They were featured in the “19 Asian Millennial Women You Should Know” listing by Cold Tea Collective, and in Spotify Canada’s “Need Women” campaign for Women’s History Month. They have performed with notable artists, including Sam Milby (ABS-CBN/The Filipino Channel), Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change (Just for Laugh Toronto) Individually, Tita Collective ​are: Ann Paula Bautista (Grow), Belinda Corpuz (Ursa: A Folk Musical), Ellie Posadas (Scarborough), Alia Rasul (Moro Girl), and Maricris Rivera (Short Dances). http://www.titacollective.com
@tita.collective

Tongues is a fun, all lady sketch group composed of long standing improvisors and theatre makers based in Montreal. They come together with quick wit and big characters to explore diva cups, milk aisles, and much more comedy goodness that will tickle your taste buds.

Noname Piñata is a new sketch group composed of Montreal-based actors, improvisers, stand-up comedians and producers bonded by our mutual allergy to making money (*except Mel).

Pat is a comedian, actor, improviser and MORE. He has trained at UCB, Second City and L’Ecole Nationale de l’Humour, and performed in Off-JFL, Del Close Marathon and the Ministry of Mundane Mysteries. He’s bi, aka he lives in Toronto and Montreal.

Anesti Danelis is an award-winning musical comedian and viral internet song maker. His catchy songs can be seen and heard in his comedy special streaming on UK’s NextUp, CBC’s Winnipeg Comedy Fest, and online with over 130 million views.

Earnest and ditzy, Gen Z content creator, Sure Lee-Temple, is back from California and here to dazzle you with her stunning rebrand! She sings, she meditates and she will make you LAUGH OUT LOUD with her comedic, musical “hot takes” on topics such as “having boundaries” and being a “good person”. In 2021, Margarita Brighton won the prize for the Steamwhistle Producer’s Pick for her sketch video: “Gen Z, Hire Me” at the TO sketchfest “Best of the Fest” Award Show. Margarita writes, shoots, edits and produces on stage comedy for her alter-ego Sure Lee-Temple and regularly introduces a rotating cast of her best friends on stage to indulge with her in some hilarious, (and totally not triggering) antics.

Melissa G is a clown, improviser, comedy show producer and artist who is channeling her inner chaos into a character roulette, solo act. In troupes, she’s been part of Montreal Sketchfest, MProv Fest (Montreal), the Ottawa Improv Festival and more. Therapy? No need – she has comedy.

Erica Gellert is a Toronto based comedian, actress and writer originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario. Erica was a member of the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch collective, the Sketchersons, an all female sketch comedy trio Low Rise Queens, and an award winning sketch comedy and improv duo, Tom & Erica (Fundy Fringe “Best Ensemble” 2017, Toronto Sketchfest “Sketchiest Sketch Troupe” 2018). Erica also performs regular solo sketch comedy, and has participated in JFL42’s character showcase in 2017.

At Montreal Sketchfest 2022, La Haute Culture was born. In its infancy, the duo lit the TSC stage on fire and was nominated Best Franco Sketch 2022. This year, the reckless pyromaniac baby is back for more. In English. Don’t tell Legault. Please.

Written by the brothers Schraeder (A.J. & Al) and performed by A.J. and a rotating cast of North Carolina’s top sketch performers, Unstoppable Failure is a two-man sketch show that takes a healthy dose of absurdity and slams it against sharp satirical writing. They have been official selections at SF Sketchfest, NYC Sketch Festival, Philly Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, and The North Carolina Comedy Festival. Its members have had work on Cracked.com and LaughExchange, and have sold commercial concepts to major brands such as Doritos and Lego.

Maverick Forever is a collective of like minded individuals who see Top Gun for what it truly is: a kick-ass action movie, an homage to the legendary actor Tom Cruise (both young and old), but perhaps most importantly: a plethora of sketch ideas in desperate need of coming to fruition. Join them as they take sketch comedy to the sky.

For nearly a decade, this news satire has been covering Toronto’s funniest, wildest, and dumbest stories. The show is made by Toronto for Toronto and features the city’s most talented comics, with a dash of chaotic idiocy. But this time we’ve got our eyes on Montreal News! The cast just won Audience Choice Long Format for their 2023 Toronto Sketchfest show and won’t shut up about it!

Trans Joy In Sketch is a series of 3 sketches that take up space and fill that space with Trans Joy/a lot of the time Gender Euphoria!!! Alo (she/her, they/them) is transfeminine and non-binary character sketch comedian, stand up and storyteller who uses humour to shine a light on ways to fight back through witty comebacks, and fresh angles to deal with a lot of realities she faces as a feminine presenting trans non-binary human. She is featured in the doc Saving Minds/Soigner l’esprit. She produces Tales of Gender Affirmation a trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming centered comedy show! She has co-produced shows for OFF-JFL,Zoofest, Pervers/cite and Ladyfest Montreal and Gigglefest. She has recently performed at Pop Montreal among other festivals.

100% Human people is a comedic trio made of real humans Nguyen, Solly and Shanthony. We are real human friends who met at Sunday Night Improv performing human comedy. We are very friendly and human.

Anders Yates is a solo sketch comedian and the winner of the 2022 Montreal Sketchfest Best of the Fest prize. His previous show was given the 2020 Outstanding Solo Performance award from My Entertainment World. He is tall and gay.

Montreal’s foremost Found Narrative Repurposed Sketch Comedy. Third Husbands found their set in a dumpster on the way to the show and are now going to pull at the comedic threads within it so you, the audience, can unravel whatever narrative your emotional baggage feels is relevant to the optics of our representative democracy, aka the show

Marty Topps is a song and dance man from Toronto. The four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee has been showcased at the San Francisco, Montreal and Toronto Sketchfests as well as Zoofest, JFL42, Field Trip, Sled Island and NXNE. Marty is a member of Laugh Sabbath, running the monthly show HA HA DUMP with fellow comedian, Tim Gilbert and his award-winning videos have been featured by Funny or Die.

Trevor Kearney is a storytelling singer/songwriter who infuses elements of comedy, performance, and folk music. At times thought-provoking and insightful, other times raunchy and absurd, his stories are sure to elicit a wide range of reactions.

Two Draculas are two scuzzbags who will kill you. Leave us alone!

Get ready for your greens. Named best newcomers of MTL Sketchfest 2022, Side Salad brings to the stage a show full of physical comedy, hilarious chaos, and ferocious commitment to the bits. Each player brings a very different comedic style to the plate, all blended together in a bowl full of deliciousness not to miss.

Please, imagine a bizarre Sketchfest set. Great! Now imagine it is located somewhere strange- Perhaps a cavern or mad labyrinth- What strange jokes you’d find there! Now picture this: a surreal clown doing solo sketch in a room the size of Neptune!

Joy Provision (Rena Taylor and Ethan Resendes) embody their childhood personas, Clack and Binnoch, to give you a show that’s almost too much, yet not enough. Ferociously fabulous and a bit absent-minded, these two stars are true purveyors of stupid.

A supergroup of former members from Emma Overton’s Nasty Boys and some HOT NEW talent combine forces to bring you… Emma Overton’s Nastier Boys. Emma Overton’s Nastier Boys are fresh, experimental and dedicated to bringing you a show stopping theatrical performance that will leave the walls sweaty and your brain a pile of goo on the floor.

Ajahnis Charley (they/them/that bitch) is a Black, Non-Binary comedian who is one of Just For Laughs’ New Faces of Comedy and features in their New Wave of Standup series of specials. They are a cast member of the Second City Touring Company and star in the HBO miniseries Station Eleven and Bell Media sitcom Shelved. They’ve written punch-up for upcoming comedy series Bria Mack Gets A Life, comedy-doc Stay Tooned, and they write for Canadian news satire platforms The Beaverton and Because News. They directed the short film I AM GAY, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, which screened in the 2021 Inside Out Film Festival, and won the Inspire Award at the 2021 Caribbean Tales Film Festival. Their solo show THOTS & PRAYERS won awards at Toronto and Montreal Sketch Comedy Festivals. Ajahnis is a co-founder and co-producer of the Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada’s first all-Black sketch ensemble.

Closing out the fest in true Montreal Sketchfest tradition will be a BEST OF, showcasing our picks of the litter of the year! 10 of the festival’s top troupes perform one sketch each in this rapid fire explosion of sketch comedy. The Best of the Fest show sells out every year, so you should probably just go ahead and buy a ticket right now.
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