Russell Peters
01/01/2010 … Before Russell Peters takes to the stage, he shows a big-screen video reminder of just how big a comedy superstar he is, with scenes of him performing all around…
2010 Archives
Fri 01 January 2010
Alternative Comedy Show
01/01/2010 … The Alternative Comedy Show is always one of the best club nights at Montreal – a break from the parade of slick acts talking about relationships in favour of…
Infidel
01/01/2010 … As film pitches go, ‘Omid Djalili plays a Muslim who discovers he’s a Jew’ is about as concise as you can get.
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01/01/2010 … Comic god Chris Morris may be, but he doesn’t exactly have a reputation for treading delicately around sensitive topics.
Huge
01/01/2010 … Live comedy is notoriously difficult to portray on film, the illusion of spontaneity, the appeal for empathy and the reality of jeopardy poorly served by the distancing…
Comedy Store Players
01/01/2010 … Twenty-five years the Comedy Store Players have been going; and you’ll be hard-pressed to think of many credible improv groups that have sprung up in all that…