The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, also known as the TOSketchfest, is an annual comedy festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, devoted to sketch comedy.[1] Held over 12 days in March, the festival presents performances by both established and emerging sketch comedy troupes from Canada and the United States.[2]
Among the most notable performers have been The Kids in the Hall, who reunited to perform a live stage reading of their 1996 film Brain Candy at the 2014 festival;[3] Kate McKinnon, who performed a one-woman show centred around her celebrity impressions in 2015;[4] and TallBoyz II Men, who developed and launched a sketch comedy television series for CBC Television following their performance at the 2018 festival.[5]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the festival was staged online in 2021 and 2022. Darrell Faria received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, as host of the 2021 festival's livestreamed awards ceremony.[6]
References
edit- ^ Bruce DeMara, "Canuck yuks fuel sketch comedy fest; Number of comic troupes doubled; Roots run from Vaudeville to radio". Toronto Star, November 13, 2006.
- ^ "Beggar's Canyon comedy duo to perform at TOSketchfest". East York Mirror, March 11, 2015.
- ^ "Kids in the Hall together again". Prince George Citizen, February 6, 2014.
- ^ Brad Wheeler, "Second City kills with comedy, while SNL's Kate McKinnon makes less of an impression". The Globe and Mail, March 12, 2015.
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Seriously funny; Tallboyz II Men silly, surreal and socially relevant". Kingston Whig-Standard, September 14, 2019.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
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