Comedy
JFL Toronto Review: Sarah Millican - "Late Bloomer"
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • September 21, 2025 @ 9:10am
When I heard Sarah Millican's Late Bloomer tour was going to make a stop in Toronto as part of the revived Just for Laughs Toronto, I was delighted. When I heard it would be literally a five minute walk from my house, I knew there was no way I could miss that.
On my way out to my first show of Just For Laughs Toronto 2025, I was starting in a familiar space made unfamiliar. Comedy Bar is easily my favourite space for comedy in the city and the cabaret space my favourite room, and it couldn't have started in a more pleasant way.
JFL Toronto Review: The Alternative Show with James Adomian
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • September 19, 2025 @ 12:15pm
I have been reviewing this festival for a long time now, and one thing remains as true as ever: The Alternative Show is the best show of the fest.
The new producers of JFL Toronto are doing a lot of things right this year. First of all, The Alternative Show is back at the original Comedy Bar location.
JFL Toronto Interview: Comic and impressionist James Adomian
Posted by: Andrew Lizotte • September 16, 2025 @ 6:05pm
James Adomian, if you don't already know him, is your favourite comedian's favourite comedian. He can also do an impression of your favourite comedian so accurate that you don't realize he's not your favourite comedian. Then when you do realize, he will be your favourite comedian.
I put him in the category of the Jonathan Winters of our generation.
In an effort not to bury the lede: You're going to want to see Conner O'Malley.
In a time when the news is overwhelming and it feels like satire might be dead – because reality is just too over the top – his show on Saturday at JFL Toronto was actually kind of healing. It made me laugh in a way that almost knocked me off balance and I didn't see coming.
Live Review: Tracy Hamilton's "I'm Actually Right About Everything: A Bisexual Love Story"
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • July 29, 2025 @ 9:07pm
Full disclosure: I've known Tracy for several years.
Jeremy Dobski is a Toronto-based comedian, originally from Montreal, who this past February released his special Love Language on YouTube. Recorded at his home club The Corner Comedy Club in Toronto, his 9 to 5 is teaching children how to do stand up comedy.
Canadian comic Gabe Koury's 2023 album Mommy, I'm Boring is a punchy 30-minute comedy album with a punk rock aesthetic.
Order Up! - Tracy Hamilton - The theatre of it...
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • February 5, 2024 @ 7:00am
Did you get a chance to go to Tracy Hamilton's album recording? No? Then now's your chance to here her ponder the profundity of frozen treats and rage against Galan Weston's tyranny. Also, has Matthew gone too far? Is he playing God? Only time will tell.
We end the season with the amazing comedian Jackie Kashian.
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