Podcasts about bad dog comedy theatre

Shohana SharminDeath isn't scary to Shohana. She faced her mum's passing by starting a podcast about grief (Finders Grievers) and an on-stage comedy revue "Dead Parents Society". She is resilient, she is brave and she is a brilliantly witty queer Muslim woman of colour who talks openly and with words of wisdom about her mum's passing six years ago. More about ShohanaShohana Sharmin is a Bangladeshi-Canadian emerging comedian, writer and theatre artist. Born and raised in Bangladesh, Shohana is a proud Muslim queer woman of colour. She is a recipient of the 2020 Queer Emerging Artist Award at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Shohana is the creator and a cast member of the critically acclaimed award-winning dark sketch comedy revue "Dead Parents Society." She is an alumna of Buddies in Bad Times theatre's 2019 Emerging Creators Unit (under the mentorship of Catherine Hernandez of b current), Nightwood Theatre's 2019 Young Innovators program, and b current Theatre's 2019 bcHub Emerging Artists cohort. Shohana presented her first solo show "Come Here Often?" (directed by Akosua Amo-Adem) as part of 2019 Queer Pride at Buddies in Bad Times theatre. Her written works have been published in several publications. She is a former Featured Player at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, and an alumna of the Second City's Improv and Longform Conservatories. She has performed in comedy and theatre festivals across North America. In non-pandemic times, she can regularly be seen performing across Toronto with her award-winning troupe Not Oasis (2017 The Toronto Fringe Patrons Pick, NOW Critic's Pick). She wishes she could be more like her mother. Visit Dead Parents' Society on Social Media https://twitter.com/dpssketchshow https://www.instagram.com/dpssketchshow

In today's episode, Amanda sits down over some Red Stripe Jamaican beer with writer and comedian Shohana Sharmin (Finders Grievers, Dead Parents Society) to discuss the pressure to stay relevant, toxic positivity and her podcast Finders Grievers. Shohana is an alumnae of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Emerging Creators Unit and was a receipt of their 2020 Queer Emerging Artists Award. She is also an alumna of the Second City's Improv and Longform Conservatories and a former Featured Player at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. She is a producer, writer and performer behind the dark sketch comedy revue Dead Parents Society, which won the Audience Choice Award at the 2020 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival. Her podcast Finders Grievers, a happy-ish podcast about sad things is an incredibly intimate and entertaining podcast on grief, and is available on The Sonar Network.   The Liquid Courage Podcast: Instagram: @liquidcouragepodcast Twitter: @liquidcourage YouTube Video Episodes & more! Email podcastliquidcourage@gmail.com   Find The Liquid Courage Podcast on Patreon! www.Patreon.com/LiquidCouragePodcast   Amanda Pereira: insta @hotcoldspicy / twitter @amanda_pereira Shohana Sharmin: @soleahm

In this amazing new episode we have improviser, fellow podcast sis, and general angel Shannon Lahaie with us to talk about David Bowie! We talk about sexual agency, Bowie’s impact on queerness, and Shannon’s audition for teh upcoming Bowie biopic! Did you know Shannon helped raise thousands of dollars for Bad Dog Comedy Theatre by hosting a 24 hour game of Among Us? Check out her podcast Escape Capade on Sonar! Brought to you By: The Sonar Network

Category is… Destiny’s Child! It’s our last episode before we go on a quick hiatus, and what better way to end this cycle than with our amazing guest Coko Galore! She’s one half of the iconic improv group Coko and Daphney, and was recently named the Artistic Director of Bad Dog Comedy Theatre! We recorded this episode as part of Bad Dog’s online programming, so make sure to catch their live shows via their youtube channel!

Antony Hall joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Antony is a Toronto based improviser/actor who originally hails for Lethbridge, Alberta. He is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory and Theatre Arts Program at MacEwan University. He can be seen performing with a number of improv teams in the city which include (Gentleman Frog and Darth Vader Ginsburg). You may also see him from time to time as his comedy rap persona Young Riesling when he appears as part of the hip hop duo Whyte Wyne and Young Riesling or the comedy rap collective NOTORIOUS. Antony was a part of the 2019 Featured Players Residency at Toronto’s Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. He is the Co-Creator of Ming’s Dynasty, a Canadian Comedy Digital Series on CBC Gem in Canada. Ming’s will be released to FuseTV and FICTO in the United States in the coming months.

Martha Chaves Nicaraguan born, Martha began her life in Canada as a refugee, but is now thriving in Canadian Show business. She’s a seasoned comedian with 20 years of experience and has performed at Just For Laughs multiple times, as well as all the other major comedy festivals in Canada. She also received 2018 Best Stand-up Comic in Canada at the the Canadian Comedy Awards. She's a regular on CBC Radio's LOL, part of the cast of Because News, and The Debaters. Entertained Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Egale Identity Gala, which she emceed.  Nelu Handa is an actor, comedian and writer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Trained extensively in Improv comedy, she is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory program, a Bob Curry Fellow, and has studied at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre and Upright Citizens Brigade. Nelu has performed on a variety of TV shows, including “Workin Moms”, “The Beaverton”, She’s a writer and performer on Baroness Von Sketch Show (CBC/IFC), and the upcoming series Jann. Nelu is the creator, producer, and host of YAS KWEEN, a groundbreaking monthly night of comedy that showcases ethnic women. It's the first Thursday of every month.  Hoodo Hersi is a Somali-Canadian comedian based in Toronto, but has performed her comedy across the US and Canada. She studied improv at Second City. She was recently featured on The Comedy Network's Homegrown Comics. TVO’s recent documentary, “Stand UP Toronto”, features Hersi as she shares her experience as a up-and-coming woman-of-color comic.   Always hosted by Marina Franklin- Trainwreck, Louie Season V, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Conan O'Brien, and HBO's Crashing

You can't always get what you want. At least, within reason. This week, writer, actor, and comedian Nelu Handa joins Anne to talk about MANIFESTING, and why her beliefs about it are less about The Secret and more about . . . well, you'll have to listen. Which isn't hard when Nelu begins generously sharing tales of her own professional arc.   You can follow Nelu on Twitter and Instagram, and you can catch Yas Kween live at Bad Dog Comedy Theatre on the first Thursday of every month.  

A New Brunswicker of Acadian extract, Marcel St. Pierre is now a Toronto-based actor, improvisor, comedian, author, writer and producer. Both of his books of short humorous fiction, cliché and wind go hitchiking and Vengeful Hank & Other Shortweird Stories were number one best-sellers on Amazon in their category. A sometimes familiar face on commercials and television, Marcel has also performed with sketch and improv groups like The Second City National Touring Company (Toronto), Canadian Comedy-Award winning Monkey Toast, and The Stand-Ins. He's a multiple BDA/Promax advertising award-winner for his work as an on-air promo writer and producer. He and his work have appeared on The Comedy Network, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, Teletoon, Treehouse TV, YTV and more. He was also part of the Canadian Screen Award (Gemini) winning team that produced CBC Television‘s The Morgan Waters Show. (Best Youth Program, 2007). He is the creator, producer, director and appears on two sketch comedy albums with Shortweird Radio and is a founding member and former Artistic Director of The Bad Dog Theatre Company. Producer of live comedy shows in Toronto, you can also catch him performing improv and stand-up at places like The Bad Dog Comedy Theatre, The Social Capital, Comedy Bar and points in between, solo or with with his improv supergroup The Coincidence Men. Marcel Twitter shortweird.com

An archeological turns up a rare treasure… What secrets does it hold? What power? What is locked away behind it’s clasp? Could it be Illusionoid… or something worse? Recorded live at the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre in Toronto, with guests … Continue reading →

Recorded LIVE at The Bad Dog Comedy Theatre in Toronto on October 30th, 2014… it’s a DEVIL’S NIGHT tale of terror from Illusionoid! Joined by special guests Christy Bruce and Kris Siddiqi with live music and sound effects from Chris … Continue reading →

LIVE from the Bad Dog Comedy Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada it’s the latest episode of Illusionoid… with a HUGE guest star lineup! When Lee’s away the boys will STILL play! With Canadian Tire Guy Paul Constable, Canadian Comedy Award … Continue reading →

Part two of our huge adventure recorded opening week of the new Bad Dog Comedy Theatre! Joined by Chris New on keys, Matt Horgan of Dad’s Garage Theatre in Atlanta, Kristen Schier of the Philly Improv Theatre in Philadelphia, Tas … Continue reading →