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SUPER! SICK! PODCAST!

“Humour is the way to bridge that absurdist gap between what is expected and what you actually get.”

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Vancouver International Improv Festival

What’s better than one night of an improvised comedy experience? Four nights of improvised comedy experience. The Vancouver International Improv Festival (VIIF), in its nineteenth…

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Sophie Buddle

“Silly. Comedian. I sleep a lot during the day. That’s most of my life. Hungry. That sums it up pretty well.” That’s how Vancouver stand-up…

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Randee Neumeyer

Randee Neumeyer tells me that she’s sassy, goofy, and that she keeps it real. She also tells me that she has social anxiety and that…

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Amy Shostak

Comedy has always been subversive. We associate it with spontaneity, with a grunge-like resilience, and with ramshackle rooms that somehow always smell “off.” However, few…

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Christine Bortolin

  We live in an age of comedy where producing content is easier than ever. You don’t need a sitcom deal to make people laugh….

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In Good Humour: Alicia Tobin

“I like snacks. I like being in bed by nine. I think it’s nice to be nice. I’m passionate about nature. I’m really interested in…

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In Good Humour: Hip.Bang!

Much like the intricacies of improv comedy itself, Hip.Bang! is difficult to grasp in conversation. When I ask the duo, comprised of Tom Hill and…