Burnt Toast Sketch Show / Two Draculas, Toronto Sketchfest, The Theatre Centre, Toronto, ON

Gord and I had tickets for the TorontoSketchFest this evening at The Theatre Centre. The festival is happening until March 15 at various locations.

Gord and I

Lots of merch for sale

The double bill was hosted by Dave Barclay.

First up was Burnt Toast Sketch Show (Melia Hagino, Griffin Kelly, Luke Maynus, Sarah Santamaria, Emily Stuhler, Will Warner and  Emma Woodward).

SHOW DESCRIPTION: Burnt Toast Sketch Show is a high-octane, queer-run, absurdist take on sketch comedy. Past audience members have described our shows as "a real-live TikTok feed," which I guess we'll take-- we specialize in sketches that hit you hard and fast. Our hour-long shows usually have between 20-28 sketches in them, which is damn near a sketch a minute! We do topical, we do timeless, we do clownish nonsense -- we do it all. And we do a lot of gay stuff. A disproportionate amount of gay stuff. Audience heckling is encouraged :) 

TROUPE BIO: Burnt Toast is a Brooklyn-based sketch group that formed out of a comedy group at the University of Oklahoma. We start our writing process by doing improv, and then we take the best, weirdest, most out-of-the-box ideas from our jams and refine them until they are fully written sketches. The best part of our performances? We pack each show tight! If one sketch isn't your favorite, don't worry! We're just about to move on to the next one! Each member is a writer and performer, and collaborates on nearly every sketch written. Our members hail from all over, and came together at the hub of Gen-Z comedy: Brooklyn. In addition to sketch comedy, each member is an artist in other capacities: film, stage, and beyond! You can catch us semi-regularly around New York City!

Next were Two Draculas from Transyvania (Tim Gilbert and Chris Locke).

The gallery after the show was over.