Friday, May 21, 2010

The 5th annual Montreal Sketch Comedy Festival

Monday, May 17, 2010 at 8:00pm to Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 8:00pm. @ Theatre Sainte-Catherine, 264 rue Sainte-Catherine E.

A collection of comedy troupes from across Canada and the USA unite for one week of comedy madness! A festival that launched Jon Lajoie's career and now a new crop of troupes will try to follow in his footsteps.

The Official Line-Up:


MONDAY NIGHT (8 PM):
Kick the Pricks (Montreal), The Lusty Mannequins (Toronto), Fries and Coffee (Montreal) & Grade Eight Dance (Toronto)

TUESDAY (8 PM):
Power Force (Montreal), Statutory Jape (Toronto), The Beast (Montreal) & I am Your Mother (Montreal)

WEDNESDAY (8 PM):
Lise Vigneault and Associates (Montreal), Uncalled For (Montreal), Trio of One (Toronto), The Yukon Boys (Yukon)

THURSDAY (8 PM):
*Elephant Empire (Toronto), Ladystache (Toronto), The Sixth Borough (Philadelphia), *Love and Dreams (Montreal).

VENDREDI (8 PM):
Gang de Ginette (Outremont), Sugar Rock St-Pierre (Mont St-Hilaire)
Les Poilues (Hochelaga), Les Pic-Bois (Valberry), Alain Gainsbourg (Paris)

SATURDAY (8 PM):
The Majors (Toronto), City Hall (New York), Elephant Empire (Toronto)
Unrelated (Chicago)

SATURDAY (10:30 PM):
Slow Children Crossing (New York-LA), Kick The Pricks (Montreal)
Uncalled For (Montreal)

SUNDAY NIGHT: All-Star Improv (8 PM)

*Had a chance to check out these two troupes. Both very lively and entertaining. This is like an evening of non-stop SNL comedy skits, some as short as 30 seconds and many recurring characters, all loosely weaved together. -The proprietors were gracious enough to place a TV in the lobby so that the audience could keep up with the Hockey play-off score.

Performances start at 8 PM, Saturday late night show at 10:30 PM. More info and reservations call TSC 514-284-3939.



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