Vest of Friends troupe member Evan Richardson returns to join Marc Hallworth and Morgan George for their 100th podcast. They are also celebrating their second nomination for a Canadian Comedy Award for best audio series. Evan Richardson on Twitter

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Evan Richardson

Sex T-Rex (née Sexual Tyrannosaurus) is a Toronto-based Comedy troupe whose cinematic style, wild physicality and spot-on parody has delighted audiences across Canada and the USA. Veteran improvisers, with hundreds of performances under their Cretaceous belts, Sex T-Rex branched out into scripted comedy in 2011. They have garnered rave reviews and accolades for their productions of Callaghan! and the Wings of the Butterfly (Fringe Hit, Atlantic Fringe 2016), Leviathan, Watch Out WildKat!,(Best of Fest, Atlantic Fringe 2014), SwordPlay: A Play of Swords (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2015 and Pick of Vancouver Fringe 2017), Wasteland (Second City Outstanding Comedy, 2016), Bendy Sign Tavern (sold out run, 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival), and Crime After Crime (After Crime) (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2018, Best of Toronto Sketch Fest 2019). SexTRexComedy.com Sex T-Rex on Twitter

Sex T-Rex

Darren Springer is one of the producers of the weekly comedy show Ossington Comedy. His humor writing has appeared in CBC Comedy, The Beaverton, and Splitsider. He is also the host of the upcoming standup show I Own 12 Hot Tubs, happening Tuesday April 23 at 8 PM at Comedy Bar.

Darren Springer

Watch as two ghost enthusiasts, Miles and Hanif, struggle to connect with spirits as well as the people around them. Miles Verweel and Hanif Jetha make up the comedy group called ‘Ghost Connectors’. They are an online video series, edited by Eli Speigel. Opposite most comedy groups, they don’t perform in real life, only through their series of videos.

Ghost Connectors

Laura Cilevitz is a Toronto comedian who has appeared in shows like The Beaverton, Umbrella Academy, and more. She is part of a sketch comedy duo called ‘7 Minutes in Heaven’ with fellow comedian Josh Saltzman. She was once nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance in Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble). As part of 7 Minutes in Heaven, she also won the Tim Sims Encouragement Award at the 2008 Cream of Comedy competition. Laura on Twitter Laura on Instagram

Laura Cilevitz

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll is an award-winning filmmaker, actor, and producer from Toronto, Canada. His short film Job Interview won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Comedy Short in 2015. Rodrigo is the recipient of the BITE Comedy Award from the National Screen Institute of Canada. He has appeared in Kim's Convenience, The Beaverton, Baroness Von Sketch and tons of other shows. Rodrigo on Twitter Rodrigo on Instagram

Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll

"Angst 4 The Memories" is comprised of comedians Dan Curtis Thompson and James Elias Island. They respect punk music and follow it back to its roots: Green Day. They’re a comedically exaggerated parody of a pop punk band, just like Simple Plan. Angst 4 The Memories on Facebook Dan Curtis Thompson on Twitter James Elias Island on Twitter

Angst 4 The Memories

Emily Richardson is a comedian, actress, writer and artist originally from Cobourg, Ontario. She began performing improv and theatre at Queen’s University. A graduate of both the Second City’s Conservatory and Longform Programs, Emily spent a year with Second City’s House Ensemble. She is a member of the Sketchersons, the Bad Dog Featured Players, and recently appeared on AMI’s sketch TV show Blindsighted. Emily on Instagram

Emily Richardson

Michael Kellett is an Improvisor and Stand up comedian. A graduate of Humber College Comedic Writing and Performance, Michael is one half of the improv duo ChapSchtick and has been a featured player on PotterProv, BeerProv and Two Strikes. His favourite number is 17 and his favourite smell is a campfire.

Michael Kellett

Daryn McIntyre is a comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He is a member of comedy groups like The Sketchersons, Almost Genius, Sweethole, Primo & The Junkyard Dukes Music as FunDMC. He is frequently a part of comedy shows throughout Toronto, like ‘Sketchersons Alumni Year End Show’ at the Comedy Bar in Toronto. Daryn on Twitter

Daryn McIntyre

Alan Belerique is a Toronto based actor, improviser and producer. He produces and stars in “This is Not TV” a monthly sketch show and has recently joined “Cookie Biscuits” a web based sketch series. Alan is curious to see which of his web series will be triumphant. Isabel Kanaan is a Second City graduate and Seneca College Acting for Camera and Voice alumna. She has been awarded the NBC Universal Bob Curry Fellowship. She is a member of CBC’s sketch comedy troupe Air Farce, the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons, and Second City’s House Ensemble and Educational Company. Alan on Twitter Isabel on Twitter

Alan Belerique & Isabel Kanaan

Simon McCamus has graduated many comedy programs from many theatres: Second City Training Centre, Bad Dog Theatre Academy, the old Impatient Theatre, and Chicago’s iO and Annoyance Theatres. A frequent performer around the city, his troupe, Fake Cops, has been featured in improv festivals (Toronto, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, and Ottawa), and his duo, Northwest Passage, has been featured in sketch festivals (Toronto, Montreal, & Vancouver). Simon on Instagram Fake Cops Comedy

Simon McCamus

The Two Draculas is a comedy group comprised of Tim Gilbert and Chris Locke. Gilbert is a comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He has risen to the top of the comedy heap through his cuttingly acerbic and fearless style, and has worked on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Showtown. Locke is a comedic actor, writer, performer from Toronto, Ontario. He is a producer of the critically acclaimed Laugh Sabbath live comedy shows. The Two Draculas perfromed at the Toronto SketchFest 'Best of the Fest' in 2018. Tim Gilbert on Twitter Chris Locke on Twitter

The Two Draculas

Jeremy Woodcock is a writer and comedian who has been a staff writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, performed stand-up comedy at Just For Laughs, and tried to write this bio in third-person in a convincing way, but I’m not sure I pulled the last one off. Him, I mean. Jeremy Woodcock is an accomplished comedian and writer who has worked on many projects, including This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Just for Laughs, Very Smart People with Steve Patterson, Finding Bessarion, GET SOME and The Sketchersons. Jeremy on Twitter Jeremy on Facebook Jeremy on Instagram

Jeremy Woodcock

Originally from Stittsville, Ontario, Jessica Fitzpatrick is an actor, writer and comedian, currently living in Toronto. She is an honors graduate of the Humber School for Comedy Writing and Performance in Toronto, Ontario, where she received the prestigious Brian Linehan Scholarship Award in 2011. Jessica is best known for her high-energy characters and over the top physicality. She has toured around Canada with her self-created solo show Cupidity, which made a stop at the Atlantic Fringe Festival last year and received fantastic reviews. @iamjessfitz

Jessica Fitzpatrick

A mix of sketches and interviews with some of the world's best sketch and standup comedians

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