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Review: "Jeeves & Wooster" are just the ticket in this perfect Shaw Festival farce
5+ hour, 18+ min ago (630+ words) Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense" is both a classic British farce and a loony love letter to theatre itself, writes John Law. From left, Jeff Irving, Damien Atkins and Travis Seetoo star in the Shaw Festival's Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect…...
Comics are digging Garden City Comedy Festival " returning next week for 4 days
1+ week, 2+ day ago (537+ words) The event returns to St. Catharines May 20-23 and features about 60 comics, including Jeff Leeson, Evan Carter, Ronnie Edwards, Gerry Hall and Silvi Santoso. Jeff Leeson headlines the four-day Garden City Comedy Festival in St. Catharines on May 23. David Green is…...
The Invisible Man" kicks off first full season for Niagara"s Theatre Bacchus
2+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) The Beamsville-based company had the misfortune of forming just before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in early 2020. Theatre Bacchus starts its 2026 season in Beamsville this weekend with a production of H. G. Wells" "The Invisible Man." It took six years " the first…...
Jackson-Triggs unveils summer concert series for 2026
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (287+ words) Sam Roberts, Jim Cuddy, Dallas Smith are among the returning favourites. Chantal Kreviazuk returns to the Jackson-Triggs summer concert series in Niagara-on-the-Lake Aug. 8. One of the surest signs summer is around the corner in Niagara is Jackson-Triggs announcing its annual…...
Canalside Players stages Norm Foster comedy in Welland
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (223+ words) Halfway There" is set in a small Nova Scotia town midway between the North Pole and the equator." Canalside Players brings Canadian playwright Norm Foster's Halfway There," a comedy highlighting the power of friendship and community, to life in Welland…...
The "queer patchwork" comedy of Niagara"s Sam Sferrazza
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (451+ words) His first standup special, "Artistic Intent," premieres on You Tube this month. Niagara-born comic Sam Sferrazza releases his first standup special on You Tube April 17. Why leave a good career to go into the comedy trenches? It's a question'Sam Sferrazza'seems…...
Q-and-A with Niagara's Jeff Paul, filming his first standup special
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (661+ words) The raw, raucous funnyman will have the cameras rolling April 11 at Navy Hall in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Niagara comedian Jeff Paul tapes his first comedy special at Navy Hall in Niagara-on-the-Lake on April 11. Niagara comedian Jeff Paul has been exposing himself on…...
Funny ladies bring Girls Nite Out back to St. Catharines
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (12+ words) Niagara Falls Review...
Breaking the ice with comedian Steve Patterson, coming to Niagara
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (587+ words) Cracking jokes in unsettled times: The host of CBC's "The Debaters" is among featured entertainers for the'Icebreakers Comedy Festival'in Niagara-on-the-Lake running Jan. 29 to 31. "The Debaters" host Steve Patterson plays the Icebreakers Comedy Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake Jan. 29. It's the kind of…...