SwordPlay: A Play of Swords
⚔️ Swordplay: A Play of Swords at Comedy On Queen Street ⚔️
December 11-14 at 9pm - The Assembly Theatre
Presented by Sex T-Rex and Bad Dog Theatre
A swashbuckling adventure comedy where no plot is untwisted, no bad guy unstabbed, and no chandelier unswung!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Sheer, unrelenting comic force” - CBC
"Inspired, imaginative and first-rate comedic theatrical magic."
- My Entertainment World
“Live theatre with something everyone secretly wants: a video game on legs, with references they can’t fail to get.” - 12th Night
✨ Starring Conor Bradbury, Julian Frid, Lowen Morrow, Seann Murray and Sharjil Rasool
Toronto-based comedy company Sex T-Rex remounts their most beloved and acclaimed one-act show, SwordPlay: A Play of Swords, as part of Bad Dog Theatre's Comedy on Queen Festival at Assembly Theatre!
SwordPlay is a loving parody of the swashbuckling genre mixed with retro video games, drawing on The Princess Bride, The Three Musketeers, Game of Thrones, Legend of Zelda, and Final Fantasy, to name a few.
🏆 WINNER, 2024 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Ensemble
🏆 WINNER, Just For Laughs Best Comedy
🏆 WINNER, Atlantic Fringe Best Comedy
🏆 WINNER, Pick of the Vancouver Fringe
🏆 WINNER, BC Touring Council Award
Join us this December and make thrilling fight scenes, puffy pants, and more foam swords than five adults would reasonably need to put on a show, a part of your holiday tradition!