Comedy Nuggets presents The Political Comedy Show - Roast Them All. The show will roast politicians for the inane things they do. The show will roast politicians in all levels of politics - local, provincial, national, and international.

Live from The Danforth. The show is at The Social Capital Theatre (154 Danforth Ave.).

There will be stand-up and improv. The stand-ups will write all new material with a focus on roasting politicians in one of the level of politics. Improvisors will create a longform set inspired by stories pulled from the headlines.

Who’s getting roasted?

o Adam Vaugh, MP for Spadina-Fort York

o Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario

o Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

o Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP for Vancouver Granville

o Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea

There will be an improvised portion of the show that will put a satirical spin on current political news stories.

Political news stories will be selected prior to the show and during the show the cast will randomly choose these stories to inspire their improvised scenes.

The September 5 show has a great cast which includes - stand-up from Patrick Fishman, Sarah Ashby, Edworld B. Kim, and Peter Fraser, as well improv from Dana Schiemann, Carmine Lucarelli, Janet Davidson, and Luke Lynndale.

Here is a little about each of the performers in the show.

EDWORLD KIM

Edworld has been doing stand-up comedy to bring happiness to people and to make them stick together. His jokes are universal, multi-cultural, and common daily things that you can enjoy regardless of ethnicity. He never stops moving, and his audiences always expect huge amounts of fun, inventiveness and freshness from him.

PATRICK FISHMAN

Patrick is an up and coming comic based out of Toronto. His style has been described as a “old-people friendly” by his father, who sometimes has a hard time hearing other comics clearly. When he’s not doing comedy, Patrick likes eating fried chicken in bed. He was also named the winner of the Underground Cafe’s Amateur Comedy Contest in 2017, which was pretty swell for him.

SARAH ASHBY

What do you get when you put Regina George’s mean spirit into Garth from Wayne’s World’s body? Why you get Sarah Ashby! This 5 time Roast Battle Champion has been performing all around Southern Ontario and has appeared in multiple festivals including the Brantford Comedy Festival, the 420 Comedy Festival and the United Comedy Festival. This cohost and coproducer of Comedy Mixtape, a musical comedy show that runs at Comedy Bar, also performs in Drag as Nik Sparxxx! Check them out on Twitter @smashby17 or Instagram @sarahnashby for upcoming shows!

PETER FRASER

Peter's search for a generous yet ultimately disinterested patron to sate the rapacious hunger of his comedic self-indulgence has taken him to the Brantford Comedy Festival, the Thunder Bay Comedy Festival, Laugh Sabbath, and even made him a champion of Clash of the Comics, but has proven a bitter, fruitless endeavour thus far.

JANET DAVIDSON

Janet Davidson is a teacher with the Second City Training Centre, as well as an actress, improviser and writer. She has been featured in such improv shows as Welcome to Town, Hip Waiters and The Bench. With the Impatient Theatre Co., Janet was a member of WDWMKR, an all female improv troupe, which has performed in such North American improv festivals as: DSI North Carolina, DCM New York City, the Chicago Improv Festival, TIIF and the Ottawa Improv Festival.

DANA SCHIEMANN

Dana is an actor, singer and improv and sketch comedian currently residing in Toronto. Dana is a Conservatory graduate, was a part of Second City’s House Co, performed in four Second City Writing Shows and was nominated for the Tim Sim’s Award. Recent credits include Lettterkenny (Crave), Miss Elizabeth (Vice), Bizarre Murders (Investigation Discovery) and Massive Monster Mayhem (Nickelodeon). Dana recently returned to Canada after performing improv comedy (BeerProv At Sea) aboard the MSC Seaside. When she’s not improvising or schmacting, you can catch Dana singing and playing keytar with her band.

CARMINE LUCARELLI

Carmine has spent the better part of 20 years performing and improvising, winning several Canadian Comedy Awards as part of ensemble casts. When not making up his own words he interprets those of others as an actor, most recently in theatrical productions of Hedda Gabler and Julius Caesar and television programs like The Girlfriend Experience and Working the Engels. He has directed everything from traffic to romantic comedies to sketch and improv troupes. He writes his bio in the third person.

LUKE LYNNDALE

Luke is a Toronto-based comedian performing stand-up, improv and sketch. He has performed stand-up in Comedy Brawl (2017, 2018), Comedian of the North (2019), the Boston Improv Festival (2018), Nestival Festival (2019, Columbus) Big City Improv Festival (Toronto, 2013, 2017), World’s Biggest Improv Festival (Toronto, 2016, 2017, 2018), and Best of Toronto Sketch (2018). He is founding member of DUO DAD (2013-present).

Tickets: $12 presale/eventbrite.ca, $15 door.

Doors open at 9:15 pm, show starts at 9:30 PM.

Comedy Nuggets upcoming shows

- September 10: Best Stand-Up Set

- September 17: Bring It! New Talent Comedy Showcase

- September 21: Women of Comedy

- September 27: Best Damn Stand-Up Comedy Show

- September 28: The Funniest Show on The Danforth

FAQs

What are the parking options near The Social Capital?

There is street parking along Danforth Avenue, as well as a Green P parking lot located one block north. To access the Green P parking lot, drive north on Broadview Avenue to Erindale, then turn right.

Accessibility Info: on 3rd Floor - one small step at entry, 12-15 narrow steps to second floor/bar, 10-12 more narrow steps to third floor; third floor bathrooms are not accessible. As a public space, we cannot guarantee it is Scent Free. Handrails for all staircases. For any accessibility concerns or accommodations, please contact carmine@socap.ca.

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