Bad Dog Theatre Company Announces New Season

Yesterday Bad Dog Theatre Company announced their new season of online comedy shows, which will begin Thursday, January 14, 2021 with #TryImprov, The Early Show, and the 19th annual improv competition Globehead.

Bad Dog Theatre Company specializes in unscripted comedy and improvised performance, and provides affordable, accessible improv training. Bad Dog recently left their home on Bloor Street West in Toronto due to the effects of COVID-19, but under the leadership of Artistic and Managing Director Coko Galore, Bad Dog transitioned to a virtual platform, Bad Dog Comedy Online. The Bad Dog Theatre now offers Bad Dog Comedy Classes online and live-streamed shows at Bad Dog Comedy TV.

The Bad Dog Comedy TV Winter 2021 Season includes:

#TRYIMPROV
Thursdays at 4:30pm ET from Jan 14 - Feb 18, 2021

Each week, a special guest who has never tried improv will dive into the art of unscripted comedy, guided by one of Bad Dog's award winning instructors. Join them as they learn the ropes in real time! And say "yes and" for the first time.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/tryimprov

THE EARLY SHOW
Thursdays at 7pm ET from Jan 14 - Feb 18, 2021

THE EARLY SHOW is a long running Bad Dog staple that showcases the Bad Dog Featured Players. And now - they bring you THE EARLY SHOW online! Tune in to watch this amazing team of improvisers work their magic.

The Bad Dog Featured Players Season 7 are: Amanda Cogan, Bita Joudaki, Carley Thorne, Cihang Ma, Dana Puddicombe, Freddie Rivas, Miguel Gauthier, Patrick Murray, Randl Morales, Rob Lewin, Rosh Abdullah and Tyra Banda.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/theearlyshow

GLOBEHEAD
Thursdays at 9pm ET from Jan 14 - Feb 25, 2021

The annual improv competition GLOBEHEAD is back, and now in its 19th year! This year it is online they are putting the “globe” in GLOBEHEAD with some international friends! Hosted by Tom Hearn, they will also have a special guest judge each episode. Eight teams will compete for the GLOBEHEAD title. They’ll go head to head to fight ‘For Honour, For Glory, For a Ridiculous Trophy’. Plus a cool $500 CAD!

Featuring Dad’s Garage (Atlanta), The FAM (Baltimore), Fistful of Kicks (Vancouver), Team Hillary (Toronto) and The Bad Dog Theatre Company. With special judges Ann Pornel, Coko Galore, Laura Cilevitz, Julie Osborne, Mark Andrada, Avery Jean Brennan and more!
More info and full schedule: baddogtheatre.com/globehead

AYAKA’S KITCHEN
Mondays at 4:30pm ET from Jan 18 - Feb 22, 2021

Each week, Ayaka Kinugawa invites a guest, who will introduce an ingredient that Ayaka will roll it into a sushi - live on the internet! From caesar salad to ketchup flavoured potato chips, Ayaka will say yes and any ingredient. Anything goes in AYAKA’S KITCHEN. Let’s see if it’s good or VERY GOOD!

Created by Ayaka Kinugawa
More info: baddogtheatre.com/ayakaskitchen

THE SONAR NETWORK PODCASTS
Mondays at 7pm ET from Jan 18 - Feb 22, 2021

THE SONAR NETWORK is a curated collective of the best in Toronto podcasting. Their podcasts have been featured as top podcasts by The Comedy Network, blogTO, Streetcar, and NOW Magazine. They proudly showcase performers who are Second City Alumni, Canadian Comedy Award winners, Canadian Screen Award winners, as well as other notable up-and-coming comedians in Canada.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/thesonarnetwork

STAR GAYS
Mondays at 9pm ET from Jan 18 - Feb 22, 2021

Cardboard Sword presents: STAR GAYS, a pulpy sci-fi soap opera. Featuring some of Canada’s funniest and nerdiest improvisers, STAR GAYS follows an intrepid crew of explorers as they tackle all manner of queer missions and misadventures in OUTER SPACE. Tune in for a whole new season full of big gay drama, sexy aliens and the occasional mission to Uranus.

Created by The Cardboard Sword Collective (Kyah Green, Stephanie Malek and Kaitlin Morrow).
Featuring Kyah Green, Stephanie Malek, Kaitlin Morrow, Jillian Welsh, Nkasi Obgonnah and more.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/stargays

AT HOME
Tuesdays at 9pm ET from Jan 19 - Feb 23, 2021

AT HOME is a longform improv show that goes behind the closed doors of a Toronto apartment building. Every week, we will visit three separate units that are grappling with a new problem (ie: the internet is down Apt 2A, while a newborn baby is in Apt 3C, etc). Witness the drama and hilarity of spending too much time AT HOME.

Created by Nadine Djoury. Directed by Liz Johnston.
Featuring Nadine Djoury, Liz Johnston, Sharjil Rasool, Connor Low, Paloma Nuñez, Kevin Whalen and more.
More Info: baddogtheatre.com/athome

PUPPET CHATS
Tuesday at 7pm ET from Jan 19 - Feb 23, 2021

PUPPET CHATS is an improvised serial that reveals the life of a lonely puppet in Toronto during these “unprecedented times” told through online conversations with her human friends, family, ex-lovers, therapists, and that guy she met that one time. Each week features Kaitlin Morrow (from Sex T-Rex) and some of Canada’s funniest improvisers as special guests!  

Created by Kaitlin Morrow. Pinky (the puppet) was made by Trish Leeper.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/puppet-chats

QUARANTEA
Tuesdays at 4:30pm ET from Jan 19 - Feb 23, 2021

We're so bored, we're spilling our own tea! Every week, one comedian joins Tamara Shevon and they answer three questions based on a specific theme. Here's the catch - they have to answer . . . NO. MATTER. WHAT. It won't be long before the cup overflowth.

Created and hosted by Tamara Shevon.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/quarantea

WITH AUNT SHEILA
Wednesdays at 7pm ET from Jan 20 - Feb 24, 2021

WITH AUNT SHEILA is a weekly chat show with... *ahem... you guessed it, Aunt Sheila, your favourite Aussie Auntie that's new in town and lookin' to network. Join them every week as they get into the gossip with funny Bad Dog folks -- they'll chat, they'll play games, maybe you'll even get a sticker!

Created & Performed by Shannon Currie
Produced by Avery Jean Brennan
Sound Design by Adrian Shepard-Gawinski, with Special Thanks to Adam Lazarus
More Info: baddogtheatre.com/withauntsheila

THE OVAL
Wednesdays 9pm ET from Jan 20 - Feb 24, 2021

Inspired by the hit Netflix reality show The Circle, THE OVAL is a hilarious improvised competition perfectly suited to life in quarantine! Watch some of Toronto's top improvisers charm and deceive one another to try and become social media influencers. Trapped in their separate apartments and only able to communicate through social media, will they figure out who among them is fake?

Created, directed and hosted by Anders Yates.
Featuring Tom Hearn, Daphney Joseph, Kirsten Rasmussen, Ajahnis Charley, Stephanie Malek, Coko Galore, Liz Johnston, Andrew Bushell, and more.
More info: baddogtheatre.com/theoval

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These shows are free of charge, but Bad Dog is accepting Tips and Donations at every show. Support live (online) comedy!