Comedy’s coming out at Proud & Funny 4

Comedy’s coming out for the fourth year in a row with Proud & Funny on Bad Dog TV. Proud & Funny is the much-anticipated annual celebration of queer comedy presented by Tom Hearn and Coko Galore, in association with Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. Proud & Funny will include four virtual shows over two days starting tonight with The Variety Hour.

Proud & Funny is normally a month long festival with weekly shows in June, but Hearn and crew have been able to capture the energy and talent of queer comics across North America with digital editions in 2020 and 2021. This weekend check out Proud & Funny’s offering of improv, sketch, drag, music and more.

THE VARIETY HOUR
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 - 7:00 PM EDT
Hosted by sweet drag queen Hunni Kruller, The Variety Hour will feature videos from Tricia Black (Pretty Hard Cases), Ajahnis Charley (Station Eleven), Sansom Marchand (Gender Reveal Party), Coko Galore (Untitled Black Sketch Project), and a reading of No Country for They/Thems with Avery Jean Brennan. No Country for They/Thems was recently presented at the Stages Theatre Festival, where Avery Jean Brennan said “I wrote this show as a love-letter to the Queer & Trans friendships in my life that I have not been able to see yet represented in media.”

THE PARTY SHOW
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 - 9:00 PM EDT
The Party Show is a queer improv show directed by Coko Galore (Festival Director of Black and Funny - Toronto, and Asian and Funny), with appearances by Daphney Joseph, Tom Hearn, Anders Yates, Tyra Banda, Rasheed Green (The FAM, Casually Dope), and Coko Galore.

THEATRESPORTS
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 - 7:00 PM EDT
Bad Dog's flagship show, Theatresports, has been making Toronto audiences laugh for over 35 years. Theatresports mixes the thrill of improv with the energy of a sporting event, putting you in the middle of the side-splitting scenes. The Proud & Funny edition of Theatresports will be hosted by Tom Hearn and includes performances by Jillian Welsh, Monica Garrido, Messy Margaret, Hillary Yass, Chansa Showers, and Avery Jean Brennan.

THE PARTY SHOW
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 - 9:00 PM EDT
The closing night performance of Proud & Funny 4 will be a queer improv extravaganza with Toronto improv royalty Coko Galore, Daphney Joseph, Tom Hearn, Anders Yates, Ajahnis Charley, Kirsten Rasmussen, and Phatt Al.

All Proud & Funny shows will be streamed live on Bad Dog Comedy TV’s YouTube channel. All shows are free to watch, and donations are encouraged.