Just for Laughs Toronto

Courtney Gilmour

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

No one in recent Canadian comedy history has had a faster rise than Courtney Gilmour. Having captured the title at the 2017 Homegrown Comic...

Jo Koy

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

There are few comics out there willing to write new jokes midway through a set in front of 3,000 people at an esteemed comedy festival. The...

Jo Firestone / Moses Storm

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

Engaging in varied forms of crowd work to inform very strong prepared material, Jo Firestone and Moses Storm each put on uniquely interacti...

Neal Brennan

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

"It's been a while," Neal Brennan said while scanning his phone for a setlist of bits he could proceed with, just past the halfway point of...

Ismo

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

How many comedians can you name from Finland? Chances are that you can barely name one. That one comedian is Ismo, the only Finnish comedia...

James Acaster

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

Assessing James Acaster's JFL42 performance in Toronto last night, the question is how to effectively capture the proverbial lightning in a...

Chanty Marostica

JFL42, Toronto ON, September 20

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2018

September 20, 2018 was a big day for Chanty Marostica. Not only was it the day they became the first transgender comedian to perform an hou...

Hannibal Buress Discusses His New Sobriety, Comedy Critics, Making Music and JFL42

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2018

The last time Hannibal Buress headlined a JFL42 set at the Sony Centre in Toronto, we loved the show so much, we gave it a perfect score....