Articles by James Keast

Darcy Michael / Pat Thornton

Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, September 24

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015

Two Canadian stand-up veterans / sitcom character actors teamed up for a co-showcase at Comedy Bar, and while their styles were very differ...

Rory Scovel

Garrison, Toronto ON, September 24

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2015

Sitcom character actor (Ground Floor) and rising stand-up comedy talent Rory Scovel made things weird late on Thursday night as he brought...

Kurt Braunohler

Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2015

Kurt Braunohler brought a trust exercise to the Comedy Bar on Sunday evening as part of the JFL42 preview shows happening in advance of the...

Enabler Interview Prompts Allegations of Physical and Sexual Abuse; Band Announce Hiatus

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2015

Following an interview filmed for Exclaim! TV with the primary architect of hardcore band Enabler, Jeff Lohrber, posted on this site on Jul...

Myq Kaplan / Mary Lynn Rajskub

Comedy Bar, Toronto ON, May 15

PUBLISHED May 16, 2015

Friday night showcased a famous actor/comedian doing some work and a comic on the rise presenting his brain on drugs in the tiny Cabaret sp...

Inherent Vice

Paul Thomas Anderson

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2014

If you put a pot-addled private detective at the centre of a complicated plot involving kidnapping, drug smuggling and police corruption, a...

Ani DiFranco

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2014

Ani DiFranco has been a pioneer for nearly 25 years. She founded her independent label, Righteous Babe, at age 18 in order to control her a...

JFL42 Tig Notaro

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto ON, September 24

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2014

"I'd like to tell you a story about the time I should have been molested," is how comic Tig Notaro began her first JFL42 set in Toronto thi...