Articles by James Keast

Tweet of the Week: August 18, 2017

PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2017

August 12 COP: victim was strangled by a Versace tie DETECTIVE: looks like this was a crime of… *pokes himself in the eyes* tf are my...

Randy Newman

Dark Matter

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2017

There are three distinct aspects to the work of Randy Newman, and three different kinds of admirers. As a songwriting genius on par with Ha...

Moshe Kasher All Access Live

Club Soda, Montreal QC, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2017

TV show tapings — in this case for Just For Laughs' TV series All Access Live — contain different challenges from a normal standup show. Fl...

Katherine Ryan

Café Cleopatra, Montreal QC, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2017

Like other sartorially inclined comics like Paul F. Tompkins or Aziz Ansari, Katherine Ryan cut an elegant figure as she took the stage at...

Ali Siddiq

Montreal Improv, Montreal QC, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2017

In an intimate venue as part of the Off-JFL series, Ari Shaffir popped out to do a quick ten minutes before introducing the headliner. The...

W. Kamau Bell

Theatre La Chapelle, Montreal QC, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2017

Alonzo Bodden, one-time Last Comic Standing winner and 20-year vet of the Just For Laughs festival, opened the show with a lot of great, Mo...

Moshe Kasher Doesn't Just Want to Talk, He Wants Conversation

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2017

Comedian Moshe Kasher made his mark as a lefty, California raised comic unafraid to challenge audiences — and himself — with the nuances of...

'Terrific Women' Toast to Their Problems In New Talk Show Parody CBC Web Series

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2017

Terrific Women is a just-launched CBC web series created by Toronto comics Sara Hennessey and Stephanie Kaliner, who explore the lifestyles...