Articles by John Price

Tom Green

Just For Laughs, Montreal QC, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2018

Tom Green is Ottawa-born, so that means his French is not bad, and that's how he starts his set at La Maison Theatre. It's a cartoonish dis...

Here's What It's Like to Go to CinemaCon

PUBLISHED May 1, 2018

Here's a scoop for you — the movie business is huge. Like, staggeringly massive. In fact, last year's haul, touted as a decline in box offi...

FANTASIA 2017: DRIB

Directed by Kristoffer Borgli

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2017

Those familiar with the comedy of Bill Hicks undoubtedly recall a biting rant about marketing: "If anyone here works in marketing or advert...

Jim Norton

Eglise du Gesu, Montreal QC, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2017

There's an overused adage about "wanting to have a beer" with certain celebrities. Not that Jim Norton would consider himself a celebrity —...

Tom Segura

Olympia Theatre, Montreal QC, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2017

Montreal's historic Olympia Theatre is a sweet venue, one that has been host to some of Just For Laugh's most notable comedians — that's wh...

Mark Forward

Revival, Toronto ON, September 28

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2016

Mark Forward is angry — and it's awesome. For many at the Toronto comic's JFL42 set, we're in on it right away. As he points out, "I'm real...

Todd Barry

Royal Theatre, Toronto ON, September 23

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2016

If there's a sub-genre of "vanity" comedy, Todd Barry is really good at it. He has mastered the approach, both onstage and online, and is p...

The Dana Gould Hour

Second City, Toronto ON, September 23

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2016

Dana Gould recently got himself in some hot water on Twitter. It wasn't a firestorm of controversy, rather a blip of heated debate. It's so...