That’s right! We’ve been summoned back to Toronto Comicon for another fantastic weekend of live podcasts and comedy shows.
Come by the Sonar booth in the Community Zone and don’t miss our exciting live events! This year we’ve partnered with Bad Dog Theatre Company to bring you even more improv!
FRIDAY MARCH 15
11:15 AM
STEELE MY STORY w/ ALEXA STEELE & special guest JORDAN TODOSEY
Room 202CD
A brand new podcast hosted by actor Alexa Steele, known for her roles in ‘Degrassi’ and ‘Jann’, and comedian Ian Fisher of ‘Covert Affairs’ fame. Each episode features a guest who shares three intriguing stories: two personal stories that actually happened to them and one borrowed tale. It’s up to Alexa and Ian, with their sharp instincts and playful banter, to unravel the truth and identify the ‘stolen story’.
1:00 PM
THE FANFIC WE JUST WROTE JUST NOW w/ HILLARY YAAS & SELENA VYLE
Room 202AB
Award-winning drag comedians Hillary Yaas (Camp Wannakiki) and Selena Vyle (Far Cry 6) present an entirely improvised fanfiction podcast, based on audience suggestions. Prepare to have your favourite things ruined by two hilarious character actors, one an expert nerd, and the other with limited knowledge of the fanfic world! Wacky mayhem ensues with the hosts of the 2-time Canadian Podcast Award Winning (Best Film and TV Podcast & Best Arts Podcast) “Squirrel Talk”!
4:00 PM
FANPROV – NERDY IMPROV INSPIRED BY YOU!
Room 202AB
A Whose Line is it Anyway style improv show where all of the suggestions to inspire the comedy will come from YOU and all the nerdy stuff YOU LOVE!
6:00 PM
THE FANDOM SHOW PODCAST w/ special guest STEPHANIE COOKE
Room 202AB
Hot off their Canadian Podcast Award Win for best Host, the Fandom Show is a crash course in popular culture hosted by Kyah Green and Stephanie Malek, and their special guest. From prestige TV to RPGs, space races to drag races, collecting sneakers to catching pokemon, there is no shortage of things in this world to get excited about. The Fandom Show talks to fans, hobbyists and professionals about their fandoms; why they love it, how they love it, and all the bizarre little details only a true fan would know. Strap in for an hour of unadulterated joy and insightful conversation about what it means to be a fan.
At this live recording, they’ll be joined by award-winning graphic novel writer of ParaNorthern, Oh My Gods, and more, Stephanie Cooke!
SATURDAY MARCH 16
5:00 PM
SPOOKED! PODCAST w/ special guest PATRICK KWOK-CHOON
Room 202AB
The Sonar Podcast Network presents Spooked!, the improvised scary story podcast that is never scary and sometimes a story. Get goofy with the Spooked! boys and their special guest, Patrick Kwok-Choon (Star Trek: Discovery) who will talk about his experience with the paranormal and maybe even tell a spooky improvised story! Spooked! is hosted by Cody Crain (CBS’s Ghosts, Netflix’s Locke and Key) and Damien Doepping (All for One). Inspired by a listener’s suggestion, they improvise a hilarious and cohesive horror narrative. Spooked! has been named one of Toronto’s Best Podcasts by NOW Magazine and was named one of the “10 comedy podcasts you need to listen to” by Indie88.
6:00 PM
ONE DOLLAR WORDS w/ special guest FEARLESS FRED KENNEDY
Room 202AB
The Sonar Podcast Network presents One Dollar Words, host Nug Nahrgang and his guest, Canadian Radio icon Fearless Fred Kennedy, are each given secret lists of 5 random words. During the interview, Fred must get Nug to say each of the secret words and for each word Nug says, Fred wins $1. But Nug gets $1 back for each word on his list he can get Fred to say! Will Fred Kennedy win $5? Will he owe Nug $5? What will an interview like this even sound like?! Find out as we play a live game of One Dollar Words!
7:00 PM
STAR WARS COMEDY: MAY THE LAUGHS BE WITH YOU
Room 104ABC
Are you #TeamJedi or #TeamSith? #LightSide or #DarkSide? Come root for your team as they go head to head in a comedy competition where you decide the winner and who rules the galaxy! Brought to you by Bad Dog Theatre Company.
PERFORMERS: Andy Hull, Christy Bruce, Ben Sosa Wright, Sarah Hillier, Sharjil Rasool, Kris Siddiqi
SUNDAY MARCH 17
11:15 AM
DOCTOR DC PODCAST
Room 202CD
The Sonar Podcast Network Presents Doctor DC! The award-winning podcast making sense of the weird and wonderful world of DC Comics. Each week Doctor DC and Producer Richard make comics less daunting by answering your questions about anything and everything DC.
12:15 PM
DREAD: IMPROVISED HIGH-STAKES HORROR COMEDY
Room 202CD
In this high-stakes horror-comedy, an improvised cast of characters must survive a monster chosen by the audience; Each of their fates is at the whims of a giant, wavering Jenga tower. If it falls during your scene? You die.
PERFORMERS: MK Morris, Kat Letwin, Shaun Hunter, Cam Parkes, Bridget Cann, Ghazal Ghiami
1:00 PM
GHOSTFACERS: A SUPERNATURAL REWATCH PODCAST
Room 202AB
The Sonar Podcast Network Presents Ghostfacers, a Supernatural rewatch podcast! Buckle up with hosts Richard and Reid as they rewatch every single episode of The CW’s hit TV show Supernatural, while also exploring the real-world monster lore that inspires the show!
3:00 PM
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS LIVE
Room 202AB
D&D Live has been Toronto’s premier improv adventure comedy since 2012. Journey to the fantastic, yet familiar, realm of T’Rannah, where audience members will be asked to take up the 20-sided Die of Power and roll to determine the fate of our heroes as they haggle for gear at Forthright Ed’s, storm the gates of Castle Ohma, and plumb the depths of the monster-infested Mountains of Finance. Experience all the critical hits, the epic fails and jokes jokes jokes from an award-winning cast of comedians with swords. Produced by Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. Performed by Sex T-Rex.
