A Solo Show Festival - ASSFEST - December 9th to 11th

It’s the first ever inaugural ASSFEST - A Solo Show Festival !!!

And it’s all going down at Sweet Action Theatre from December 9th to 11th!!

8 incredible award-winning and unique solo shows from Toronto and New York City will be featured over the course of the weekend as well as amazing performers workshopping brand new solo work!

Sure, you can purchase individual tickets to shows, but why not treat yourself to the discounted ASSPASS bundles! It'll make a perfect gift for yourself and anyone you know!

Showcasing the city’s most innovative and in-your-face theatre, and offering world-class comedic training, Sweet Action Theatre is Toronto’s home for the ridiculous!

Spread that ASSFEST word of mouth and hope to see you there!!

Buy your tickets at:

https://www.sweetaction.ca/assfest/

– ASSFEST Schedule –

FRIDAY DECEMBER 9th:

7 PM = Double Bill!

10,000 Digits Of Pi

By Vinay Sagar

Vinay attempted to recite 10,000 Digits of Pi over 8 shows at the Toronto Fringe. He failed miserably and got through only 2,083 digits. Come see him try again.

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Workshopping

Four brave & bold performers bare their comedically theatrical souls for 15 minutes each. Witness the beginnings of four new works in progress workshopped before your eyes!

9:30 PM = Gordon Neill re-presents: oops i booked a solo show

Gord Neill re-presents his very first solo show "Oops I Booked A Solo Show" with a WHACK of the same bits and a SMIDGE of the new bits

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10th:

3 PM = Workshopping

Four brave & bold performers bare their comedically theatrical souls for 15 minutes each. Witness the beginnings of four new works in progress workshopped before your eyes!

5 PM = Donna Carnivora

Wipe the blood off the stereo, throw your hair back, and take a sip of a dirty martini. Donna is throwing a KILLER party! She’s Marilyn Monroe meets American Psycho, and you’ve made her guest list. Don’t miss the most depraved party in Toronto… or you’ll live to regret it.

By Stephanie Carpanini

6:30 PM = Popped Out (New York City)

Just a regular, stand-up comedy show, with stand-up comedy by Rachel Resnik... nothing else. Rachel is an actor, writer, and performer who has toured with her solo shows In Denial and Grown Ass Woman internationally. Of her performance at The Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia, one reviewer wrote: “ever been to a wedding where the bridesmaid is so drunk she makes the kind of cringe-worthy speech that makes your blood curdle? That’s Rachel Resnik, only there’s wit and gender commentary below the clever veil of champagne.”-The Advertiser (Adelaide Fringe, 2019). Directed by Isaac Kessler.

By Rachel Resnik

8 PM = My Grandmother's Eyepatch (New York City)

What happens when an idiot leads a memorial service for a long-deceased family member? In this off-the-wall-comedy, clown, improvisor, and magician Julia VanderVeen leads the audience through wild stages of grief as she attempts to honor her long dead Grandmother. Winner of “Best Solo Clown” and “EstroGenius” awards in the 2022 FRIGID Festival, “My Grandmother’s Eyepatch” absurdly examines what happens when a memorial service goes seriously wrong - helping us appreciate our own humanity.

By Julia VanderVeen

9:30 PM = 1-MAN NO-SHOW

WINNER: Artists Pick Award - Edmonton Fringe Festival 2022

From the minds of Academy Award Winner Gordon Neill (on Lights) and Canadian Comedy Award Nominee Isaac Kessler, from 2-MAN NO-SHOW. Combining Aestheticism with Athleticism, it’s the show that gave Oscar Wilde a nosebleed!

“An utterly bizarre, hilarious experience, and I could have watched it for twelve more hours. It's a must-see.” - Intermission Magazine

SUNDAY DECEMBER 11th:

5 PM = Workshopping

Four brave & bold performers bare their comedically theatrical souls for 15 minutes each. Witness the beginnings of four new works in progress workshopped before your eyes!

6:30 PM = Bedwetter

You’ve heard the jokes about bedwetters, but have you ever listened to the stories?

Tamlynn Bryson recounts her sometimes heartbreaking, often hilarious, and completely true

story of becoming a woman while still feeling like a child.

“★★★★★ – Wonderfully crafted, funny, and touching”

-Theatre in London

“★★★★ – Bryson has a Molly Shannon-esque command of physical comedy”

-Winnipeg Free Press

“Please go see Bedwetter; you’ll be so glad you did”

-View Magazine

8 PM = Minute To Win It

Arguably too many people get 1 minute to WIN IT ALL.

WHERE:

Sweet Action Theatre

Artscape Youngplace

180 Shaw St Unit 106

Toronto, Ontario, M6J 2W5

Canada

On the first floor of Artscape Youngplace, right across from the elevator.