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Back In Show Mode!

19 Feb

Has it been almost two years since I’ve updated this website? Um. Yes. I think we all know why. But the good news is, theatres are opening back up and I can not WAIT to do shows with Girls Nite Out again!

In the two years since updating this site I’ve completely forgotten how to link the shows in my calendar thingie on the side, so here’s the info below.

Saturday Feb 26th we are at The River Run Centre in Guelph:

Girls Nite Out with Elvira Kurt

And for International Women’s Day, we’re back at Theatre Collingwood for TWO SHOWS! Friday March 6th and Saturday March 7th. Both shows are sold out I believe, which is incredible. Last time we performed in Collingwood, we had what I’ll confidently say is one of the most incredible audience participation moments from a 96-year old woman who had LIVED A GOD DAMN LIFE!

Really hope she comes back!

GIRLS NITE OUT

If you haven’t been out to see live music, theatre, comedy or the arts – please treat yourself and support the performers. To say our industry got decimated is an understatement. Remember how much you relied on entertainment from your home during the pandemic – now we need you!

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Girl’s Nite Out – Collingwood, Ontario

7 Feb

So great to be back for the second year in a row at the Collingwood Legion for another sold out Girl’s Nite Out show on International Women’s Day weekend.

Shout out to our second-half talk show guest, 95 year-old Joyce who used to be a microbiologist. At 85 she got bored and started taking flying lessons. You know AS ONE DOES AT 85.

She could not for the life of her figure out what we wanted her to do in the ‘audience sound effects’ scene, but it was the best kind of gong-show.

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Girls Nite Out @ The Globus Theatre (Bobcaygeon)

10 Sep

Love love LOVE doing shows with these maniacs and we’re back at the gorgeous Globus Theatre in Bobcaygeon with our mix of stand-up and improv comedy.

Sunday, September 29th, 2019

Globus Theatre @ The Lakeview Arts Barn

2300 Pigeon Lake Road
Bobcaygeon, ON K0M 1A0
(705) 738-2037

1-(800)-304-7897

Click HERE for tickets

Somehow, whenever it comes time for backstage selfies, Elvira Kurt is nowhere to be found. Then she comes in, sees we’re doing selfies and yells at us for not including her in the selfies. So enjoy the most recent round of selfies sans Elvira. (No idea where Jennine Profetta went in the last pic, but Karen Parker and I are clearly horrified/amused.)

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Girl’s Nite Out – St. Catherines

8 Mar

What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than two sold out shows at the First Ontario Place in St. Catherines with Jan Caruana, Jennine Profeta, Elvira Kurt and token piano-playing man, Kevin Baker.

Even the name of the town is a lady!

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Toronto ACTRA Awards 2018

25 Feb

One of the easiest gigs a gal can get is writing the opening monologue of the 2018 Toronto ACTRA Awards for one of Canada’s funniest and best improvisers, Colin Mochrie. He makes everything hilarious.

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And when his adorable actor/comedian wife Deb McGrath joins him on stage? Just sit back and listen to the laughs roll in.

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Girl’s Night Out – East Coast Tour Dates

4 Jan

The ladies (and one guy) are heading to the East Coast of Canada for a mini-tour. Come join us and see if the set list gets longer than just Elvira, Options and Bell/Horn.

 

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February 2nd: Fredericton Playhouse, 686 Queen St,  Fredericton NB: Click HERE for tix.

February 3rd: Imperial Theatre, 12 King Square South – Saint John NB: Click HERE for tix.

Feb 4th: King’s Theatre, 209 St George St, Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia: Click HERE for tix.

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Girl’s Night Out – Elliot Lake SOLD OUT!

4 Jan

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Just when I’m about to plug the damn show I learn it’s sold out. So THAT’S great!

If you’re in the Elliot Lake, Ontario area and wanna see what you’re missing – click HERE

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Improv in Ireland – Grand Stretch

13 Oct

You know what makes the Irish laugh? Everything. Even before the show starts.

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Got to perform the inaugural TheatreSports Ireland show thanks to this hard working fella,  Darren Yorke of Grand Stretch Improv.

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Got too drunk/excited to take a cast photo, but Darren joined me, Denise Jones, Michael Teigen, Dan Dumsha, Duane Keogh, and special guest Dave Keogh on guitar. Here are some of us, already drinking before the show started.

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Second City on the Norwegian Gem

8 Sep

Oh man – this was the VERY last contract that Second City has with NCL. Due to a cast member’s family emergency, I got to swoop in for a week and get one last taste of that delicious sea life on the Norwegian Gem.

There were no better people in the world to get caught in a post-lobster roll Maine downpour than these beautiful maniacs.

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Girl’s Night Out – Barrie ON

14 Apr

Screen Shot 2017-05-05 at 1.46.03 AMIs there anything more fun that four wickedly hilarious women performing for a group of wickedly appreciative women? Yes. When there’s a guy on piano.

Thanks Jennine Proffeta, Karen Parker, Kevin J. Baker and our hilarious host Laurie Elliot.

I will never forget ‘Over-Sharon’ who pulled her entire skirt over her head while gyrating suggestively towards me.

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