IT'S A COLUMBO + BIG AL'S CHICKEN BUCKET PRESENTS BOWL-A-MANIA

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 9:30pm
The Assembly Theatre (1479 Queen St. West)
$15 online | $20 at the door

It's A Columbo:

It's a Columbo, a 30-40 minute "howcatchem" mystery. Audience suggestions builds a murder that the detective character doesn't see. Then we bring them in to solve it with a series of short form games leading up to a final deliberation.

Big Al's Chicken Bucket Presents Bowl-A-Mania:

Bowl-A-Mania is an affectionate pastiche of the two greatest genres of 80s television - regional territory studio pro wrestling and local access bowling tournaments. It exports all the characteristics of 80s era studio wrestling shows (over-the-top personalities, factions of villanous heels, scrappy heroes striving for the win, interviews, feuds, backstabbing) but if the competitive actions was centred around a local women's bowling championship. The show is a lost tape from 1987, replete with commercial breaks, sponsor messages, and general 80s aesthetics.

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Bad Dog Comedy Theatre and Sex T-Rex are honoured to announce the return of Blockbuster Week from March 22 to 29, 2024 at the Assembly Theatre (1479 Queen Street West). A community gathering for some of Toronto’s most talented artists, Blockbuster Week is a beloved festival of brand new improvised comedies celebrating movies and television in a live, unscripted setting.

At Blockbuster Week, Toronto’s best improvisers perform their takes on film and television genres, popular hits, and cult classics. This year’s festival sees the return of such 2023 Blockbuster Week hits as Improvised Bollywood, Chorelord, and Porno: The Musical, alongside hilarious new offerings such as GRINDHOUSE: An Improvised *blank*Spolitation movie and WAR!!!... In Space.

All six evenings of the festival will also offer community events such as karaoke, movie night, and Clown Car - a late-night segment spotlighting the city’s high-calibre clown talent. Blockbuster Week culminates on March 29th in a celebratory awards night called The Sexies, which sees Sex T-Rex awarding satirical yet heartfelt awards to all the artists in the festival.

Blockbuster Week

March 22-29, 2024

The Assembly Theatre

1479 Queen Street West