Synopsis
Canadian Comedy Award winner, Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show is proud to present its one-of-a-kind talk show at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. Each show we interview three different celebrity guests. After an interview segment, Monkey Toast’s Host/Interviewer, David Shore, throws the focus to the Monkey Toast players who then use the interview as the inspiration for their improvised scenes.
Our rotating cast of improvisers is one of the best in Canada and includes:
- Colin Mochrie (Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
- Lisa Merchant (Train 48)
- Kerry Griffin (The Second City)
- Aurora Browne (Comedy Inc.)
- Jan Caruana (The Bad Dog Theatre)
- Herbie Barnes (Tonto’s Nephews)
- Sandy Jobin-Bevans (The Second City)
- Paul Constable (The Second City)
- Jennifer Goodhue (Comedy Inc.)
- Naomi Snieckus (The Ron James Show)
- Matt Baram (The Second City)
- Paul Bates (The Second City)
- Marcel St. Pierre (The Bad Dog Theatre)
- Scott Montgomery (The Second City)
Past guests on the show include, NDP Leader Jack Layton, Actor/Writer Don McKellar, Toronto Mayor David Miller, Tony Winner Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone), Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), Bob McDonald (Quirks & Quarks), Jake Gold (Canadian Idol), Andrew Coyne (Maclean’s), Michael Landsberg (TSN), Sean Cullen, Richard Crouse (Reel To Real), Peaches, Don Ferguson (Royal Canadian Air Farce), Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Author Jan Wong, Dave Bidini, and Jaymz Bee (JazzFM) to name a few.