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COMEDY BAR DANFORTH

2800 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON

Upcoming Shows

The Roll Players
The Roll Players
Jun 30 – Dec 29, 2026

Toronto's best improvisers play an actual game of Dungeons & Dragons - LIVE on stage!! Currently playing: The Curse of Strahd. This isn’t just a D&D...



Review: FUNNY GIRL at Shaw Festival


by Michael Rabice - June 01, 2026

When FUNNY GIRL opened on Broadway it was a smash hit in 1964 and would jettison the career of Barbra Streisand. It became a staple on repertory companies, regional and community theatres and summer stock. But the looming memory of Streisand's iconic performance  on stage and then on screen seemed ...

Review: WORLD ON FIRE at The Assembly Theatre


by Keira Grant - May 30, 2026

On the whole, this intimate and emotionally raw black box presentation was a strong inaugural performance for this company, and I look forward to seeing more fresh grassroots performances from them in the future. ...

Review: CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - May 17, 2026

What did our critic think of CICADAS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE/ERWARTUNG at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts


by Keira Grant - April 27, 2026

Even if you are lukewarm to early 20th-century avant-garde music and don’t care for Schoenberg’s serial composition music-baby, you are sure to be won over by the brilliance of these performers and the creative team....

Review: STRIFE at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - April 24, 2026

Anyone who’s spent ten minutes online in the past decade knows that we live in an age of anger and polarization when it comes to the issues and identities we hold dear. Stories abound about families who can no longer speak to each other or even share a meal, with jagged cracks in the foundations o...

Review: PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE at Koerner Hall


by Keira Grant - April 17, 2026

Opera Atelier’s 2025-2026 production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is a departure from the company’s production modus operandi that will leave a lasting impression on audiences and signal a new era of innovation for Opera Atelier....

Review: THE MOORS at The Theatre Centre


by Ilana Lucas - April 17, 2026

In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected. Branwell, her supposed employer and warmhearted correspond...

Review: CYRANO at CAA Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 24, 2026

When it comes to adaptations of French playwright Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy Cyrano de Bergerac, you can take your pick of the nose....

Review: THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026

What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...

Review: PEOPLE OF THE CITY at Factory Theatre


by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026

Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto. After each tale, the team of improvisers serves up a set of improv based on—or, at least, tangentially related—to ob...

Past Shows

SCREAMY TODD: An Improvised Revenge Musical
SCREAMY TODD: An Improvised Revenge Musical
Apr 17

Attend the tale of Screamy Todd!Vengeance and justice! Antihero or villain? Judge for yourself in this razor-sharp, completely improvised musical.This killer Friday night offering from...

East Side Story
East Side Story
Mar 27

East Side Story! is a high-energy, fully improvised, musical inspired by classic rivalries like West Side Story, Romeo & Juliet or Blackberries vs iPhones! Each...

Late Night Fckery
Late Night Fckery
Jun 21

WE’VE GOT TORONTO’S MOST HORN’T UP IMPROVISERS GIVING YOU WHAT YOU WANT ALL SUMMER LONG!CUM SEE US!An adults only late night comedy show where the...

Late Night Fckery
Late Night Fckery
May 17

An adults only late night comedy show where the comics let it all out.We've got Toronto's best improvisers playing risqué games and sensual scenes!unsophisticateduncensoredunscriptedGet ready...

Movie: The Improvised Musical
Movie: The Improvised Musical
Mar 7 – Mar 13, 2025

It's a bird? It's a plane? No! It's a completely improvised musical!!!March 07/08/13 at Comedy Bar Danforth Movie :The Improvised Musical at Comedy Bar Danforth is...

Late Night Fckery
Late Night Fckery
Feb 22

An adults only late night comedy show where the comics let it all out. We've got Toronto's best improvisers playing risqué games and sensual scenes! unsophisticateduncensoredunscripted Get ready...

Tinsel Tunes An Improvised Holiday Musical
Tinsel Tunes An Improvised Holiday Musical
Dec 14 – Dec 21, 2024

Tinsel Tunes An Improvised Holiday MusicalJoin us for a magical holiday adventure that sparkles with cheer and wonder! Our trees are aglow with twinkling lights,...

Mission Totally Possible
Mission Totally Possible
Jun 15 – Jul 31, 2022

Buckle up and prepare for The Second City's wildest adventure in laughter ever! Mission Totally Possible is a high-octane, interactive exploration of all things not...

The Best of The Second City
The Best of The Second City
Jun 17 – Jun 27, 2022

Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the...

Swipes Right
Swipes Right
Apr 2 – May 30, 2022

Its love at first laugh with The Second City! Bring your partner, lover, significant other, spouse, friend with benefits, friend with EXTRA benefits, platonic BFF,...

Welcome Back to the Future
Welcome Back to the Future
Apr 1 – May 15, 2022

The future is finally here...and we're ready to laugh! Join actual humans in an actual theatre having actual fun as we toast being all together...

Videos


Not Dead Yet! - John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50 in Toronto Not Dead Yet! - John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50
The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres (10/02-10/02)
CINDERELLA by The United European Ballet Company in Toronto CINDERELLA by The United European Ballet Company
First Ontario Performing Arts Center (11/24-11/24)
Twelfth Night in Toronto Twelfth Night
Canadian Stage (7/12-9/06)
Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in Chatham, ON in Toronto Swan Lake by International Ballet Stars in Chatham, ON
Chatham Capitol Theatre (3/27-3/27)
Mt. Joy in Toronto Mt. Joy
RBC Amphitheatre (9/21-9/21)
THE NUTCRACKER by The United European Ballet in Toronto THE NUTCRACKER by The United European Ballet
Brockville Arts Centre (11/27-11/27)
CINDERELLA by The United European Ballet Company in Toronto CINDERELLA by The United European Ballet Company
McIntyre Performing Arts Centre (12/02-12/02)
Bee Gees Celebration in Toronto Bee Gees Celebration
Théâtre Capitole (12/16-1/02)
Menopause The Musical in Toronto Menopause The Musical
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium (10/09-10/09)
Movie Night (On Stage) - An Improv Show in Toronto Movie Night (On Stage) - An Improv Show
Comedy Bar (7/11-7/11) PHOTOS