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"...the best comedy deal in town." - Now Magazine Updated on Dec 21, 2024 for our upcoming pop up shows at Comedy Bar Bloor. All shows start at 7pm.
We hope that you'll join us as Monkey Toast** returns for three pop up shows at Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St. West, on Saturdays, January 11th, February 15th and March 22nd, 2025. Tickets are $25 and tickets for all three shows can be purchased by clicking here. Each show we bring together six of Toronto’s best and most experienced improvisers. Based off an audience suggestion, our host, David Shore, will tell a true story from his life for the cast to use as a springboard to their improvised scenes. The show then goes back and forth between monologues and improv.
**Please note these shows are not the Talk Show format that most of you know us for. Instead, this is our original monologist & improv format as explained above. For fans of the Talk Show, we are presently booked to perform it at a charity show sometime in March, and you will be updated once that show is booked and tickets are available.
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The show listed below is on hiatus. Six-time Canadian Comedy Award winner, "Monkey Toast: The Improvised Talk Show" is now international with Monkey Toast Toronto and Monkey Toast London (UK). In Toronto, Monkey Toast presents its one-of-a-kind monthly talk show at the SoCap Theatre, at 154 Danforth Ave, 2nd Floor. Here's how it works: Each show we interview two 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 (Baroness Von Sketch)
• Jan Caruana (The Second City)
• Herbie Barnes (Tonto’s Nephews)
• Sandy Jobin-Bevans (The Second City)
• Paul Constable (The Second City)
• Jennifer Goodhue (Comedy Inc.)
• Paul Bates (The Second City)
• Jack Mosshammer (Train 48)
• Janet Van De Graaff (History Bytes)
• Marcel St. Pierre (The Bad Dog Theatre)
• Lauren Ash (The Second City)
• Marty Adams (The Second City)
• Albert Howell (The Tonight Show)
• Leslie Seiler (The Second City)
• Liz Johnston (The Second City)
• Sandy Jobin-Bevans (Just Like Mom & Dad)
Past guests on the show include:
• Dr. David Suzuki
• Actor/Writer Don McKellar
• Former Leader of the Opposition, Jack Layton
• Olympic Figure Skater, Elizabeth Manley
• Former Mayor of Toronto, David Miller
• Current Mayor of Toronto, John Torry
• Brendan Canning (Broken Social Scene)
• Tony Winner Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone)
• Jake Gold (Canadian Idol)
• Jon Dore
• Michael Landsberg (TSN)
• Sean Cullen
• Richard Crouse (Reel To Real)
• Peaches
• Don Ferguson (Royal Canadian Air Farce)
• Gavin Crawford (This Hour Has 22 Minutes)
• Debra McGrath (Little Mosque On The Prairie)
• Author Jan Wong
• Dave Bidini
• Andrew Coyne (National Post)
• Olympic Sprinter, Donovan Bailey
• Jaymz Bee (JazzFM) to name a few.
09/27/2026
What at F@&$ING great show! BIG THANKS to everyone who came out and packed the house at our first ever Just For Laughs Show!
Next show is Saturday, October 17th, 7pm at Comedy Bar. Link for tix in bio.
09/25/2026
This is really happening! Come join us on Saturday at 5pm for Monkey Toasts first ever JFL show. Link 4 tix in bio.
Starring: Lisa Merchant, Jan Caruana, Paloma Nunez, Herbie Barnes, Kris Siddiqi and Reid Janisse.
Music by Matthew Reid.
Hosted by David Shore.
This show has been 23 years in the making. We hope that you’ll come out and support us at Monkey Toast’s fist appearance at Just For Laughs. This is a 5 pm show on Saturday, September 26th at Comedy Bar on Bloor. Link 4 tix in comments.
Starring: Lisa Merchant, Jan Caruana, Paloma Nuñez, Reid Janisse, Herbie Barnes and Kris Siddiqi.
Music by Matthew Reid.
Hosted by David Shore.
Music by Matthew Reid.
Hosted by David Shore.
Monkey Toast has been one of Toronto’s premier comedy shows since 2003.
The show stars six of Toronto’s best and most experienced improvisers. Based off an audience suggestion, our host, David Shore, will tell a true story from his life for the cast to use as a springboard to their improvised scenes. The show then goes back and forth between monologues and improv.
09/13/2026
This show has been 23 years in the making. We hope that you’ll come out and support us at our FIRST ever Just For Laughs show.
It’s a 5pm show on Saturday, September 26th. Link 4 tix in comments.
Starring:
Lisa Merchant, Jan Caruana, Paloma Nunez, Reid Janiesse, Herbie Barnes and Kris Siddiqi.
Music by Matthew Reid.
Hosted by David Shore.
Link 4 tix in bio.
No scripts. No rehearsals. Monkey Toast has been one of Toronto’s premier comedy shows since 2003 and it’s at the LPT.
The show stars six of Toronto’s best and most experienced improvisers. Based off an audience suggestion, our host, David Shore, will tell a true story from his life for the cast to use as a springboard to their improvised scenes. The show then goes back and forth between monologues and improv.
Starring: Lisa Merchant, Jan Caruana, Kayla Lorette, Sandy Jobin-Bevans, Herbie Barnes and Cale Bain.
Music by Dewi Minden.
08/26/2026
Yes, I bought a Marble Rye. Let the jokes begin!!
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08/26/2026
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08/26/2026
We’re back from our summer break and thrilled to be performing for one night only in North York’s Leah Posluns Theatre! Link for tix in bio.
Each show we bring together six of Toronto’s best and most experienced improvisers. Based off an audience suggestion, our host, David Shore, will tell a true story from his life for the cast to use as a springboard to their improvised scenes. The show then goes back and forth between monologues and improv.
Starring: Lisa Merchant, Jan Caruana, Kayla Lorette, Herbie Barnes, Cale Bain and Sandy Jobin-Bevans.
Music by Dewi Minden.
Hosted by David Shore
08/05/2026
Auditions are this coming Monday evening for David’s Troupes Harold class at CBPro. The purpose of the audition is to make sure that you’re able to do multiple person scenes (more than 2 people) based off a single suggestion.
In this class, you will not be learning the basic Harold but an advanced version of the Harold that David watched House and Chicago Alumni Teams performing.
While still encompassing the classic Harold structure, students in this course will be taught how to make advanced moves, learn both set and organic group games as well as classic and advanced Harold openings.
DM if you have any questions. Link to sign up in bio.
07/24/2026
What fun performing at the Mount Pleasant Village BIA comedy festival, literally on the side of the road.
Thanks to everyone who came out, what a great crowd. We’ve never had a fire truck honk at us during a show.
Come see us at Comedy Bar on October 10th. Link 4 tix in bio.
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