Live Comedy
The Royal Theatre is the ultimate destination for live comedy. Our state-of-the-art facilities and dynamic atmosphere create an unforgettable experience for both performers and audiences. With a commitment to fostering community and collaboration, we’ve hosted some of the biggest names in comedy as well as rising stars. See below who’s performing next!
- Fern Brady, May 16th
We have a very special guest coming to the Royal Theatre on May 16th at 6pm:
Scottish Comedian Fern Brady!
Scotland’s queen of comedy Fern Brady (Taskmaster (Channel 4), Live At The Apollo (BBC2), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), The Last Leg (Channel 4)) is back on tour with a brand new show. What happens when you get everything you want and it’s not enough? This is a great show to come and see if you are a fan of the Scottish comedian Fern Brady. Fern is the author of Sunday Times best selling memoir STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER whose previous show POWER AND CHAOS was broadcast on BBC1. Fern was also recently named by the LIST Magazine as Scotland’s second most influential person of 2023.
Tickets go on sale Friday February 2nd at 10am.
- The Asian Heritage Comedy Showcase, May 17th
Welcome to the Asian Heritage Month Comedy Show at The Royal Theatre! Get ready to laugh your socks off as we showcase some of the best Asian comedians in the industry today.
Join us for a night filled with laughs and good vibes with Asian-Canadian stars like
Andrew Phung (Run The Burbs, Kim’s Convenience) and Jennifer Hsiung (Co-anchor, CP24 Breakfast) alongside an A+ lineup of killer stand up comedians!
F E A T U R I N G
Andrew Phung
International star of screen and stage, Andrew Phung is a 4x Canadian Screen Award winner best known for his smash hit show Run The Burbs, exploring the dynamics of a Vietnamese and South
Asian family through a sharp and wholesome sense of humour, as well as his role as Kimchee in the iconic Netflix show Kim’s Convenience.Jennifer Hsiung
Known to Torontonians as the Co-anchor on CP24 Breakfast, Jennifer Hsiung is a mainstay of Toronto’s daily life. With more than a decade of experience in live news, sports and entertainment programs, she covered the China’s first-ever Summer Olympic Games, interviewed Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming, and is a hilarious stand up comedian to boot!
A Killer Lineup
Andrew and Jennifer are joined by some of Canada’s top comedians such as Crystal Ferrier
(Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, Winnipeg Comedy Festival), Danish Anwar (CTV’s Roast Battle Canada, CBC’s Because News), Ernie Vicente (Just For Laughs, NXNE) and surprise guests!Celebrate Asian excellence at the iconic Royal Cinema with us! You might find your next favourite comedian and you’ll definitely have an amazing night out.
Online tickets are 25% off with promocode ASIAN4EVA so grab your tickets now before they’re
gone!Link to tickets available in our bio!
- Chris Fleming , June 8th
Look who’s coming to the Royal Theatre on June 8th at 7pm and 9:30pm!
Chris Fleming was named one of Variety’s Ten Comics to Watch for 2019. He has amassed over 70 million views on his Youtube channel and has appeared in Comedy Central’s CORPORATE, Splitting Up Together, Netflix’s Last Laugh and Twelve Forever. The Huffington Post has called him “perhaps one of the best things on the internet.” Of his live show, Chortle says, “you can’t take your eyes off this unpredictable, exciting performer.” Splitsider says, “a madman and I think, genius.” According to Vulture, “equal parts imagination and inferiority complex, a combination that has led him to create some of the most bizarrely funny performance art taking place online and onstage today.”
Grab your tickets fast! The 6pm show is already sold out.
- Amanda Seales, June 19th
Amanda Seales is coming to the Royal Theatre on June 19th. She will be gracing our stage twice that night, at 7pm and 9:30pm.
Comedian, actress, writer, producer, and more, Amanda Seales doesn’t just make you laugh, she makes change! With an uncanny knack for taking serious topics and with humor, making them relatable and interesting, she combines intellectual wit, silliness, and a pop culture obsession to create her unique style of smart funny content for the stage and screen.
Amanda Seales is a comedian and creative visionary with a Master’s in African American studies from Columbia University. Seamlessly blending humor and intellect, her unique style of smart funny content spans various genres across the entertainment and multi-media landscape. She is best known for her iconic role as “Tiffany DuBois” in HBO’s “Insecure” and her debut stand-up comedy special, “I Be Knowin,” and as a former co-host on daytime talk show “The Real”, host of NBC’s “Bring the Funny,” and host/writer of the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards.
Amanda speaks truth to change via her wildly popular Instagram @AmandaSeales, weekly podcast “Small Doses,” and book by the same name. Centering community building in her comedy, she is also the creator/host of the touring variety game show, “Smart Funny & Black.” Loved for fearlessly saying what folks are thinking, her Reach Media/Urban1 syndicated radio show + podcast, “The Amanda Seales Show,” edu-tains audiences daily, giving the culture what it’s missing in markets across the nation!
A philanthropist, her efforts support Black girl-focused organizations, education, and animal conservation. Always an advocate for Black voices, she produces and creates art as edu-tainment across the media landscape by any joke necessary!
- Ben Bankas, September 20th
Ben Bankas is returning to the Royal theatre on September 20th!
Ben has performed with the likes of Andrew Schulz, Joe List, Louis J. Gomez, Tyler Fischer, and has a surprisingly diverse cult-like following of comedy fans that love to laugh.
Ben is the hottest commodity coming out of Canada right now with over 162,000 followers and growing rapidly on Instagram. Ben mocks politics, current events, pop culture, and himself.
Ben is the host of his own podcast “The Bankas Show” on YouTube with over 10,000 monthly listeners and growing.
He has been featured on InfoWars, Blaze TV, and Fox News in the USA and in notable Canadian publications like the Toronto Sun, CBC, BlogTo, Toronto Life, CP24, Rebel News, The Western Standard, and more.
Check out Ben Bankas’ comedy specials “GAYTATORSHIP” and “Please, Wear a Mask” on YouTube. All material Ben will be performing will be new and cannot be found online.
Tickets are selling out fast!
- Joe Avati, October 25th
Comedian Joe Avati is bringing the laughter to the Royal Theatre October 25th, 2024 at 7pm!
In Joe Avati’s hilarious new show he asks you to leave your political correctness at the door. Internationally renowned for his inimitable style Avati, who is Australian born with an Italian heritage, is a master of treading the very fine line saying what everyone is thinking but no one dares to say whilst not resorting to the use of profanities or vulgar shock tactic routines.
In his latest offering WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE he compares the ‘then versus now’ generational differences of today’s children against his own, the complexities of modern day parenting compared to the strict upbringing of yesteryear and threaded throughout all of this he tackles the minefield of comedians and cancel culture, the woke brigade and why people are over political correctness.
His observations are not only deadly accurate but extremely relatable to all ages.
- Liza Treyger , November 22nd
Liza Treyger is coming to the Royal Theatre on November 22nd!
Liza Treyger is a stand-up comic who most recently was seen recurring in the Netflix series SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST. Additionally in film and television, she has appeared in
Jordan Peele’s NOPE, the Judd Apatow movie, THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND, and HBO’s PAUSE WITH SAM JAY. Liza has Netflix and Comedy Central half hour specials and has appeared on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, CHELSEA LATELY, @MIDNIGHT, LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING, HORACE AND PETE, and many more fun things. She and Kara Klenk co-host, THAT’S MESSED UP, a podcast about LAW & ORDER: SVU. What makes Liza most proud is she regularly performs at The Comedy Cellar and The Comedy Store.Tickets go on sale April 24th at 10am!
- Urzila Carlson, May 23rd, 2025
Changed date alert!
Urzila Carlson will now be coming to the Royal Theatre on May 23rd, 2025.Urzila Carlson, has become one of the biggest names in comedy in Australia and New Zealand!
Her trademark deadpan humour and cheeky wit has seen her win fans the world over for her television appearances and live shows. A touring powerhouse, Urzila has toured the globe and sells out live shows year after year.
In the first half of 2023, Urzila embarked on a highly successful tour of her show It’s Personal throughout the UK, captivating sold-out audiences. Following this, she triumphantly returned to Australia with her new show, Just No! earning the prestigious People’s Choice Award for the second consecutive year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Looking ahead to 2024, Urzila will embark on an Australian Tour with her new show Just Jokes in 2024 and appear at Netflix is a Joke Festival in LA in May.
Details about ticket sales will be announced!”
