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March 15, 2024 /

The Royal Theatre, Toronto

Phone: (416) 466-4400
Email: info@theatred.com
Address:
608 College St.
Toronto, Ontario
M6G 1B4

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The Royal Theatre is an ideal venue for private screenings, corporate events, live performances or seminars. We offer a unique space for concert and multimedia/streaming events with full 2D video shoot, audio recording, streaming, and broadcasting capacities.

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The Comedy Here, There & Everywhere' Tour is comin

The Comedy Here, There & Everywhere' Tour is coming to the Royal Theatre October 12th with two Juno winning comedic titans, Jon Dore (CBC's 'Humour Resources', The Jon Dore Television Show, & Conan) and Dave Merheje ('I Love You Habibi' Crave special, 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' [2024] & Hulu's 'Ramy')!

Brought to you by Comedy Here Often? & SiriusXM Comedy Club, showcasing hilarious Canadian acts coast to coast!

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An exciting cultural event is coming to the Royal

An exciting cultural event is coming to the Royal Theatre on August 6th! Panazz: The Story gives an intimate look at the Trinidadian jazz steelpan ensemble primarily from the perspectives of four of its key players, Barry Bartholomew (leader), Dane Gulston, Natasha Joseph, and Donell Thomas.

The musical phenomenon began in the early 1990s when Barry Bartholomew and Yohan Popwell formed the ensemble initially to compete in Pan Ramajay, a competition that sought to highlight the improvisational skills of individual pannists in small ensembles.

After winning four consecutive years, Panazz pulled out of the competitive arena to embark on their professional journey which saw them captivate international audiences with their electrifying performances in renowned venues spanning from Boston Symphony Hall to some of the finest concert halls in Japan.

At the core of the film lies the groundbreaking music produced by Panazz for its five CDs. At the heart of Panazz itself was an immense love that bound the players as a collective unit. Together, they contributed to the elevation of Trinidad and Tobago’s national instrument.

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After attracting more than 100,000 attendees world

After attracting more than 100,000 attendees worldwide, the Royal Opera of Madrid & Fever are bringing the 4.5/5-star Authentic Flamenco back to Toronto! From September 27th to 29th they will be bringing the heat to the Royal Theatre stage. On this international tour, Authentic Flamenco will be headlined by the renowned flamenco artist, El Yiyo. Don't miss this rare opportunity to witness the raw power of this Spanish art form.

Flamenco is an expression of passion and emotion; with it, the feelings that make us human are honored and celebrated. Originating in Spain, this special show, in partnership with the Royal Opera of Madrid and produced by SO-LA-NA, brings together award-winning professionals for an unforgettable performance with stunning vocals, instruments, and dances. Whether you’re an avid flamenco lover or just seeing it for the first time, there’s no better, more authentic way to witness firsthand the raw power of this captivating Spanish art form. Olé!

Performers
El Yiyo - Dancer
Ainhoa Garrido Rodríguez - Dancer
Falete Perona - Guitar
Aaron Molina - Singer
Juan Amaya Amador - Percussion and backup vocals
Diego Amador - Percussion

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A very special and fun podcast is coming to the Ro

A very special and fun podcast is coming to the Royal Theatre October 10th at 8pm.

"Two Dykes and a Mic” is a weekly comedy podcast and internationally touring live show. Comedians and IRL BFFs McKenzie Goodwin and Rachel Scanlon host the world’s greatest and gayest show of all time. Get your nose ready, because you’re about to snort queer joy and laugh your gay cans off.

Hosts Rachel Scanlon and McKenzie Goodwin keep listeners up to date with “Gay News”, relationship advice with “Ask a Dyke”, dating horror stories with weekly “Bumble Fumbles”, fan favorite segments like “What’s Gayer” and “Who Tops Who” and more!

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Ben Bankas has added a date in September! He'll be

Ben Bankas has added a date in September! He'll be at the Royal Theatre on September 18th as well!

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!

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The hilarious Anna Akana is coming to the Royal th

The hilarious Anna Akana is coming to the Royal theatre on October 20th!

After a stalking incident forced Anna into retirement for 6 years, she's back - and armed with a restraining order and a plethora of new stories to tell. Anna Akana is a comedian, actress and writer. As an actress, she can be seen in Marvel's Ant-Man, Comedy Central's Corporate, Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy and the Emmy-nominated Youtube RED series she executive produced and starred in, Youth & Consequences. Her Youtube channel has a following of over 2.8 million subscribers, where she tackles a variety of mental health focused comedy content. As a writer, hopefully she'll someday emerge from development hell (with networks FX, Netflix, and HBOMax) for you to witness her work. Diablo Cody once said, "Anna's a brilliant and poignant writer," so either way, she can now die at peace.

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The extremely talented Stephan Moccio is coming to

The extremely talented Stephan Moccio is coming to the Royal Theatre on October 6th.

One of the most compelling writers in music today, Stephan Moccio possesses a rare power to express incredibly complex and nuanced emotions through melody alone. In recent years, the classically trained pianist, composer, producer, and arranger has shown his melodic ingenuity in such iconic hits as Miley Cyrus’s seven-times-platinum “Wrecking Ball,” garnered three Grammy nominations, and received an Oscar nod for co-writing The Weeknd’s seven-times-platinum “Earned It”—all while establishing himself as a highly esteemed recording artist.

Over the years, Moccio has penned songs for superstars like Dua Lipa, Avril Lavigne, Seal, James Blunt, and Ne-Yo, landing seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 on the strength of his undeniably original and deeply resonant melodies. And while he continues to experience enormous success in the pop world, he looks to expand his career and musical vision through his new focus on solo piano and instrumental music. “I love artistic tension and the process of working through things with collaborators,” says Moccio. “But with my own music, it’s very meaningful to me to have absolute creative control, and to put everything I have into making
something I completely believe in.”

In reflecting on the making of his last album, Moccio speaks to the profound sense of purpose behind his endeavors as a recording artist. “If people are going to gift me with the hour of their time that it takes to listen to this body of work, then I want to give them something valuable in
return,” he says. “It needs to be something beautiful, first and foremost, but it also needs to be something that makes them feel peaceful inside. I want this music to be meditative and transformative for everyone who hears it, and to give them back the time and space that so many of us are missing today.”

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The Who? Weekly podcast is coming back to the Roya

The Who? Weekly podcast is coming back to the Royal Theatre this September 13th at 7:30pm!

Who? Weekly: The Podcast is back on tour with an all new, all Who live show! Join hosts Bobby and Lindsey to live, love and laugh LIVE and in-person alongside the Wholigans. We’ll dig into our favorite Daily Mail headlines, dive deeper into the lives of culture’s thirstiest D-listers and maybe once and for all figure out exactly what Rita Ora’s up to… Don’t miss out on this EXCLUSIVE chance to affirm your parasocial relationships! Come see us!

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Joe Dombrowski, presented by Comedy Records, is ha

Joe Dombrowski, presented by Comedy Records, is having a full weekend residency at the Royal Theatre from November 14th to 16th.

Native Metro Detroiter, Joe Dombrowski took the world by storm in 2017 with a viral April Fools’ Day spelling test prank that landed him multiple appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres show. Don't get it twisted though! It takes at least 20 years to be an overnight sensation! Joe has been doing stand-up comedy since he was eight years old in his third-grade talent show. He's never stopped! Since Joe's rise to fame, he has been traveling the globe with his stand-up comedy which often highlights his outrageous family dynamics and of course his time as a former elementary school teacher.

Joe has been featured as a headlining act at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal and the New York comedy festival and will also be headlining two shows in the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Fest at The Hollywood Improv. Joe is also incredibly humbled to be hosting a monthly show at the world-famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles, CA beginning fall 2024. When he’s not getting creative on stages and screens, Joe spends his time in Seattle, Washington producing his podcast “Social Studies” where he recaps outlandish stories from fans all over the country.

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The hilarious Jiaoying Summers is coming to the Ro

The hilarious Jiaoying Summers is coming to the Royal Theatre on November 7th at 6:30pm. You won't want to miss it!

Jiaoying Summers is the most courageously fresh voice in comedy. She embodies the Asian American perspective through her work with uncensored, unapologetic comedic stylings. Among her unique gifts are powerful and dark truth bombing; she turns extreme childhood trauma into comedy gold. In just four years, lighting has struck the comedy world, she is among the fastest rising stars. She is an Asian Hall of Fame inductee, comedian, podcaster and social media comedy queen with over one billion views and counting. Jiaoying made history as the 1st Chinese comedian to ever headline the Apollo Theater in New York City.

The LA Times considers her "one of the leading women running the LA comedy Scene". The BBC named her "the woman rewriting the comedy circuit in Hollywood". Vogue Magazine described her as "a major voice on the national comedy scene.” NHK World Japan described Jiaoying Summers's comedy as "effective at combating Anti Asian Hate". Her 30-minute comedy special "Hot Girl Summers" is streaming on Peacock TV and Prime Video. Jiaoying is also an award-winning actress, CEO of Summers Group, a philanthropist empowering women and children and helping causes that touch Asian American communities. She is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy in Los Angeles and focuses on producing shows that promote representation in comedy.

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Dr Jason Leong is coming back to the Royal Theatre

Frank Spadone is coming to the Royal Theatre! Catc

Frank Spadone is coming to the Royal Theatre! Catch him being funny on our stage May 31st at 7pm and 9:45pm!

Frank’s personable accounts of family life have quickly made him a top headliner at comedy clubs and theatres across Canada and the US. He has been featured at comedy festivals in Australia, South Africa, and is regular face at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, having also toured with the festival multiple times across Canada. Frank’s movie credits include “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle’s”, “Take The Lead” and “The Man” and he has appeared on TV series The Border, Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Mr. D.

DOORS OPEN AT 6:00pm

*Show may contain adult themed content not suitable for all ages. Suggested age restriction is 16+.

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Welcome to PLASTIC PEOPLE: The Hidden Crisis of Mi

Welcome to PLASTIC PEOPLE: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics! Join the cast and crew at The Royal for an eye-opening event discussing the impact of microplastics on our health and environment.

Plastic People is a landmark feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health.

The ground-breaking feature documentary PLASTIC PEOPLE investigates our addiction to plastic and the growing threat of microplastics on human health. Almost every bit of plastic ever made breaks down into "microplastics.” These microscopic particles drift in the air, ﬂoat in all bodies of water, and mix into the soil, becoming a permanent part of the environment.

Now, leading scientists are ﬁnding these particles in our bodies: organs, blood, brain tissue, and even the placentas of new mothers. What is the impact of these invisible invaders on our health? And can anything be done about it?

Acclaimed author and science journalist Ziya Tong takes a personal approach by visiting leading scientists around the world and undergoing experiments in her home, on her food, and her body while collaborating with award-winning director Ben Addelman (Discordia, Bombay Calling, Nollywood Babylon, Kivalina v. Exxon) in an urgent call to action for all of us to rethink our relationship with plastic.

Join Writer/Director Ben Addelman and Co-Director and our subject Ziya Tong along with Executive Producers Peter Raymont and Rick Smith for this amazing night and be the first in Toronto to see the film.

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The LADYGANG “You Never Forget Your First” Tou

The LADYGANG “You Never Forget Your First” Tour presented by CLEARSTEM is coming to the Royal Theatre October 5th at 7pm!

You never forget your first, right? Get up close and personal with your very first podcast love: LADYGANG. Hosts Keltie Knight, Becca Tobin and Jac Vanek bring their unfiltered and high energy show to your town, complete with good week bad week, freebies, giveaways, audience participation and some wild and crazy LadyGames. Come stumble through womanhood with the original chart topping trio with over 250 million downloads, an E! series, and 2 best-selling books. Hear the never-before-heard stories we can only share with a live audience and leave feeling like you had your very first kiss all over again!

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The Therapy Gecko is coming to the Royal Theatre o

The Therapy Gecko is coming to the Royal Theatre on October 11th at 8pm!

After embarking on a sold out world tour last year, multi-platform internet sensation Lyle Forever brings his beloved Therapy Gecko live show on the road again in 2024. Fans will get the chance to converse with Lyle live on stage as they share their hopes, dreams, and anything else in the recesses of their mind with the internet’s favorite gecko and unlicensed therapist. It will be an interactive, unpredictable evening as the audience journeys with a gecko into the unknown.

Lyle Forever has taken the world by storm with his hit podcast, Therapy Gecko. Lyle’s unique perspective, curious ear, and green face paint has struck a chord with millions of fans around the world as he combines comedy and human interest stories by talking through strangers' sometimes wholesome, sometimes bizarre, problems and situations. Lyle has taken his show all over Europe, Australia, Japan, and the US and performed at some of the biggest music festivals in the country, including Bonnaroo and Electric Forest. His podcast has featured major names like Lil Yachty, Denzel Curry, Eric Andre, Danny Brown, Bobby Lee, and others. Now, Lyle is excited to announce “The Lizard Agenda Tour” for 2024.

Grab your ticket before it sells out! Link to tickets available in our bio.

Ben Bankas is returning to the Royal theatre on Se

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!

Grab them while you can through the link in our bio!

Welcome to the Asian Heritage Month Comedy Show at

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!

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Look who's coming to the Royal Theatre on 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.

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Liza Treyger is coming to the Royal Theatre on Nov

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!
Link for tickets available in our bio.

Amanda Seales is coming to the Royal Theatre on Ju

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!

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