Canadian Comedians Beat Americans to the Punch: Form First Association of Stand Up Comics to Lobby for Artist Rights Our next Comedy Records showcase happens Monday (April 2) at New York Comedy Club. As always the lineup will feature a combination of New York and Toronto’s finest comedians with this month’s show doubling as an [...]
Sara Hennessey, Garrett Jamieson and Sandra Battaglini Help Launch Comedy Records/Exclaim! Standup Showcase Toronto-based comic and Sudbury native Sandra Battaglini makes her STC debut and so does Steve Pigozzo, who now works in TV, film and theatre in Toronto. Alessandro Costantini, founding artistic director of YES Theatre stars in the production as does veteran STC [...]
Comedy storm coming home to Sudbury Sandra Battaglini is coming home and she's bringing the laughs with her. The award-winning actor, stand-up comic and writer will return March 26 to headline this month's installment of Theatre Cambrian Late Night, a monthly comedy show. Theatre Cambrian's executive director, Mark Mannisto, is welcoming the comedienne back home [...]
Battaglini headlines March Theatre Cambrian Late Night The offering at this month's Theatre Cambrian Late Night, set to take place starting at 9 p.m. March 26, will be a homecoming of sorts. “We are thrilled and excited to welcome back homegrown funny-woman Sandra Battaglini,” said executive director Mark Mannisto, in a press release. “This will [...]
An Italian comedy of errors Toronto-based comic and Sudbury native Sandra Battaglini makes her STC debut and so does Steve Pigozzo, who now works in TV, film and theatre in Toronto. Alessandro Costantini, founding artistic director of YES Theatre stars in the production as does veteran STC actor Ron Tough of Sudbury. Read full article [...]
Alt comedy booming in Toronto clubs It wasn’t that long ago that standup comedians of all styles and skill levels — pro, amateur, clean, raunchy — were galvanized by their contempt for the newest addition to their art form. Indeed, veteran Toronto political standup and writer Lou Eisen posted some 15 years ago that “alternative [...]
The comedy of three We're conservative people, loyal to our mining heritage and may enjoy the occasional beverage, but dang it all, we Sudburians are funny people, too. A good Italian girl, Sandra Battaglini grew up in Sudbury, studied history at Laurentian University and then moved to Toronto to pursue a career in marketing. While [...]
Leslieville comedienne stages solo show at the Alumnae Theatre Photo/COURTESY Sandra Battaglini stars in Classy Lady at the Alumnae Theatre, her latest comedy solo show. It hasn't always been easy but Leslieville-based comedienne Sandra Battaglini is glad she followed her heart and is doing a career she loves. A Sudbury native who has called the [...]
Local Ladies Who Make Us Laugh (2012 Edition) We suppose it’s a small sign of improvement that a recent National Post story—the latest of many articles to denigrate and disparage “women in comedy”—never once claimed that “women aren’t funny.” Instead, it said that women have “almost no choice” but to portray themselves as “unattractive, sexually [...]
Send in the Clowns Read the full article in PDF Eye Weekly - Arts Week -October 12, 2006
