MTL SKETCHFEST WITH SRUTIKA SABU / THE LAST COMEDY OPEN MIC ON A ROCKET SHIP / ANDERS YATES

Srutika Sabu (TO):

Srutika decided to combine her twin passions of people watching and fanfiction writing to create sketches about people with indulgent backstories.

The Last Comedy Open Mic on a Rocket Ship into the Sun (MTL):

The year is 2046, everything on Earth is (still) a garbage fire, and humanity has decided to pack it in for one last trip… into the Sun. To keep spirits up, one snappy passenger starts a WEEKLY COMEDY OPEN MIC in the ship’s cafeteria. Fast forward 5 months and 1 week into life hurtling through space… we’re at the final show before CRASHING INTO THE SUN. This STAND-UP/SKETCH HYBRID delivers cosmic puns, gallows humour, and something meta about how trivial and comforting it is to be funny while our planet rots/civilization crumbles. It’s balm for the reluctant nihilist’s soul…

Anders Yates (TO):

Anders Yates is an actor, writer, improviser, sketch comedian and tall person originally from Montréal but currently living in Toronto like a common traitor. In 2022 his solo sketch comedy won him the Montréal Sketchfest Best of the Fest award, and he likes to recreate his acceptance speech daily at various bus stops. In 2024 My Entertainment World called Anders « One of Toronto’s very best comedy performers […] Yates is as surefire as it comes! » and he didn’t even need to cut out anything mean to make that quote look good.