ALBERTA’S BEST-SELLING PINT-SIZED QUEER SKETCH DUO
GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM
“If every funeral was this laugh-out-loud funny we’d dig up the dead three times a week just to bury the bastards again. See this show.”
– Edmonton Journal, ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
“The whole social construct of gender is kind of a joke to begin with, but sketch comedians Elena Eli Belyea and Sydney Campbell dive deep.”
– Daze Magazine, ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Gender? I Hardly Know Them is pleased as punch to be performing as part of the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival on March 13 at 7PM and March 14 at 9PM at the Theatre Centre’s BMO Incubator. The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival (TOsketchfest) returns March 4 – 15, 2020 for its 15th Anniversary, making it Toronto’s longest running comedy Festival.
Nanette meets Baroness Von Sketch in this queer comedy show created by award-winning playwright and performer Elena Eli Belyea and Rapid Fire/Dang Dumb director and performer Sydney Campbell. Dad jokes, first dates and catcalls collide in this joyfully provocative premiere that will leave you breathless, whatever your pronouns. A smorgasbord of the political, surreal, raunchy and ridiculous, Gender, I Hardly Know Them tackles complicated subjects with risk, rigor, and wit, in a way that centers queer folks, but is welcoming to everyone! “Gender? I Hardly Know Them” premiered in August 2019 at the Edmonton Fringe where it received rave reviews, sold out, and was held-over for two nights at the Grindstone Comedy Theatre.
Syd and Eli are a pair of pint-sized, non-binary prairie queers who have worked together since 2014 and have the friendship to prove it. By coming to Toronto, they have cut Edmonton’s queer population in half. @genderihardlyknowthem
The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival is Canada’s premier festival celebrating scripted, ensemble comedy boasting 12 days of comedy on five stages, each year featuring approximately 200 comedians. Since 2005, the Festival has brought sketch comedy to wider audiences with performances showcasing emerging comedians alongside a slate of top-flight headliner acts such as Tallboyz II Men, Kate McKinnon, Ramy Youssef and Jonathan Braylock of Inside Jokes Films, The Kids in the Hall, Ninja Sex Party, Sasheer Zamata, This is That, Michael Ian Black, and Gavin Crawford. TOsketchfest is a registered charity and supports Canadian comedic writer-performers through showcases, professional development and direct funding through the Sketch Comedy Project Fund in partnership with the Pat & Tony Adams Fund.
GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM at the TORONTO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL
Two Nights Only! March 13 at 7PM and March 14 at 9PM
BMO Incubator at the Theatre Centre (1115 QUEEN STREET WEST)
Tickets are $17.50 plus fees and are available in person or online at: https://www.torontosketchfest.com/tscf-troupes/gender-i-hardly-know-them/