Boosegumps + My Word!| Blockbuster 2026

Boosegumps

Campy nostalgic horror... but improvised!

Inspired by campy 90s children's horror, like Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark, each 'episode' is based on audience suggestions, featuring a chilling narrator and scrappy kid protagonists just trying to survive the wacky shenanigans around them. Pull up the covers and turn all the lights on, because it's about to get real spooky.

Cast: Saba Akhtar, Sara Caplan, Jennifer Coy, Sunny Gill, Adam Machan, Jared Hudson, Ella Merrett, Morgan Toane

My Word!

Four eager debutantes vie to be crowned the 'belle of the ball' in this bridgerton-inspired improv show. The catch? The ladies must pull 21st century slang words from a hat and seamlessly integrate them, without betraying their modesty.

Cast: Ella Berger, Jeff Clement, Jaelynn Brooks, Emilia Slowikowska

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Bad Dog Comedy Theatre and Sex T-Rex are honoured to announce the return of Blockbuster Week from May 11-16, 2026 at Videocabaret, a community gathering for some of Toronto’s most talented artists, Blockbuster Week is a beloved festival of brand new improvised comedies celebrating movies and television in a live, unscripted setting.

Blockbuster Week culminates on May 16 in a celebratory awards night called The Sexies, which sees Sex T-Rex awarding satirical yet heartfelt awards to all the artists in the festival.

Blockbuster Week

May 11-16, 2026

Videocabaret, Deanne Taylor

10 Busy Street, Toronto, ON M4M 1N8

Full program here:

https://baddogtheatre.com/blockbuster26

About Bad Dog Theatre

The award-winning Bad Dog Theatre Company has specialised in the art of unscripted comedy and improvised performance since 1982. The home of Toronto's best improv since 1982, the company offers classes in improv, sketch and stand-up comedy all year round. Bad Dog is the home of the longest running comedy show in Toronto, Theatresports, which celebrated its 40th year in 2023.

About Sex T-Rex

Sex T-Rex Comedy is a Toronto-based comedy troupe whose cinematic style, wild physicality and spot-on parody has delighted audiences since 2008. They have garnered rave reviews and accolades for their scripted productions and improvised serial comedies such as SwordPlay (2024 Dora Mavor Moore Award - Outstanding Ensemble, Just For Laughs Best Comedy), Crime After Crime (After Crime) (Best of Toronto Sketchfest), Sketch T-Rex (Patrons’ Pick - Toronto Fringe 2022), and D&D Live! Patrons’ Pick - Toronto Fringe 2018).

Media contact: Victoria Laberge, [email protected]

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