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Tickets now on sale for “Body Language”
Tickets went on sale this morning for our new Winnipeg Fringe offering "Body Language," presented at Venue 18: the Gas Station Arts Centre. Everything you need to know about the show as well as links to buy your advance tickets can be found here. And for the...
read moreIt was the best of times…
So, the Queen did in fact pre-empt us tonight. We apologize to anyone who tuned in and was sorely disappointed to see a lavish concert staring the worlds' most famous and well-loved musicians and comedians instead of us. But of all the people to be pre-empted by,...
read moreTonight’s (not) the night!
UPDATE: Seems as if the CBC deems the Queen more important than us afterall. The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert is presently airing, and it seems doubtful they'll interrupt it at 8 to air our episode. So, for now, tonight appears to not be the night. We will keep you...
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Comedy Fest finally set to air
Frantic Films and CBC have finally announced that our episode of Winnipeg Comedy Fest from last year "The All Star Super Good Musical Variety Special" is set to air! Tune in on Tuesday June 12th for some comedy of the singy-songy variety. 9:00 PM all over the country...
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Alan Thicke is our hero
Our performance at Thursday night's Winnipeg Comedy Festival "Save The World Telethon" gala was a success. Working with Alan Thicke was, collectively, a career highlight for all of us. Jane is still speaking in her spot-on Alan Thicke voice that she honed while...
read moreAHHHHHH!!!!
Things could not really be any busier right now for us. They've been so busy in fact, that until now, we haven't even had time to update you on our next performance, which is actually just a week away! It kind of just materialized out of nowhere, and since the moment...
read moreEmerging from our cave
Like the bleary-eyed groundhog who recently emerged from his hole to inform the world we'd have a short winter this year, HTA is just now emerging from our intense writing period where we buckled down and wrote the whole damn TV pilot! Having never attempted something...
read moreHTA on the Uniter’s 30 Under 30 List
HTA was thrilled to discover that we've been selected this year among the 30 people and groups that make up the University of Winnipeg's Uniter's 30 under 30 list; a list that "feature(s), in no particular order, a group of Manitobans who are 30 years old or younger...
read moreLast chance to catch some HTA
Tonight is HTA's last live performance for the next while. After tonight we'll be buckling down to write our pilot. So come on out and see us off, and help support the Winnipeg Fringe Festival while you're at it. Tickets are $18. The show begins at 8:00, at the...
read moreBusy times for HTA
Ontop of working on writing our TV pilot (which you can still donate towards by clicking the link to the left, hint hint) HTA has 3 big events this month. First up: tonight we'll be participating in the Winnipeg Reel Pride film festival short film competition. Our...
read moreAnother Fringe gone, exciting stuff ahead
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see "A Show of Hands" at the Winnipeg Fringe this year and helped make this Hot Thespian Action's most successful Fringe yet. Between the multiple 5 star reviews and huge loud audiences, we had an awesome time. And it seems...
read moreHTA wins Best of Fest for the 3rd year in a row!
Well this Fringe couldn't really be going any better for us. Not only do we have some amazing 5-star reviews coming in from all sides, but now we just found out we've been awarded "Best of Fest" designation for the third year in a row. A hat trick! Which means we now...
read more5 Stars for “A Show of Hands”
"A Show of Hands," HTA's Greatest Hits Fringe show, composed of sketches from past Fringe successes, along with a sprinkling of new ones, opened on Friday and we've been having a blast ever since! By Friday night we already had two 5-star reviews. Here's a sampling of...
read moreTickets for WPG Fringe now on sale!
Today was the official media launch of the Winnipeg Fringe, which means that Fringe season is upon us once more. Tickets are now on sale for our "Best Of" Fringe show entitled A Show of Hands. Click the button below to find out more about our show and how to buy your...
read moreHTA Nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award
Well we're just tickled pink to have found out today that we've been nominated for the 2011 Canadian Comedy Awards in the category of Best Sketch Troupe. We're in good company too, nominated alongside The Second City, Women Fully Clothed, Picnicface and Falcon Powder....
read moreHelp HTA Get On Your TV
"[HTA] unfailingly produces wildly entertaining sketch comedy that gives the genre a good name. It’s not just the uniformly adroit performances — beautifully timed, with a physicality that can be graceful or goofy as required — but the bizarre, brilliant territory...
read moreComedy Fest Is Here!
Happy Comedy Fest to all! With only a few days left until our performances at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival, we have a few quick notes. First of all, if you haven't heard already, our show on Wednesday, April 6th at the Gas Station Arts Centre that was previously...
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Winnipeg Comedy Fest Is Nigh!
As we near Winnipeg's annual spring orgy of laughter, HTA has lots of Comedy Fest related news to report. Each year our involvement in the festival grows. In our first year we appeared as part of a comedy showcase. In year two we headlined our own show at the Gas...
read moreLet the voting begin!
Happy New Year!!! The polls are now open! Click on the banner above (or the link below) to head over to our voting page where you can vote on which sketches make it into our "Best Of" show later this year. Vote for all your favourites to make sure you get to see them...
read moreTickets now on sale for Comedy Fest 2011
Two more big announcements from HTA, just a week after our "We're in the Fringe" announcement. 1) Tickets are now on sale for our 2011 CBC Winnipeg Comedy Fest show. And oh ya 2) We're in the 2011 Comedy Fest. Dammit. Should have worked out that order better. Yes it's...
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