Three time Canadian Comedy Award nominated sketch troupe, specializing in smart, physical comedy.

Winnipeg-bred sketch comedy troupe Hot Thespian Action have been captivating audiences with their razor sharp witty writing and physically dynamic performances since 2006 and have been picking up steam ever since. With accomplishments ranging from three Canadian Comedy Awards nominations for “Best Sketch Comedy Troupe in Canada,” to appearing in televised performances on the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, to five-star reviews and sold-out shows across Canada and the U.S., Hot Thespian Action continues to entertain audiences with their unique brand of often physical, sometimes musical, always stripped down sketch comedy.

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This is about as good as comedy gets

Kelly Stoffora, CBC

[HTA] unfailingly produces wildly entertaining sketch comedy that gives the genre a good name… Somebody give these folks a TV show.

Jill Wilson, Winnipeg Free Press

Their uproarious physical comedy, flawless timing and cleverly written subject matter are utterly bang-on

Julijana Capone, Uptown Magazine

The performances across the board are virtually pitch-perfect

Dean Jenkinson, Writer: This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Every freaking thing they do turns to comedy gold.

Bartley Kives, Winnipeg Free Press

…the best hour of sketch comedy I have ever seen

Lisa Johnson, Planet S Magazine

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HTA Returns to the Fringe will ALL “Classic!” material!

Jun 27, 2018

HTA is heading back to the Winnipeg Fringe for our TENTH TIME with “Classic!” We’ve been performing at the Fringe since 2006 when the five tender, young, recent theatre school graduates banded together to create Hands On! It was a surprise success and we’ve been going strong ever since, doing a million things as a troupe we never would have envisioned back in the mid 2000s!

After Hands On came:

Hands Off (2008)

Hands Down (2009)

Look Ma, No Hands! (2010)

A Show Of Hands (2011) (Our last Greatest Hits Show)

Body Language (2012)

Hot Thespian Action (2013)

Back In Black (2015)

Fourplay (2017)

And now, for 2018’s “Classic!,“ we’re compiling all our our most fan-favourite sketches from all 12 years of performing and allowing YOU to pick what you want to see! That’s right. Fans get to vote for their favourite Classics (at our Fringe page) and EACH NIGHT we’ll take the most requested sketches and perform them. That means that you can have a hand in CUSTOM ORDERING your show! Do you and your friends still quote “Pizza Shack?” Have an inside joke with your parents about “Whaat the?!?” Can’t get the song about bleaching a certain part of your body out of your head? Then just vote for them to make sure you get to see them again!

And out of those 10 shows, we’re sure there’s plenty of sketches you missed! So if you want to make sure you see all of those, then you better vote! And get everyone else you know to vote as well!

We can’t wait to perform our most exciting, comedy-loaded show EVER for you! Just make sure you get tickets while you still can!

Head on over to our Fringe page to get all the info you need, buy your advance tickets, and vote for your faves!

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