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By Danielle Cole The Dandies are all about long form fandom improv! Over the last seven years, we’ve logged a lot of hours on stage, doing long form fandom improv. That’s why, today, we want to share some of the ways we’ve learned to take a fandom improv show from impulse engines to warp speed!  [...]

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In January, The Dandies kicked off the seventh season of Holodeck Follies with an exciting premiere episode. The crew of the USS Pelican had a positive diplomatic encounter with the alpha Alpha Centauri centaur race and Ensign Enson Zach got a field promotion. Holodeck Follies - Spontaneous Star Trek Saturday, February 9 at 8 p.m., [...]

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Welcome back from the holidays! Have you made your 2019 resolutions yet? Three ways The Dandies can help you keep your 2019 resolutions 1. Exercise Everyone knows someone who has made a pact at one point in their life to join a gym, learn parkour, or enter a world level bodybuilding competition. Our geek comedy [...]

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The Dandies had another stellar year serving up geek improv comedy to the Star Trek, Supernatural, Star Wars and Harry Potter fandoms! Yeay us. (So dandy!) "It's been a long road..." But this wasn't our first year creating fandom favourite improv parody shows. Long-time followers know that we had four great years at Social Capital [...]

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Fall has descended upon Toronto, and that may make you SAD, but The Dandies are here to spontaneously cheer you up! On Saturday, November 10, 8 p.m. The Dandies present... Holodeck Follies - Spontaneous Star Trek Canada's only Star Trek parody show for Trekkies and non-Trekkies. "To slowly go where someone has gone before" (season [...]

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By Velvet Wells When it comes to performing nerd comedy – or improvising in general, I have taken Susan Messing’s quote to heart: “If I don't have fun, it's my own damn fault.” I was quick to adopt the philosophy. Following my sense of fun was the easiest, most productive way to help my improv [...]

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The Dandies had a busy September. Between our long weekend at Fan Expo Canada and our road trip appearance at the Festival of Wizardry, we entertained over a thousand new fans of our improvised fandom comedy shows! Now, we're ready to jump back into our monthly flagship show. On Saturday, October 13, 8 p.m. The [...]

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By Danielle Cole As an actor and a screenwriter, one of my favourite parts of fandom improv is the characters I get to play. From Holodeck Follies’ Nine of Ten to Hogwarts Follies’ Rako Badploy to Death Star Follies’ Major Princess Gia Oregano, each character holds a special place in my heart. Crafting each character [...]

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The back-to-school ads are on, which can only mean one thing… it’s almost Fan Expo Canada time! The Dandies have had a busy summer, picking fandoms and preparing our nerd comedy shows. It’s been hard to keep them under wraps all that time; but, now, we can finally announce what we’ve been cooking up! The [...]