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The Second City’s 113th Mainstage Revue This Too Shall Slap is a wild sketch comedy show that spins the familiar into the absurd&#8230; and makes the absurd feel oddly familiar. Performed by a hilarious six-person ensemble who specialize in chaos, charm, and comedic whiplash, this show will keep you laughing, guessing, and possibly questioning your entire reality. Join us for a night where nothing is what it seems. Except the laughter. That’s real.  
Group of 16 or more? We’ll make it easy: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/group-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact Us for Group Events</a>

This Too Shall Slap

It’s every holiday, all at once, with no script and too much eggnog. This chaotic comedy spectacular is perfect for date nights, friend hangs, or anyone who thinks Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie.
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Everything Festive All At Once: An Improvised Holiday Spectacular-er

Are you tired of the same-old holiday reruns? Then skip them and dash to The Second City to see our holiday hit Holidazed and Amused! What better way to send off 2025 than to roast it like chestnuts on an open fire? Festive family gatherings, office parties, classic holiday movies… nothing is off limits! The Second City proudly continues its 65 year tradition of delivering innovative, fast-paced satirical comedy with this fresh take on festive fun. Stuffed with seasonal songs, sketches, and of course, a generous helping of our world-famous improv comedy, it’s a holiday show you can actually look forward to!
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Holidazed and Amused

Celebrate the season with Reindeer Games, a fast-paced, family-friendly improv comedy show packed with big laughs and fun for all ages. Featuring a cast of quick-witted performers, every show is completely made up on the spot—no script, just holiday-inspired hilarity.
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The Reindeer Games: A Family Improv Show

After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right before your eyes. The performers will keep track of facts, follow leads, and conclude who is the murderer, all while you take in a comedy experience unlike any you’ve seen before. During the show, they’ll employ the tropes, character archetypes, and influences of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Nick and Nora Charles, Encyclopedia Brown, and just a dash of Scooby-Doo.

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Unwrap holiday hilarity with Rizz the Season! This slay-ride of unhinged comedy chaos is stuffed with songs, sketches, and improv that slaps harder than your grandma’s spiked eggnog. Featuring an all-star cast of Canada’s funniest performers, it’s a festively funny night out that sparkles brighter than tinsel, no cap. Gather your friends, family, and that co-worker who says “vibe check” too often and pull up to The Second City for that Yuletide comedy drip.
Bring your group of 10 or more for a discount to enjoy the latest of cutting edge sketch comedy combined with songs &amp; improv at the world’s greatest comedy theater: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/group-events-toronto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Details Here</a>
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Rizz the Season

Share silliness this holiday season with Rudolph Runs Wild&#8230; a jolly extravaganza for kids, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and reindeer of all ages! Featuring a fun and festive blend of family-friendly songs and sketches from The Second City’s rich comedy archives, fresh new material written specifically for young audiences, and &#8211; of course &#8211; the ridiculous improv hijinks The Second City is world famous for. Brighten your winter with this one-of-a-kind interactive theatrical experience offering audience members, young and old, the chance to enjoy the comedy fun both from their seats and by joining The Second City performers onstage! Make hilarious holiday memories with The Second City’s Rudolph Runs Wild&#8230;
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Rudolph Runs Wild

&#8220;Brilliant. 4 stars&#8221; Guardian. Join members of famed musical improv group Baby Wants Candy as they create an epic ho-ho HOLIDAY hip hop musical on the spot based on a famous holiday figure of YOUR choosing—from Frosty to Mariah to Rudolph to Bruce Willis&#8217; John McClane (yes it IS a Christmas movie)
It&#8217;s the show New York Times calls &#8220;One of the Top 5 Comedies to See&#8221; and Lin-Manuel Miranda calls &#8220;cease and desist!&#8221;

SHAMILTON, THE IMPROVISED HIP-HOP AMERICAN MUSICAL!

Don&#8217;t miss Chicago&#8217;s rising comedy stars before they hit TV, plus surprise guests from Netflix and Comedy Central! Get your tickets now for an unforgettable night of laughter!

UP’N COMING – CATCH CHICAGO’S RISING COMICS BEFORE TV DEBUT

Strap in and spiral out – The Second City’s 49th e.t.c. Revue takes sketch and improv comedy to brilliantly unhinged new heights. The Chaos Theory of Everything blends razor-sharp satire, audience interaction, and clever, character-driven comedy to explore how wildly connected (and deeply chaotic) it all really is. Smart, hilarious, and full of surprises, this is one laughter-filled ride you won’t want to miss.
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The Chaos Theory of Everything

The weather outside is frightful! So, light up your winter with Let It Snowball, a delightful comedy spectacular brimming with glee and holiday cheer! Enjoy a merry mix of classic sketches from The Second City’s celebrated archives, hilarious new material, and the uproarious improv antics that have made The Second City legendary. It’s a perfect way to add laughter and joy to your holiday season!
Bring your group of 10 or more for a discount to enjoy the latest of cutting edge sketch comedy combined with songs &amp; improv at the world’s greatest comedy theater: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/group-events-toronto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Details Here</a>
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Let it Snowball

Planes, Trains, and ??? is a fast-paced, musical send-up of the ultimate holiday travel disaster — inspired by the John Hughes classic and packed with 80s bangers, big laughs, and a whole lot of heart. A cast of three brings the chaos to life: one plays Steve Martin, one plays John Candy, and one plays literally everyone else. With Second City’s signature improv and a soundtrack that’ll have you dancing in your seat, this is the perfect escape after too much stuffing and just enough family drama.
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Planes, Trains and ???: The Unauthorized Improv and Musical Parody

Cuffing season is here &#8211; and whether you’re single, taken or undecided, Unhinged is here to help you get ready!
Toronto’s hottest improv group, Soft Ruffians, is bringing its hit improv show Unhinged to the John Candy Box Theatre for a limited run.
Using YOUR dating profiles, the city’s top improvisers will swipe right on profile pictures, prompt answers and “first lines” to create an hour of improvised mayhem.
Oh, and if we pick your dating profile to inspire our stories, you’ll get a free drink. Bottoms up!
Bring your friends, bring a date, bring last year’s cuffing season buddy that you might want to get back together with. Bring them all, let’s make it a party! Boot up your dating apps and get your tickets now.
The Soft Ruffians are: 
Bryan Weiser 
Pat Gourdeau 
Janelle McGuinness 
Franci Dimitrovska 
Leslie Cserepy 
Melissa Gerskup

Unhinged (Fall in Love)!

Welcome to The Junction — The Second City New York’s new comedy meeting ground where the city&#8217;s best stand-ups, characters, improvisers, and clowns intersect for one unforgettable night of laughter.
Featuring fresh lineups every week, The Junction delivers a true mix of comedy with familiar faces and wild new discoveries. Expect the unexpected — The Junction has a way of rerouting your night.
They say Robert Johnson sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroads for musical genius. Lucky for you, The Junction offers you comedic geniuses at a much better price.

The Junction

Brace yourselves, bookworms and romantics! We invite you into a world where sweeping romance, dancing adventures, and heart-pounding twists come to life right before your very eyes! Improvised Romantasy takes the enchanting tropes of your favorite BookTok romantasy novels and weaves and original tale.
Whether it’s fated soulmates bound by destiny, a brooding hero with a tragic past, or a love triangle so spicy it could ignite a dragon’s fire, our cast dives headfirst into the fantasy fever dream of your wildest imagination. And don’t worry – there’s always a touch of well-placed innuendo to keep things satisfyingly entertaining.
Come for the forbidden romance, stay for the shirtless heroes (imagined, sadly – but who’s counting?).

Improvised Romantasy

Comedia Criolla es un showcase de stand-up en español que reúne a los comediantes más originales de Nueva York y Estados Unidos. Es un espacio de humor auténtico y cargado de identidad, donde hispanos y latinos encuentran una comunidad de risas, variedad y buen humor.
Comedia Criolla is a Spanish-language stand-up showcase featuring the most original comedians from New York and across the U.S. It’s an authentic, identity-driven comedy space where Hispanic and Latino audiences find a vibrant community full of laughter, variety, and great energy.

Comedia Criolla

Best Of The Infinite Wrench 2025 is Dec, 5, 6, 12, &amp; 13 on Sale NOW.
The Infinite Wrench is a dynamic, mind-bending barrage of 30 original plays that the NY Neo-Futurists try to perform within a single hour. Each play offers something different, be it funny, profound, elegant, disgusting, topical, irrelevant, terrifying, or a song. All are truthful and tackle the here-and-now, inspired by the lived experiences of the performers. With new plays and new combinations of plays every performance, The Infinite Wrench is the Neo-Futurists’ ongoing and ever-changing attempt to shift the conventions of live performance and challenge the fourth wall head-on.

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