Reviews of Uncalled For's Improv

• Reviews of Uncalled For presents: Today Is All Your Birthdays
• Reviews of Blastback Babyzap
• Reviews of The 13th Hour
• Reviews of Thunderspank!
• Reviews of Real Time

• "Not only are these Montrealers astoundingly quick to come up with fertile scenarios, they're hip and funny enough to keep the punchlines coming at jackhammer speed."

  [ Eye (Toronto) - July 2007 ]

• "comely near-perfect improv comedy wonderfulness."

  [ Hour - June 2007 ]

• "The cast filled the crowd with roaring laughter."

  [ Vue (Edmonton) - August 2006 ]

• "These rascals are tight, clever and charismatic."

  [ Eye (Toronto) - July 2006 ]

• "The funniest piece of improv theatre I've ever seen [...] just plain f***ing hilarious."

  [ Hour - June 2006 ]

• Uncalled For voted Montreal's 3rd best stand-up comedian!(?)

  [ Mirror - May 2006 ]

• "This show is uproarious, guaranteed fun."

  [ The Manitoban - September 2005 ]

• "Wow - They were really, really ridiculously good."

  [ CBC.ca (Winnipeg) - July 2005 ]

• "Like a funhouse football team."

  [ Winnipeg Free Press - July 2005 ]

• "These guys rock and you wish you could be them."

  [ wetlabel.com - June 2005 ]

• "If you only see one Fringe show this year, definitely make it Uncalled For."

  [ skrud.net - June 2005 ]

• "Uncalled For had me bent over for most of the side-splitting show."

  [ Hour - June 2005 ]

• "Tell your mother: this is one improv show you won't want to miss!"

  [ The Montreal Gazette - June 2005 ]

• "...undeniable fun...the actors' love for their work makes it impossible not to love it too."

  [ McGill Daily - February 2005 ]

• Uncalled For chosen as one of "Ten shows you shouldn't miss" at Toronto Fringe

  [ National Post - June 2004 ]

• "Just plain brilliant."

  [ The Montreal Gazette - June 2003 ]

• "The show rocked."

  [ The Montreal Gazette - June 2003 ]

Reviews of Uncalled For presents: Today Is All Your Birthdays

• Written by Uncalled For
• Four-Man version performed by Matt Goldberg, Mike Hughes, Dan Jeannotte and Anders Yates (Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto)
• Two-Man version performed by Dan Jeannotte and Anders Yates (Victoria and Vancouver)

• "Dan Jeannotte and Anders Yates perform with gusto and intelligence, maintaining a relentless pace from start to finish... They operate symbiotically, and their gags are impeccably timed"

  [ Plank Magazine (Vancouver) - September 2009 ]

• "Boldly experimental... a wild and deliciously stimulating ride... Don't miss this one."

  [ Georgia Straight (Vancouver) - September 2009 ]

• "A precious thing indeed... relentlessly smart, original and outrageous."

  [ Victoria Times-Colonist - August 2009 ]

• "Electrifying presence and down-pat timing... Prepare for a dizzifying ride with Uncalled For."

  [ Monday Magazine (Victoria) - August 2009 ]

• "[Uncalled For is] one of the most innovative and reliable sketch troupes in the country... This is sketch that treats the audience like adults, but leaves them giggling like children."

  [ Plank Magazine (Toronto) - July 2009 ]

• "Uncalled For unloads a satirical barrage of nerd-friendly humour... the quartet skilfully defines the point where Futurama, Kids In The Hall and the plays of David Ives intersect."

  [ Now (Toronto) - July 2009 ]

• "To absurdity and beyond!... A hilarious, often dizzying rocket ride through time and space"

  [ Eye Weekly - July 2009 ]

• "It's inventive, it's intelligent, and best of all, it's funny as all giddy-up"

  [ Ottawa XPress - June 2009 ]

• "Wild, bizarre, literate... the best thing they've ever done, for reals."

  [ Hour - June 2009 ]

Reviews of Blastback Babyzap

• Written by Uncalled For
• Performed by Matt Goldberg, Dan Jeannotte, Vanessa Matsui, William Ward, Nicolas Wright and Anders Yates

• "Flat-out brilliant... a highly-polished, side-splitting comedic gem... the hilarity doesn't stop."

  [ Eye Weekly - July 2008 ]

• "Ferociously creative, and playful like a motherf***er."

  [ Hour - June 2008 ]

• "Hilarious. Now I know why this was the top-selling show at the festival."

  [ Montreal Gazette - June 2008 ]

• "Sketch comedy at its finest."

  [ Midnightpoutine.ca - June 2008 ]

• "Uncalled For have crafted the best sketch show I have seen at the festival in my five years of Fringing."

  [ Withoutannette.net/blog - June 2008 ]

• "Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes"

  [ Indyish.com - June 2008 ]

Reviews of The 13th Hour

• The Official Late-Night Talk Show of the Montreal Fringe
• Produced and performed by Uncalled For

• "The funniest talk show you'll never see on TV!"

  [ The Montreal Gazette - June 2006 ]

Reviews of Real Time

• Written by Matt Alden
• Performed by Dan Jeannotte and Caitlin Howden

• "This show is damn funny and provoked me to embarrassing, full-body laughter." Rated 7/8

  [ torontoist.com - July 2006 ]

• Real Time highlighted for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Production and Dan Jeannotte and Caitlin Howden for their Outstanding Performances in Now's post-Fringe round-up!

  [ Now - July 2006 ]

Reviews of THUNDERSPANK!

• Written by Uncalled For
• Performed by Anders Yates, Caitlin Howden, Christine Ghawi, Dan Jeannotte, Matt Goldberg, Mike Hughes and William Ward

• "Uncalled For never spends one second too long on any joke [...] An absurd, caffeinated, schizophrenic, fun(ny) stream of consciousness."

  [ Indyish.com - June 2007 ]

• "Let's call it what it is: a wacky, inspired celebration of off-kilter comic wit [...] the time/space continuum better watch its ass."

  [ Hour - June 2007 ]

• "Uncalled Forís fine cast makes it all come together, easily eliciting a roomful of laughter."

  [ Mirror - June 2007 ]

Images & Profiles

• [ Hour, Cover story - June 2006 ]

• [ Winnipeg Free Press - July 2005 ]

• [ National Post, Cover of Toronro Insert - July 2005 ]

• [ The Link - April 2005 ]

• [ McGill Tribune - March 2005 ]

• [ Toronto Star - July 2004 ]

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