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Cast: Cara Connors, Fatima Dhowre, Unit D - 3111 Portage Ave ering that’s right here in our own The most highly anticipated shows Robby Hoffman, Nathan Macintosh, Nile (204) 615-1144 front yard,” says Nick Kowalchuk, of the festival each year are the Seguin, Erica Sigurdson info@assiniboine pharmacy.ca Continued on page 2 Page 2 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] March 7 - March 27, 2017 • V15N9 Comedy Festival, cont’d from front page Friday, April 7 Host: Ryan Ash Headliner: Sean Emeny Virgin Territory The Winnipeg Show Presented by Club Regent Casino and Event Centre West End Cultural Centre | 10:00 pm | Tickets: $15 www.seniorscope.com The Pantages Playhouse | 7:15 pm | Tickets: $35 Host: Bruce Clark Host: Gavin Crawford Friday, April 7 Cast : Martha Chaves, Ivan Decker, Adrienne Fish, Dave Hemstad, Publisher/Editor: Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw with Me Kelly Goodman Ashley Moffatt, Derek Seguin, Big Daddy Tazz Good Neighbours West End Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm | Tickets: $20 204-467-9000 WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series [email protected] Presented by Club Regent Casino and Event Centre The Pantages Playhouse | 9:15 pm | Tickets: $35 Rumor’s Comedy Club | 7:45 pm | Tickets: $20 (18+ no minors) Circulation: 25,000 print Host: Tommy Chong Host: Ben Walker Headliner: Jackie Kashian Printed at: CAST: Rob Bebenek, Sean Emeny, Mark James Heath, Deb The Best of WCF on Tour Derksen Printers, Steinbach, MB Kimmett, Shazia Mirza, Tim Nutt Morris, MB Morris Multiplex | 8:00 pm | Tickets: $20 Advertising: 204-467-9000 Saturday, April 8 Coast to Coast: 150 Years of Funny! I Heart Love Club Regent Event Centre | 8:00 pm | Tickets: $20 Regular columns / Submissions: Presented by Club Regent Casino and Event Centre Host: Jeff McEnery Scott Taylor - The BUZZ Pantages Playhouse Theatre | 6:45 pm | Tickets: $35 Cast : Matt Wright, Kathleen McGee, Big Daddy Tazz, Roger Currie - Currie’s Corner Host: Will Sasso Patrick Haye, Jen Grant, Nathan MacIntosh Shirley Hill - Financial News CAST: Amanda Brooke Perrin, Jen Grant, Patrick Haye, Jackie Lost in Translation, Perdu en quoi? Adrian Powell - Crosswords Kashian, Jacob Samuel, Joe Vu CCFM | 20h | Billets: $10 Tales From Late Night Angela Temple - Prairie Talk Hot Mess Presented by Club Regent Casino and Event Centre West End Cultural Centre | 10:00 pm | Tickets: $20 Drive On: Canadian Super Shop Host: Bruce Clark (Auto News & Tips) The Pantages Playhouse | 9:15 pm | Tickets: $35 Host: Howie Miller WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series Contributing Submissions: Cast : Glen Foster, Julie Kim, Jeff McEnery, Kathleen McGee, Rumor’s Comedy Club | 10:30 pm | Tickets: $20 (18+ no minors) Lesley Smith Rebecca Reeds, Matt Wright Host: Tyler Penner / Headliner: Nathan Macintosh William Thomas - Humour Column Saturday, April 8 Nic Curry MORE SHOWS: Monday, April 3 CBC Radio’s The Debaters ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Club Regent Event Centre | 2:00 pm | Tickets: $30 Outreach – 819.7 Free Comedy Host: Steve Patterson Senior Scope is FREE at over 700 locations Millennium Library | 12:15 pm | Tickets: Free and by email subscription. Dinner & A Movie presenting Caddyshack WCF The Upper Deck The MET | 6:00 pm | Tickets: $30 (includes buffet dinner) Mail-out Subscriptions: 29.00 + 1.45 gst Jekyll & Hyde’s Freehouse | 9:30 pm | Tickets: $10 (30.45 total) for 14 issues/yr. Host: Howie Miller Mail cheque or money order payable to: Tuesday, April 4 WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series Senior Scope, Box 1806 Rumor’s Comedy Club | 7:15 pm | Tickets: $20 (18+ no minors) Stonewall, MB R0C 2Z0 Outreach – 819.7 Free Comedy Host: Matt Nightingale Headliner: Mark James Heath Millennium Library | 12:15 pm | Tickets: Free No Bro Show ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• High School Improv Available in Winnipeg and the rural Manitoba communities West End Cultural Centre | 7:30 pm | Tickets: $20 of Birds Hill, Middlechurch, Lockport, Selkirk, Teulon, Gimli, Arborg, Vincent Massey Collegiate | 7:00 pm | Tickets: $5 Host : Lara Rae Fisher Branch, Hodgson, Poplarfield, Winnipeg Beach, WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series Feminist Gong Show Clandeboye, Beausejour, Garson, Oak Bank, Dugald, Anola, Pine Rumor’s Comedy Club | 8:00 pm | Tickets: $15 (18+ no minors) Falls, Victoria Beach, Pinawa, Lac du Bonnet, Stony Mountain, West End Cultural Centre | 9:30 pm | Tickets: $20 Stonewall, Balmoral, Argyle, Marquette, St. Eustache, Warren, Host: Andy Noble Headliner: Rob Pue Host : Erica Sigurdson Woodlands, St. Laurent, Lundar, Ashern, Roblin, Russell, Dauphin, WCF The Upper Deck The Dirty Show The Pas., Steinbach, St. Anne, Ile des Chenes, Lorette, Niverville, Jekyll & Hyde’s Freehouse | 9:30 pm | Tickets: $10 Blumenort, St. Adolphe, St-Jean Baptiste, Morris, Morden, Winkler, The MET | 10:00 pm | Tickets: $20 (18+ no minors) Carman, Altona, Roseau River, La Salle, Headingley, St. Francois Wednesday, April 5 Host : Tim Nutt Xavier, Starbuck, Elie, St. Eustache, Portage la Prairie, Brandon, WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series Holland, Hamiota, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Pilot Mound, Killarney, Outreach – 819.7 Free Comedy Neepawa, Brandon, Virden. Rumor’s Comedy Club | 10:00 pm | Tickets: $20 (18+ no minors) Millennium Library | 12:15 pm | Tickets: Free ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Host : Andy Noble / Headliner: Patrick Haye Senior Scope is available at all Winnipeg public libraries and Gastrocomique many rural libraries, 55 plus centres, grocers, hospitals, clinics, Fusion Grill | 6:00 pm Sunday, April 9 Legislative Building, The Forks Market, Manitoba Tourism at the Johnston Terminal, restaurants, 55 plus apartments/complex- Tickets: $150 (includes meal and wine pairing) You’re Welcome es/condos, various merchant locations - over 700 locations in Host: Ashley Burdett West End Cultural Centre | 12 noon | Tickets: Free all. Available online at www.seniorscope.com or by mail Cast : Rob Pue, Dave Hemstad ($30.45/yr - gst included) or email subscription (FREE) - email CBC’s The Debaters request to [email protected]. CBC Radio’s Now or Never Club Regent Event Centre | 2:00 pm | Tickets: $30 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• West End Cultural Centre | 7:00 pm | Tickets: $20 Host: Steve Patterson The content or advertising in this publication does not necessarily Hosts: Ify Chiwetelu and Trevor Dineen The Kardashians Made Me Do It reflect the views and/or opinions of Senior Scope. We do not make WCF Rumor’s Comedy Club Series any warranty as to accuracy of material published. © Copyright West End Cultural Centre | 3:00 pm | Tickets: $20 2016 Senior Scope. All rights reserved. NO PORTION OF Rumor’s Comedy Club | 8:00 pm | Tickets: $15 (18+ no minors) Host : Shazia Mirza SENIOR SCOPE MAY BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED WITH- Host: Dan Verville Headliner: Nile Séguin WCF presents Best of the Fest & The Mic Awards OUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE PUBLISHER. Ali Hassan's Muslim Interrupted Contact Senior Scope by email at [email protected]. Club Regent Event Centre | 7:00 pm | Tickets: $25 West End Cultural Centre | 9:00 pm | Tickets: $20 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Host : Jackie Kashian Send your Thursday, April 6 Cast: Glen Foster, Jeff McEnery, Matt Wright, Rob Pue, Nikki Payne, Shazia Mirza Outreach – 819.7 Free Comedy LETTERS..