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Hackett and Langdon

Untitled Full-length Comedy Show

What happens when we are freed from our silos? What happens when you are proven wrong about your experience being a solitary one? What happens when you finally see the virtually invisible threads of shared identity and culture through the uniquely bizarre medium of comedy? 

This duo first met as new cast members of the long-running weekly sketch comedy troupe The Sketchersons, and for the past two decades, they have performed in various venues (often bars) across Toronto. While these venues are geared toward live comedy that requires minimal props, simple lighting and sound, occasional live music, and limited visual media, we’ve all come to the conclusion that it’s time for them to create a comedy show that is significantly bigger, more complex, and more dynamic than anything they’ve done before.

Brandon Hackett is a Canadian Screen Award-, Writers’ Guild of Canada Award-, and Dora-nominated comedian, actor and TV Writer based in Toronto. Some of the TV shows he’s written for include Shelved, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Made For TV. His feature screenplay Toughen Up is currently optioned by award-winning production company Fae Pictures. He is an alumnus of the Second City mainstage and the Canadian Film Centre.

Jonathan Langdon: Jonathan has appeared in various TV and Film productions, including M. Night Shyamalan’s newest feature TRAP. Jonathan’s other credits include the feature films Disney’s movie trilogy ZOMBIES as Coach, and the lead role in Bounce TV’s Faith Heist and the sequel Christmas Heist. In addition to being the voice of everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur, Barney, in the newly rebooted Barney’s World, Jonathan’s animation credits include Open Season: Call of Nature, Vida The Vet, People Watching III, and Rubble & Crew, and Disney’s Zombies, to name a few. On the small screen, Jonathan’s credits include American Gods, But I’m Chris Jericho!, In Contempt, AMC’s N0S4A2, Robyn Hood, and the HIT CBC series, Run The Burbs.

media

“What is the most important show on the Fringe? It might just be Sea Sick.”
Lynn Gardner
StageDoor
Aug 2019
★★★★★
“a remarkable feat of storytelling and reportage”
The List
2019
★★★★
“Sea Sick is a quiet call to action, a reminder of our responsibilities, and a crucial examination of an underexposed issue.”
The Arts Desk
2019
★★★★
“Can a science journalist save the world through the power of theatre?”
The Guardian
2019
★★★★
“a thrilling…cautionary tale”
Toronto Star
2014

creative team

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Alanna Mitchell

Creator and Performer
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Alanna Mitchell

Creator and Performer
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Franco Boni

Director
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Ravi Jain

Co-Director
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Shawn Kerwin

Set & Costume Designer
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Shawn Kerwin

Set & Costume Designer
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Tim Lindsay

Sound Designer
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Rebecca Picherak

Lighting Designer
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Melissa Joakim

Stage Manager and Touring Lighting Designer
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Melissa Joakim

Stage Manager and Touring Lighting Designer

production history

  • Toronto // The Theatre Centre (Premiere) // March 2014

  • Montreal // Usine C // April 2014

  • Calgary // High Performance Rodeo // January 2015

  • Vancouver // PuSh International Performing Arts Festival // February 2015

  • Mumbai // Mumbai Lit Festival

  • Luxembourg City // Fundamental Monodrama Festival // June 2016

  • Darwin, Australia // Darwin Festival // August 2017