ALICE CANTON

Why should we see your show?

Because it’s a pleasant palate cleanser to the insurmountable number of white dudes doing stand-up in a comedy festival.

Describe your style of comedy in one sentence.

Nerdy karaoke speed dating meets 3am YouTube party.

Craft the perfect date night around your show:

It’s a late-night show so you have to pace yourself. Ramen and plum wine at Mentatz on Lorne St, followed by bowling and beers at Metrolanes, followed by the show, followed by arguing and dancing in the Basement Theatre bar until the wee hours.

Best of the fest this year?

Anyone trying to do something different, whether that be character work, sketch or surrealism.

What’s your worst heckling story?

I don’t have a good heckle story, but once Eli Matthewson, Hamish Parkinson and I performed at a naturist club to a room full of goodnatured nudists. Alice Canton performs her new solo show Meme Lord at Basement Theatre - Studio from May 15-18.