Rich Payne Upside Comedy Productions
Upside Comedy
UPSIDE COMEDY offers writing, editing, coaching, directing, and performance in contemporary comedy, with a focus on satire and sketch
"We've done it!!"
Mad Scientist, Crayola Crayon-Maker (and yes, that was my real hair! -- the gig ended, and I got a massive haircut... ) This ad (a knock-off worthy of 'Young Frankenstein')ran on Teletoon and YTV for two years off and on -- the most successful ad for Crayola according to their own market research. And I got a free Crayon- Maker!!!
DOWNTOWN CLOWN
Bringin' home the bacon... because pigs can too fly !!! (IFFY is our mascot, and his name says it all...)
Rich Payne, Artistic Director
The Toronto Cycle of Post-Medieval Miracle Plays
THE BEGGARS' NATIVITY -- A POST-MEDIEVAL MIRACLE PLAY IN THE TORONTO CYCLE is the first in a cycle of four seasonal pageants staged in the spirit of medieval village passion plays... Each piece, set at Solstice or Equinox, explores a relevant social issue with quasi-medieval and commedia elements, intended for a multicultural urban community... In Part One, The Beggars' Nativity (staged in 1981 by Theatre Resource Centre and Kensington Carnival), street crazies and homeless youth find an infant girl abandoned on a trashpile and must care for her... The quartet of plays deals with Homelessness (Winter), Breakdown (Spring), Love and Lust (Summer), and Old Age (Autumn).