Sex T-Rex presents SwordPlay: A Play of Swords

A swashbuckling adventure comedy where no plot is untwisted, no bad guy unstabbed, and no chandelier unswung!

Starring Conor Bradbury, Julian Frid, Lowen Morrow, Seann Murray and Sharjil Rasool

Toronto-based comedy company Sex T-Rex remounts their most beloved and acclaimed one-act show, SwordPlay: A Play of Swords, as part of Bad Dog Theatre’s Comedy on Queen Festival at Assembly Theatre!

SwordPlay is a loving parody of the swashbuckling genre mixed with retro video games, drawing on The Princess Bride, The Three Musketeers, Game of Thrones, Legend of Zelda, and Final Fantasy, to name a few. Back onstage for the first time since 2018, SwordPlay has toured the Canadian Fringe circuit to rave reviews and multiple awards:

WINNER, Just For Laughs Best Comedy
WINNER, Atlantic Fringe Best Comedy
WINNER, Pick of the Vancouver Fringe
WINNER, BC Touring Council Award

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SEX T-REX (est. 2008):

Award-Winning, genre-bending scripted shows and crowd pleasing improv.

Sex T-Rex (née Sexual Tyrannosaurus) is a Toronto-based comedy troupe whose cinematic style, wild physicality and spot-on parody has delighted audiences across Canada and the USA.  Veteran improvisors, with hundreds of performances under their Cretaceous belts, Sex T-Rex branched out into scripted comedy in 2011. They have garnered rave reviews and accolades for their productions of Callaghan! and the Wings of the Butterfly (Fringe Hit, Atlantic Fringe 2016), Leviathan, Watch Out WildKat!,(Best of Fest, Atlantic Fringe 2014), SwordPlay: A Play of Swords (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2015 and Pick of Vancouver Fringe 2017),  Wasteland (Second City Outstanding Comedy, 2016), Bendy Sign Tavern (sold out run, 2017 Toronto Fringe Festival), Crime After Crime (After Crime) (Just For Laughs Best Comedy 2018, Best of Toronto Sketch Fest 2019), D&D Live! (2018 Best of Fest- Toronto Fringe), and Sketch T-Rex (NNNNNs- 2020 Toronto Sketchfest)

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Sex T-Rex is the perfect gateway drug for theatre – imaginative, fast-paced and hilarious, we put on a whirlwind show packed with action and heart.

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