Picnicface

Picnicface was a Canadian sketch comedy troupe based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, consisting of Mark Little, Andrew Bush, Kyle Dooley, Cheryl Hann, Brian MacQuarrie, Evany Rosen, Scott Vrooman and Bill Wood. Formed in 2006, the group were most noted for a 13-episode sketch comedy television series which aired on The Comedy Network in 2011.[3]

Picnicface
Title Card
GenreSketch comedy
StarringAndrew Bush
Kyle Dooley
Cheryl Hann
Mark Little
Brian MacQuarrie
Evany Rosen
Scott Vrooman
Bill Wood[1]
Opening theme"Hope For It" by Rich Aucoin
Country of originCanada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13[2] (list of episodes)
Production
Running time22 mins.
Production company(s)Breakthrough Entertainment
Release
Original networkThe Comedy Network
Picture format480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)
Original releaseAugust 31 (2011-08-31) –
December 14, 2011 (2011-12-14)
Chronology
Related showsEveryone's Famous
Cavendish
External links
Official website

Background

The group has performed in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, and other Canadian cities. They have had a special on CBC Radio and had a weekly sketch and improv comedy show in Halifax.[4]

In 2011, Picnicface were featured in a film called Roller Town and a satirical book about Canada for HarperCollins Canada called Picnicface's Canada.

Television series

Thirteen episodes have been ordered by The Comedy Network.[2] Picnicface aired on Wednesday nights at 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm Central. The series was executive-produced by Mark McKinney from The Kids in the Hall.[5]

The series won three Canadian Comedy Awards at the 13th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2012, for Best TV Series, Best Ensemble and Best Writing in a TV Series.[6]

In late April 2012, Bell Media, the network's owner, decided not to renew the series for a second season.[7]

Later work

In 2013, Bush created the comedy web series Everyone's Famous,[8] which received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, Bush and Little created and starred in the comedy series Cavendish, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2019.[9]

References
  1. "Picnicface Cast Picutres & Bios", 2011. Retrieved on 2011-09-28.
  2. Levack, Chandler. "Picnicface Takes The Tube" Archived 2011-08-31 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto, 27 August 2011. Retrieved on 2011-09-28.
  3. Harris, Bill (August 30, 2011). "Picnicface' makes its TV debut". Toronto Sun. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/laughoutloud/episodes/, "CBC.ca Laugh Out Loud, Past Episodes", 2010.
  5. Comedy Network Orders Picnicface TV Series. The Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 2010.
  6. "Halifax troupe Picnicface take 6 comedy awards". CBC News, August 7, 2012.
  7. Lee, Adiran (May 3, 2012). "Halifax's Picnicface not giving up after plug pulled on show". Metro Halifax. Metro News Canada. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
  8. "Everyone’s Famous gets Hollywood kudos". The Chronicle Herald, June 12, 2013.
  9. "'Cavendish' comedy series coming soon to CBC-TV". The Guardian (Charlottetown), December 28, 2018.
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