“BARAM & SNIECKUS…and Other People Too!”
January 12th 2017, Los Angeles:) The National Theatre of The World proudly presents a brand new monthly engagement with “Canada’s Most Laughable Couple” (Toronto Star) at the storied Improv Olympic in Hollywood California.
Some sketch, some improvisation – and constant bickering, each show will be different and will highlight Baram and Snieckus’ unique brand of hilarity.
Matt Baram (Suicide Squad, NBC’s Taken, BBC’s Black Mirror directed by Jodi Foster) and Naomi Snieckus (CBC’s Mr. D, Disney’s The Swap and Saw 7), come together as sketch comedy partners and Second City Toronto alumni, who satirize the male/female dynamic in all its complicated splendor. BARAM & SNIECKUS showcases the singular point of view and chemistry that comes from being a real life comedy couple.
From the awkward dance of sharing the shower with your partner to the precarious terrain of forgetting the name of the man you’ve met at least a thousand times, the story of men and women will be told through a satirical sketch comedy lens, informed by Matt and Naomi’s personal experiences as a real life comedy couple, fully heightened and explored in a unique and hilarious way. Their sharp wit and anarchic chemistry are not to be missed.
And each month they’ll even be accompanied by a special guest!
BARAM & SNIECKUS…and Other People Too!
January 28th, 2017 8pm
io West 6366 Hollywood Blvd. – 323 962-7560
Produced by The National Theatre of the World
“Baram and Snieckus: they’re as much fun as you can have without taking your clothes off” – Toronto Star
For the full show schedule and ticket information, please visit the iO WEST THEATRE LINK HERE or call the box office,
323 962-7560
For more information on The National Theatre of the World and BARAM & SNIECKUS, please visit the official website HERE.
ABOUT THE COMEDY COUPLE
A power couple of Canadian comedy, Second City Alums Naomi Snieckus (CBC, MrD) and Matt Baram (Nickelodeon Make It Pop) are the creators of The National Theatre of the World, a six-time Canadian Comedy Award (CCA) winning comedy troupe that tours to North American and international audiences. Both have received CCA’s in the Best Improvisors in Canada category and have most recently returned from touring their creation, The Script Tease Project to Norway and Sweden. Matt and Naomi have made many public appearances together as a comedy duo. Twice, they have co-hosted the Dora Mavor Moore Awards, which celebrate extraordinary Toronto talent in the performing arts.
Because of their sharp wit and crackling chemistry together Naomi and Matt are asked regularly to host as a duo for corporate events and high profile Charity Galas such as the Mayor’s Ball and the Reach For The Rainbow’s Crystal Ball.
Matt and Naomi are a staple act at the annual WaterKeepers Gala where they have performed alongside Gord Downey and Sarah Harmer. They also appeared together in 2013’s CBC’s special, Canada’s Smartest Person as well as in commercials, television programs and films including; Wingin’ It, 12 Trees of Christmas, The Kink In My Hair, The Barons, The Ron James Show, Punched Up and Canada’s Next Comedy Legend.
“Everybody ought to have a pair of married friends such as Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus — wacky, charming, funny and just a bit unpredictable” – Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star
ABOUT THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF THE WORLD (NTOW)
The National Theatre of the World (NTOW) is a multi-disciplinary, Toronto-based, not-for-profit theatre company that creates exciting, provocative, and instantaneous theatre through the art of improvisation. Founded in 2008, by Co-Artistic Directors Matt Baram, Ron Pederson and Naomi Snieckus, NTOWʼs mandate is the creation of new Canadian work that encourages the theatre and improvisation communities to come together. Through the production of three different shows: Impromptu Splendor (The Live Improvised Play), The Carnegie Hall Show (The Improvised Retrospective), The Script Tease Project, and Impulse Festival (in association with Soulpepper Theatre), NTOW bridges the gap between theatre and improvisation by creating vivid, dramatic and complex full-length plays, radio dramas, sketch shows and inter-disciplinary variety shows.
ABOUT MATT BARAM
Matt is an actor, writer, and director. He’s an alumnus of the legendary Second City Comedy Theatre where he wrote and performed in six hit revues, collecting three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Sketch Troupe and three Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for Best Musical. Film credits include; Suicide Squad, Len and Company, Twelve Trees of Christmas and he recently had his first leading role in the independent film, The Death and Life of Carl Naardlinger. Young audiences may recognize Matt as Mr. Dolby on Family Channel’s Wingin’ It and Mellwood Stark on Nickelodeon/YTV’s Make It Pop. Matt was recently a series regular on SEED (CityTV and CW) and was a lead on Punched Up, (The Comedy Network) and CBC’s The Next Comedy Legend. Other TV credits include appearances on Shoot The Messenger (CBC) Haven (SyFy), The Stanley Dynamic (Disney), Reign (CW), Saving Hope (CTV and NBC), The Listener (Global), Covert Affairs (USA), Living in Your Car (Showcase), Murdoch Mysteries (Bravo), The Border (CBC), Veritas (ABC), Ace Lightning (BBC), Queer As Folk (Showtime), The Newsroom (CBC), Howie Do It (NBC), Little Mosque On The Prairie, Degrassi The Next Generation and The Ron James Show (CBC). He had recurring roles on She’s the Mayor (Vision), Unnatural History (Cartoon Network), and Connor Undercover (Family). Recently, he directed The Casting Room Web Series, winner of The Canadian Comedy Award for Best Web Series in 2012. Matt also won a Canadian Comedy Award in the category of Best Male Improvisor in 2012. He is a founding member and Co-Artistic Producer of The National Theatre of the World. Matt is currently the voice of Lord Cuddles on the animated series Freaktown and Hampton on the animated series Winston Steinberger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong.
ABOUT NAOMI SNIECKUS
An actor/writer/improviser/voice-over artist/director/ teacher, Naomi is a regular on CBC’s hit comedy, Mr. D (ACTRA nominated and Canadian Comedy Award winner). She is an alumnus of The Second City Toronto where she wrote/performed in five hit shows. TV and film credits include 12 Trees (with co-star Matt Baram and MelB of the Spice Girls) Drunk and On Drugs Happy Fun Time Hour (Trailer Park Boys), The Listener, Degrassi, Train 48, Regenesis, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ron James Show, Being Erica, Wingin’ It, She’s the Mayor, Alphas, Skins, The Jon Dore Show, Saw 7 3D, Dino Dan, AnneDroids, CBC’s Canada’s Smartest Person (with Matt Baram!). You may have heard Naomi’s voice on CBC Radio’s Canadia or as Aunt Turtle on the cartoon Franklin the Turtle. She’s a co-creator of The Casting Room Web Series (LA WebFest and CCA winner) and Naomi has also won a Canadian Comedy Award in the category of Best Female Improviser. She is a founding member and Co-Artistic Director of the 5-time Canadian comedy award-winning troupe The National Theatre of the World and was a regular on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight on CBC. You can see her in the upcoming comedy panel show TMI on showcase and feature films: Happily Ever After with Alex Kingston and Peter Firth and Two for One with Gavin Crawford.
“Baram and Snieckus is a sketch comedy show of the highest quality: thoroughly entertaining, expertly structured, and unceasingly funny” – Mooney on Theatre |
