June 26, 2014 Katt 8 comments
Heads up Hubsters, writer and performer Sharilyn Johnson will be bringing her autobiographical solo show ‘Fake News Fangirl’ to The Winnipeg Fringe Festival from July 16 – 27 at Prairie Theatre Exchange’s Colin Jackson Studio.
Daily Show host Jon Stewart is the long time object of Johnson’s fandom affections. From her ‘90s teenage crush developed in the basement of a suburban Winnipeg bungalow, to close encounters with her hero in New York City, ‘Fake News Fangirl’ shatters audience perceptions of celebrity idolatry through humour, honesty and tales of outrageous fan behaviour.
In Fake News Fangirl, Johnson recounts the thrill of meeting Stewart, the startling experience of coming face to face with the real Stephen Colbert and her ill-advised hotel tryst with a Daily Show correspondent. Once swimming in fandom’s deep end, she finds herself in danger of sinking, a struggle anyone who’s ever loved something too much can relate to.
For more on the show, check out our exclusive interview with Sharilyn: [Link]
July 11, 2012 Katt 10 comments
Hailing from Winnipeg, the Toronto-based Sharilyn Johnson has done it all – writer, performer, communications professional, entertainment reporter and radio host. An entertainment reporter since 1995, Sharilyn’s focus turned to comedy in 1998, serving as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg’s entertainment weekly Uptown Magazine and hosted three seasons of the weekly radio program ‘Laugh Tracks’ on CJUM. Sharilyn’s comedy coverage and contributions have also been heard on CBC Radio’s ‘Laugh Out Loud’, and featured in the Winnipeg Free Press and ‘The Apiary’.
In 2008 Sharilyn founded the popular comedy news site Third Beat Magazine featuring comedy related news, events, reviews, and interviews, and is the current Chair of the Communications Committee for the Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival. A student of ‘Television and Sketch Writing’ at The Second City Toronto, and ‘Writing for The Daily Show’ with J.R. Havlan (Writer) and ‘Writing for The Colbert Report’ with Tom Purcell (Writer, Exec Producer) at the People’s Improv Theatre, Sharilyn can now be seen at the Toronto Fringe Festival performing her one women show ‘Fake News Fangirl’, ‘the completely true story of one women’s adventures in the world of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert fandom’.
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June 26, 2014 Katt 8 comments
Heads up Hubsters, writer and performer Sharilyn Johnson will be bringing her autobiographical solo show ‘Fake News Fangirl’ to The Winnipeg Fringe Festival from July 16 – 27 at Prairie Theatre Exchange’s Colin Jackson Studio.
For more on the show, check out our exclusive interview with Sharilyn: [Link]
July 11, 2012 Katt 10 comments
Hailing from Winnipeg, the Toronto-based Sharilyn Johnson has done it all – writer, performer, communications professional, entertainment reporter and radio host. An entertainment reporter since 1995, Sharilyn’s focus turned to comedy in 1998, serving as the comedy reporter for Winnipeg’s entertainment weekly Uptown Magazine and hosted three seasons of the weekly radio program ‘Laugh Tracks’ on CJUM. Sharilyn’s comedy coverage and contributions have also been heard on CBC Radio’s ‘Laugh Out Loud’, and featured in the Winnipeg Free Press and ‘The Apiary’.
In 2008 Sharilyn founded the popular comedy news site Third Beat Magazine featuring comedy related news, events, reviews, and interviews, and is the current Chair of the Communications Committee for the Canadian Comedy Awards & Festival. A student of ‘Television and Sketch Writing’ at The Second City Toronto, and ‘Writing for The Daily Show’ with J.R. Havlan (Writer) and ‘Writing for The Colbert Report’ with Tom Purcell (Writer, Exec Producer) at the People’s Improv Theatre, Sharilyn can now be seen at the Toronto Fringe Festival performing her one women show ‘Fake News Fangirl’, ‘the completely true story of one women’s adventures in the world of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert fandom’.
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