Bruce Pirrie graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Film Production and English. After working for a short time in a film library, he made a fateful decision and took a beginner’s improvisation class at The Second City. After a few weeks he was invited to audition for a spot in the cast of the Second City Touring Company (the ‘farm team” for the Second City Mainstage). He auditioned successfully, joined the company, and has been living with that fateful choice ever since.
Bruce then began a long and fruitful association with Second City that saw him move from being an actor in the Touring Company, to a lauded Mainstage performer at the legendary Old Firehall who wrote and performed in six reviews. He then turned to directing and created ten original shows for Second City theatres in Toronto, Las Vegas and Chicago.
Bruce has also been a Head Writer, Director and Producer of various Second City stage, television and film projects. Through this association with Second City Bruce has been nominated and received various national awards including; Dora Mavor Moores, Geminis, and the Canadian Comedy Awards. But more important than awards, Bruce had the pleasure of working with the Who’s Who of Second City, which also means he has worked with some of the greatest comic performers of the last twenty-five years.
As an actor, writer, director, and/or producer with Second City he has worked on: MY TALK SHOW, THE BEST OF SCTV, SECOND CITY LIVE, and 110 LOMBARD STREET.
Bruce also was variously a Writer, Head Writer, Director and Producer on several television shows for Steve Smith and S&S Productions, including, THE RED GREEN SHOW, SUPERTOWN CHALLENGE, MR. HAPPY, and THE FIFTH QUADRANT.
Bruce edited two books by Canadian best seller Sue Kenney, MY CAMINO and CONFESSIONS OF A PILGRIM.
He has a vast range of experience in stage, television, radio and film and draws on the experience and insight accumulated from his years as an improviser, actor, writer and director.
Recently Bruce has written for The Ron James Show and was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2010 for “Best Director in a Comedy Series. He presently teaches comedy writing, performing, and production at Humber College, Ryerson University in Toronto and The Second City Training Centre.
Jimmy MacKinley has been performing stand up comedy for nearly a decade and has been acting in films since 2006.
Jimmy can be seen on stages all over Canada with Yuks Yuks Comedy Clubs. You can hear him on CBC Radio, Sirius XM, he has toured with Gerry Dee and will be featured in the Trailer Park Boys upcoming series in Fall 2020.
Bruce Pirrie graduated from York University in Toronto with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in Film Production and English. After working for a short time in a film library, he made a fateful decision and took a beginner’s improvisation class at The Second City. After a few weeks he was invited to audition for a spot in the cast of the Second City Touring Company (the ‘farm team” for the Second City Mainstage). He auditioned successfully, joined the company, and has been living with that fateful choice ever since.
Bruce then began a long and fruitful association with Second City that saw him move from being an actor in the Touring Company, to a lauded Mainstage performer at the legendary Old Firehall who wrote and performed in six reviews. He then turned to directing and created ten original shows for Second City theatres in Toronto, Las Vegas and Chicago.
Bruce has also been a Head Writer, Director and Producer of various Second City stage, television and film projects. Through this association with Second City Bruce has been nominated and received various national awards including; Dora Mavor Moores, Geminis, and the Canadian Comedy Awards. But more important than awards, Bruce had the pleasure of working with the Who’s Who of Second City, which also means he has worked with some of the greatest comic performers of the last twenty-five years.
As an actor, writer, director, and/or producer with Second City he has worked on: MY TALK SHOW, THE BEST OF SCTV, SECOND CITY LIVE, and 110 LOMBARD STREET.
Bruce also was variously a Writer, Head Writer, Director and Producer on several television shows for Steve Smith and S&S Productions, including, THE RED GREEN SHOW, SUPERTOWN CHALLENGE, MR. HAPPY, and THE FIFTH QUADRANT.
Bruce edited two books by Canadian best seller Sue Kenney, MY CAMINO and CONFESSIONS OF A PILGRIM.
He has a vast range of experience in stage, television, radio and film and draws on the experience and insight accumulated from his years as an improviser, actor, writer and director.
Recently Bruce has written for The Ron James Show and was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2010 for “Best Director in a Comedy Series. He presently teaches comedy writing, performing, and production at Humber College, Ryerson University in Toronto and The Second City Training Centre.
Jimmy MacKinley has been performing stand up comedy for nearly a decade and has been acting in films since 2006.
Jimmy can be seen on stages all over Canada with Yuks Yuks Comedy Clubs. You can hear him on CBC Radio, Sirius XM, he has toured with Gerry Dee and will be featured in the Trailer Park Boys upcoming series in Fall 2020.
