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Vancouver’s Most Innovative Comedy / Variety Show is back with a Halloween episode! Your hosts Paul Anthony and Ryan Beil, along with the house band and the entire creative team are scheming up a spooky experience that you don’t wanna miss… Featuring: KISS Tribute Band with members of The Special Exceptions! Clown Comedy from June … Read more

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time happens at the Rio Theatre on the first Thursday of every month. It’s Vancouver’s favourite and longest running variety show – now in its 12th season! On Thursday, February 6, Talent time presents “What’s the Price of This Thing?”, an original game show where audience contestants try to guess prices from … Read more

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time presents another original high concept game show! Welcome to “Donair Den,” where local entrepreneurs pitch their inventions in the hopes of shaving off a tender morsel of broiled beef, for their burgeoning business.  Thursday, March 10 Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00 pm *Please arrive on time. Start time subject to … Read more

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time presents a brand new comedy /variety / talk show circus for YOU! With laughs and things that make you go hmmmm… Thursday, May 5 Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Tickets $17 HERE | $20 at the door *Minors permitted (language warning). … Read more

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time returns to the Rio Theatre on Thursday, December 11 for a yearly tradition of song, dance, comedy and free warm socks with an overall feeling of joy to the world! They haven’t done an Xmas show in years (because of New Year’s Eve), but this year, they have chosen to focus on … Read more

Paul Anthony’s TALENT TIME is the Critically-Acclaimed Comedy / Variety / Talk Show that Mathew Hays from the Globe & Mail called, “the most innovative…and inspired show” he has seen in years. This episode… It’s Bingo Night! The audience is invited to become more invested in the experiment by purchasing bingo cards. But instead of … Read more

Gotta get to the show…. Paul Anthony’s Talent Time happens at the Rio Theatre on the first Thursday of every month. It’s Vancouver’s favourite and longest running variety show – now in its 12th season! Show details coming soon! Thursday, April 2 Doors 7:15 pm | Show 8:00 pm Advance tickets $12 HERE | $14 … Read more

MRG Comedy, The Rio Theatre and Vancouver is Funny Present… Paul Anthony’s Talent Time! It’s Vancouver’s longest-running, best-kept secret! Inspired by the classic variety show format, Paul Anthony’s TALENT TIME combs youth talent shows and unique corners of underground entertainment to create an innovative, strange and hilarious show that also accidentally reaffirms the human spirit? … Read more

Patrick Maliha’s Big Birthday Bash! Hosted by Patrick Maliha Vancouver comedian Patrick Maliha is one of the Rio Theatre‘s all-time, hands-down favourite people, so it only seems right to mark his birthday on Friday, September 6 with a night of laughs featuring some of his favourites – including K.C. Novak, Harris Anderson, Steve McGowan, Jane … Read more

Patrick Maliha’s 7th Annual Naughty Little New Year’s Eve –  Live at The Rio Theatre Because 2020 is not only going to be the ushering in of a new decade, but also a new era of the roaring 20s, our host Patrick Maliha has decided to provide a limited amount of Super Early Bird Tickets … Read more