Show Times:
August 2 – 30 | Opens August 2
Written and performed by: Justin Shaw
Runtime: 1hr 50 min, including intermission
“Hilarious and true stories…Shaw masterfully connects every joke and story”
— Galen Simmons, Northern Arts Perspective
“Shaw lands an impressive number of jokes per minute….From the heart of the Maritimes to the outer edges of the kinosphere, Justin Shaw’s Off-Island Odyssey is a journey well worth taking.”
— Scott Stephenson,The Citizen
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Off-Island Odyssey
Written and performed by Justin Shaw
Solo Comedy | World Premiere
August 2 – 30 | Opens August 2
Horse manure. Drama school. A trailer in the oil sands.
Imagine Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe crossed with Netflix’s Mike Birbiglia, and you’ve got Justin Shaw’s approach to leaving home, made painfully funny.
A hilarious, homesick journey through a lifetime spent away from the family horse farm — and the realization every Maritimer eventually has: you can end up nothing like your parents and still carry their love around with you wherever you go.
After selling out his Blyth debut last Christmas, the Prince Edward Island comedian returns with a brand-new show co-commissioned by the Blyth Festival and The Charlottetown Festival.
Justin Shaw
Playwright & Justin
For Blyth: Debut
Described as a “slightly caffeinated Stuart McLean,” Justin Shaw is a comedian and storyteller from Prince Edward Island. Blending humor and narrative, he has toured solo shows across Canada with major festivals and theatres. As a stand-up, he tours with Yuk Yuks, and has appeared on JFL42, Comedy In Five, and CBC Laugh Out Loud. His album Mostly Clean airs on SiriusXM. A National Theatre School graduate, he’s also Artistic Director of Storytelling Toronto.
Justin Shaw
Playwright & Justin For Blyth: Debut Described as a “slightly...
Justin Shaw
Playwright & Justin
For Blyth: Debut
Described as a “slightly caffeinated Stuart McLean,” Justin Shaw is a comedian and storyteller from Prince Edward Island. Blending humor and narrative, he has toured solo shows across Canada with major festivals and theatres. As a stand-up, he tours with Yuk Yuks, and has appeared on JFL42, Comedy In Five, and CBC Laugh Out Loud. His album Mostly Clean airs on SiriusXM. A National Theatre School graduate, he’s also Artistic Director of Storytelling Toronto.
Justin Shaw
Playwright & Justin For Blyth: Debut Described as a “slightly...
Sandy Plunkett
Stage Manager
For Blyth: Quiet in the Land, The Farm Show: Then and Now, Resort to Murder, The Donnelly Trilogy, The Drawer Boy, Berlin Blues, Ipperwash, (Blyth Festival)
Recent Credits: Boys with Cars, (Nightswimming/YPT). Disney’s Frozen, (The Globe Theatre).
Sandy is the great-grandson of Morley Plunkett of the almost forgotten WW1 Canadian Vaudeville Troupe, The Dumbells.
Upcoming: Mosque Heights (The Globe Theatre)
Sandy is the great-grandson of Morley Plunkett of the almost forgotten WW1 Canadian Vaudeville Troupe, The Dumbells.
Sandy Plunkett
Stage Manager For Blyth: Quiet in the Land, The Farm...
