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Bites and BitsS02E06: Translation with Ayaka KinugawaComedian and musician Ayaka Kinugawa (The Second City’s She The People; Tita Jokes) joins Mat and Hisham for donairs from Otto’s Berlin Doner. Mat and Hisham share their plans for their summer gardens and Ayaka reveals secrets from her emo phase when she found Beethoven’s grave in Vienna. Things get international when the three discuss how manners translate from one culture to another, and the popularity of duos in the Japanese comedy scene. Ayaka pulls out all the stops in a Bits and Bites first improvising some jingles and theme songs. She also reveals her first touring...2022-05-0252 min
Finders GrieversEpisode 07. YOLO (with Ayaka Kinugawa)This week, Shohana sits down with musician and comedian Ayaka Kinugawa and they chat about sad Mardi Gras, Drake lyrics, and the meaning of life.
Follow Finders Grievers on Instagram & Twitter @findersgrievers and write to us at findersgrievers@gmail.com
About Ayaka Kinugawa:
Ayaka is a Japanese musician based in Toronto and is actively involved in the comedy scene. She is a musical director at the Second City Toronto and has toured across the US, including sold out performances at the Kennedy Centre. She also composes music for multiple live and film productions and...2021-08-1254 min
NostalgiqueRobert Glasper (ft. Ayaka Kinugawa)In this extra special episode, Second City Music Director, producer, composer, and all around super star Ayaka Kinugawa joins us to discuss her favourite artist! She truly takes us to school and explains Glasper’s influence, her music journey, and being a MEMBER OF A REGGAE BAND!?!
Brought to you By: The Sonar Network2021-03-291h 05
One More Round with Tricia BlackAyaka KinugawaKeep up to date with all things One More Round on Instagram at @onemoreroundpodcast
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Brought to you By: The Sonar Network2021-01-061h 13
The H WordSpacial Forces (with Ajahnis Charley)Becky and Dan sit in their respective shames and Becky chats with geomancer (her word) and comedian, Ajahnis Charley, about activism, art, Gen Z exuberance and more! Covered: meteor showers, the Perseids, intuition, test results, Nostalgique, Aba Amuquandoh, Ben Sosa Wright, WAP, sex positivity, shame, therapy, (un)well, gratitude, geomatics, spacial problems, COVID-19 and police saturation, activism, copout.app, protest, mussels in the Netherlands, a big scoop, the National Film Board of Canada, coming out, Durham Region, the GO Bus, thinking locally, contagious positivity, Bad Dog Comedy TV, Ayaka's Kitchen, Ayaka Kinugawa, Jos Louis, distance and connection, capitalism, youth, High...2020-08-171h 01The H WordInvincible Bummer (with Helen Donnelly)Becky and Dan discuss the myths of cancel culture and hope in online media and Becky chats with clown extraordinaire, Helen Donnelly, about performance, illness and more. Covered: Sponsorship, Mark Andrada, We Like Theme Parks!, stink candles, The Letter, Sandy Hudson, Bad Dog Theatre, Coko Galore, UHF, cable access, Kirsten Rasmussen, Ayaka Kinugawa, Ajahnis Charley, Daphney Joseph, the Cop Out App, clown, bird watching, skepticism, atheism, Red Nose Remedy, therapeutic clowning, virtual therapy, gambits, make-up, minstrelsy, multiple myeloma, cancer, broke artists, warrior narratives, the cadence of health care, social supports, ODSP, CERB & more!2020-07-131h 23
StageworthyTita CollectiveThe Tita Collective, an all Filipina collective of multidisciplinary artists in Toronto, will present Tita Jokes as part of the 2019 Toronto Fringe FestivalJuly 3 - 14 at the Tarragon Theatre. They sing, they dance, and they’ll make you snort-laugh halo-halo through your nose!Tita Jokes is a musical sketch comedy spectacle to remember. The show revolves around the Filipinx people in their lives such as aunts, moms, daughters, and partners. Tita Jokes reveals their struggles and heartaches, but also how they cope through comedy and songs. Tita Collective are an al...2019-06-1848 min
Killed to DeathAyaka Kinugawa And HerculesKayaka (Ayaka Kinugawa) is a world traveller, who happened to find her hostel companion dead in a Clamato puddle.
Hercules, another traveller, stops in, and Toronto's best breakfast spot is revealed.
Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/2019-05-3153 min
The Firecracker DepartmentSecond City Live PanelHey Firecrackers, welcome to Second City! We're here at my old stomping grounds for a LIVE podcast panel with some real comedic geniuses! Joining us on stage for this chat is Ayaka Kinugawa, Musical Director for Second City Theatrical, Carly Heffernan, current Director of the main stage show 'The Best Is Yet To Come Undone', Teresa Pavlinek, writer, producer, and star of her own show called 'The Jane Show', and last, but not least, current star of the main stage show, Stacey McGunnigle! We're talking everything from how annoying it is to be asked "What is it like being a woma...2018-07-1658 min
House LightsEp.22 Alia Rasul and Anand Rajaram - Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable Pt 1There are some conversations that just changes you.. for the better.
The topic of diversity and inclusion has been becoming a bigger focus for me as a performer. But what does it mean to really dive into this conversation? To dig deeper into topic of diversity and inclusion from a performer/artist point-of-view, I reached out to my friends Alia Rasul and Anand Rajaram to dive into this topic and learn from their experiences.
Alia is talented comedy improvisor/performer, who also serves as the Inclusion Director at the Bad Dog Theatre. I've known her...2018-05-021h 00
House LightsEp.21 Warren P Sonoda and Michael Hitoshi Maddeaux - Japanese Canadian Filmmaker's RoundtableWelcome to episode 21 on the House Lights Podcast!!
This episode features a conversation I had with Warren P. Sonoda, and Michael Hitoshi Maddeaux. They are both filmmakers at different stages of their professional careers and personal life. One commonality we all share is that we come from Japanese backgrounds and we’re navigating the entertainment/storytelling industry. We talk about our own origin stories, growing up as Japanese-Canadian, how we relate to the diversity movement, and the importance of expressing your own point-of-view in your own work. I had so much fun connecting with other Japanese storytellers, so...2018-02-231h 22
House LightsEp.15 Anita Abbasi and Martin Baena - Making a film!!Anita Abbasi and Martin Baena make amazing short films. They collaborated to make “The Talent Scout” (2015), and their latest project “Mariah ¡Que Baile!”. We talk about their film making process, what their partnership looks like and the lessons they took away from these experiences. This is our first conversation with film makers on the podcast and I’m really excited to share this with you.
We talk about what their pre-production, filming, and post-production process looks like for their new project “Mariah ¡Que Baile!”. We talk about, how they went about funding, found actors, putting together a team, submitting...2017-08-081h 10
House LightsEp.11 Kevin Vidal - Being OpenWelcome to Ep.11 of House Lights! We have Toronto-based actor and improviser, Kevin Vidal on the show today.
Kevin's amazing, he performed on the Second City Mainstage, various commercials, and on TV shows such as Sunnyside, Kim’s Convenience (CBC), and Workin' Moms (CBC)! Still early in his career, he has gained much success in the Toronto entertainment scene, and he’s just killing it!!
We talk about how Kevin got his start in the industry, how relationships were key to his success, his experiences and approaches on working on set and much more. It was a real...2017-07-1041 min
The Backline - An Improv Podcast100 - Musical Improv (LIVE)It's the finale of Season 3! In this episode of The Backline LIVE, a reluctant Adam takes a tour through the world of musical improv with some of Toronto's best musical performers. Along the way he discovers how to sing, compose a narrative through song, and rhyme with help from Ashley Botting (CBC Because News), Kevin Vidal (Sunnyside), Jan Caruana (Second City), Phatt Al (God Made Me Funky), and Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club). At the end of this adventure, Adam learns the true value of Christmas cheer and improvises a song onstage. Special thanks to: Ayaka Kinugawa, Kevin Frank, Matt Hall...2016-12-2154 min