Picnicface was a Canadian sketch comedy troupe based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, consisting of Mark Little, Andrew Bush, Kyle Dooley, Cheryl Hann, Brian MacQuarrie, Evany Rosen, Scott Vrooman and Bill Wood. Formed in 2006, the group were most noted for their viral video "Powerthirst", which was followed by a 13-episode sketch comedy television series on The Comedy Network in 2011.
Work In addition to performing across Canada, the group had a special on CBC Radio and a weekly sketch and improv comedy show in Halifax."CBC.ca Laugh Out Loud, Past Episodes", 2010.
In 2011, Picnicface was featured in the film Roller TownRobert Bell, "Roller Town: Andrew Bush". Exclaim!, September 20, 2012. and a satirical book about Canada for HarperCollins Canada, Picnicface's Canada.
Television series
Thirteen episodes of a sketch comedy series, Picnicface, were ordered by The Comedy Network in 2010. The series aired in the Wednesday 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm time slot in 2011. Picnicface was executive-produced by Mark McKinney from The Kids in the Hall.Comedy Network Orders Picnicface TV Series. The Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 2010.
The series won three Canadian Comedy Awards at the 13th Canadian Comedy Awards in 2012, for Best TV Series, Best Ensemble and Best Writing in a TV Series."Halifax troupe Picnicface take 6 comedy awards". CBC News, August 7, 2012.
In late April 2012, Bell Media, the network's owner, decided not to renew the series for a second season.
Episodes
Later work
In 2013, Bush created the comedy web series Everyone's Famous,"Everyone’s Famous gets Hollywood kudos". The Chronicle Herald, June 12, 2013. which received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. In 2018, Bush and Little created and starred in the comedy series Cavendish, which premiered on CBC Television in January 2019."'Cavendish' comedy series coming soon to CBC-TV". The Guardian (Charlottetown), December 28, 2018.
Rosen was one of the creators, alongside Kayla Lorette, of the comedy web series New Eden.Norman Wilner, "Crave’s New Eden explores why women are drawn to true crime". Now, January 1, 2020.
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