Posted by Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival
Miguel tells you his best practices for producing and executing sketch in video form. Whether it’s an original script or a sketch you’ve perfected live and wanna shoot, learn how to organize and pull off your big short.
Saturday, March 15 at 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
BMO Incubator – Theatre Centre
Presented as part of Toronto Sketchfest’s 2025 Learning + Fun Series
Miguel Rivas is an actor, writer and producer from Toronto, ON. Known for co-anchoring three seasons of the CTV satirical news program The Beaverton. He has also appeared regularly on multiple seasons of CBC’s Hit Show Pretty Hard Cases, as well as CBC’s Baroness Von Sketch Show, CTV’s hit show Jann, and as a multitude of characters on VRV’s animated Gary and His Demons.
He is also the co-creator and executive producer of the hit Tony Ho Podcast on CBC Podcasts. A veteran of the live comedy scene, Miguel and his brother Freddie are the co-creators and co-hosts of the much lauded, long-running live show Rapp Battlez. He has appeared at Just For Laughs, JFL 42, San Francisco Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, Philadelphia Sketchfest and Montreal Sketchfest, and is a founding member of sketch troupe Tony Ho and the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch supertroupe Get Some. Miguel has most recently enjoyed writing and performing on CBC Radio’s Because News with Gavin Crawford and working on his comedy climate change web series (yes) Hot Globe. Season 2 is rolling out now!