The ALTdot COMedy Lounge

The ALTdot Comedy Lounge is a cabaret-style alternative comedy show in Toronto, Canada.

For over 21 years, the ALTdot Comedy Lounge has hosted alternative, non-traditional and new material, with drop-in guests from around the world. It runs every Monday at The Rivoli. The show was a product of the alternative comedy movement of the late 1990s, such as Largo and Uncabaret in Los Angeles and Luna Lounge in New York. The Kids in the Hall had a Rivoli residency show on Mondays in the 1990s. In 2005 a Tuesday show, The Sketch Comedy Lounge, was added and ran until 2011. The first Tuesday of every month there is an ALTdot Open Mic where the producer can see some emerging comedians showcase and one comic gets a spot on a future ALTdot.

The show is produced by Lorne Perlmutar.

Comedians
• Carmen Albano

• Makesi Arthur

• Boyd Banks

• Ryan Belleville

• Lewis Black

• Michael Black

• Brent Butt

• Chuck Byrn

• Craig Campbell

• Martha Chaves

• Sean Collins

• Simon B. Cotter

• Sean Cullen

• Kate Davis

• Gerry Dee

• Debra DiGiovanni

• Gord Disley

• Jon Dore

• Harry Doupe

• Jo-Anna Downey

• Derek Edwards

• Laurie Elliot

• Chris Finn

• Arthur Simeon

• Derek Flores

• Mark Forward

• Stewart Francis

• Martina Gail

• Janeane Garofalo

• Tom Green

• Adam Growe

• Rich Hall

• Mitch Hedberg

• Jessica Holmes

• Bruce Hunter

• Paul Irving

• Ron James

• Tony Krolo

• Elvira Kurt

• Craig Lauzon

• Steve Levine

• Chris Locke

• Gilson Lubin

• Levi MacDougall

• Shaun Majumder

• Mike Moses

• Tim Nasiopoulos

• Alex Nussbaum

• Alan Park

• Nikki Payne

• Rodney Pentland

• Perry Perlmutar

• Tim Polley

• Daryl Purvis

• Simon Rakoff

• Dan Redican

• Jennifer Robertson

• Kenny Robinson

• Paul Schuck

• Ron Sparks

• Winston Spear

• Eric Tunney

• Kristeen von Hagen

• Will Weldon

• Harland Williams

• Robin Williams

• Mike Wilmot

• Fraser Young

• Pete Zedlacher

Sketch Troupes
• The Bobroom

• Corky and the Juice Pigs

• Death Ensemble

• The Distractions

• The Doo-Wops

• Flossy and the Jube-Jubes

• The Frantics (aka Four on the Floor)

• The Gazebo Pals

• The GTOs

• The Gurg

• The Imponderables

• The Minnesota Wrecking Crew

• Ms. Chickaburns

• The Polecats

• The Rumoli Brothers

• The Sketchersons

• Smells Like the 80s

• Todd's Lunch

• The Understudies