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COMEDY: After NDP Leader Jack Layton speaks at the Ontario NDP leadership debate this afternoon, he'll shake up the comedy scene on the improv stage. As a guest star on the talk show Monkey Toast, Layton follows the likes of Mayor David Miller, Canadian Idol's Jake Gold, and Royal Canadian Air Farce’s Don Ferguson, whose interviews have all served as comedy fodder for the show in the past. BNN’s Kim Parlee and comedian Ron Sparks will also be guest starring tonight. Don’t miss it. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West), 8 p.m., pay-what-you-can.

            

This weekend the Wintercity Festival comes to an end with your last chance to see the fiery Pi-Leau by Dutch street theatre troupe Close-Act. Pi-Leau is a sea-borne love story played out amongst the audience by performers on stilts in futuristic costumes or wielding flares and featuring environmental themes.

Outside: driving wind, plummeting temperatures, mermaid-chasing sea monsters on stilts. Inside: googly eyes, pipe cleaners, and that heady mix of scissors, glue, and lip-biting concentration known to craft-making kindergarteners the world over.

WINTERCITY: Toronto’s big oh-god-why-can’t-it-be-April-already WinterCity Festival starts today (on until February 12), and includes the return of a Dutch street theatre troupe. The city has left Alice down the rabbit hole this year and instead brings us the North American premiere of Pi-Leau as performed by Close-Act. The tale of forbidden love set against a backdrop of environmental destruction is guaranteed to drive away the February blues. Check the WinterCity schedule for more Friday night fun at the RBC WinterCity Lodge, the Tim Hortons Ice Breaker rink, and the City Hall Rotunda. Nathan Phillips Square (100 Queen Street West), 7 p.m., FREE.