Dropship Entertainment

Upstart Cabaret


Upstart Cabaret IV
Admiral Dink and the Seventh Fleet

Date: January 24, 2006
Location: The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W
Director: Mac Fyfe
Writer: Sebastian Pigott

Are you tired of the Television? Has the Radio left you high and dry? The Internet lied to you? Don't let that get you down! Dropship Entertainment has your back! Through the Power of the Theatre, and the eyes of one Albert Buttle, DropShip Entertainment will take you on a whirlwind adventure of interdementional espionage to sooth those midwinter blues.

Featuring: Jason Gray, Brehnan Mckibbon, Kate Gordon, Andrea Ramolo, Sebastian Pigott, David Tompa, and K. Trevor Wilson

Also featuring The Dropship Daddys: Oliver Pigott (Band Leader, Vocals), Blues Harp Sean Pinchin (Slide Guitar, Vocals), Tony Nesbitt-Larking (Drums, Piano), with additional special singers, Julie Sype, Andrea Ramolo, Tanya Philipovich, Lauren Williams, and Kristen Dahlin.


Upstart Cabaret III

Date: August 3, 2006
Location: The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St W

DropShip Entertainment is hosting its third and biggest Upstart Cabaret. Following the success of previous productions, DropShip Entertainment has announced an even bigger line-up that includes a hilarious new play titled The New Thing I'm Doing, stand-up comedy by Gilson Lubin (The Comedy Network and MTV Canada) and Trevor Wilson (Yuk Yuks), magic by Mysterion the Mind Reader and live funk-music by the renowned Elastocitizens. Upstart Cabaret will be hosted by David Reale (Popcultured) at The Gladstone Hotel.


Upstart Cabaret II

Date: February 27-28, 2006
Location: The Queenshead Pub, 659 Queen St W

Dropship Entertainment productions include The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter, which ran for a week at The Whippersnapper Gallery in May 2005. In February of this year, Joe Dinicol (Train 48) hosted the company's second Upstart Cabaret, which also featured live music and comedy, a live auction, and the production of The Phidadephia, by David Ives.


Upstart Cabaret I

Date: April 21, 2005
Location: Clinton's Tavern, 693 Bloor St W

Fundraiser in support of our first production, The Dumbwaiter. Featuring Run with the Kittens, The Makeshift Heros, Joe Law, Yua, Raoul Bhaneja