Fear of a Brown Planet

This was my first one man show and it premiered (or is that debuted?) at the Toronto Fringe festival in 2004. It focuses on the how race is seen in the entertainment industry and how it affects perception, sex and career. It's a lot more fun than this write up makes it seem but I spent all my gold on stage so you're going to have to settle for this.

"...Seguin has laughing audiences in the palm of his hand...has a comic ease with an audience...delivers more laughs and entertainment than most comedy clubs." - Eye Magazine


"...funny, uncompromising and intelligent...this is comedy doing what it should – provoking us, changing us and making us laugh." - Now Magazine


"...razor-sharp wit...perceptive, confrontational and...unabashedly gutsy... one of the best comedic sets you will see in Montreal or anywhere." - The Hour Magazine (Montréal)


"...digs a provocative pot of gold out of the potentially explosive terrain of race relations. His pointed wit simultaneously prods brain and funnybone...No one escapes his spectral arc of illuminated idiocy...puts the comedic pedal to the metal, so put your brain in high gear to keep up for the entire 55 minutes...has a unique ability to deliver raw messages so good-naturedly that audience discomfort never gets in the way of receptivity. You’ll leave the show laughing. " — Winnipeg Free Press


"...breakaway-paced...maneuvering through the potentially explosive subject of race in today’s society, and somehow gets the (mostly white) audience laughing and thinking even as we’re struggling to keep up...funny, sharp and self-aware...he isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it...No one is immune from his pointed humour." — CBC


"...successfully balances tough issues with witty banter and jokes...Seguin turns his tragedy into comedy...This hilariously dark comedy was well crafted, brilliantly performed and extremely thought-provoking." — SA - Uptown


"...this is obviously a guy equipped with a pointed and potent sense of humour." - Edmonton Journal


"...wryly astute...politically sharp and pointed...No lazy jokes here...material here does make you think." - Vue Weekly


"Nile Séguin is a hell of a funny guy. We're talking should - be - household - name - with - his - own - seven - figure - contract funny here...fierce intelligence and biting wit...Séguin will have you laughing your guts out while shaking your head at humanity’s absurd and utterly illogical views on matters of race." - See Weekly