Captain Flashman: Defender of the Universe is an episodic satire of 1930s sci-fi radio serial cliffhangers. Listen in as Captain Flashman, his fiancée, paramour and main squeeze Eve Arden and world renowned scientist Doctor Katrina Krakow fight malicious mischief-makers, rapacious rapscallions and earnest evildoers bent on the earth's destruction. So put off those pesky errands to another day and instead listen closely as this audio cartoon unfolds before your very ears and Captain Flashman once again saves the universe. and remember that Captain Flashman: Defender of the Universe is affordably free on all major podcasting platforms.

Our Cast

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    Jane Luk

    Jane Luk is an actor, improvisor, writer and director. Selected film and TV appearances include Handmaid’s Tale, Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience, Angel Falls Christmas, Anne With an E, The Clark Sisters, Saw lll. She is launching two web series “Chateau Laurier” and stars in Streams Flow from a River by Christopher Yip on Apple TV, Super Channel, and Prime Video. Jane has also voiced various animated series and video game characters. Jane is a four-time nominee for the Canadian Comedy Awards for Funniest Female Improvisor as well as arecipient of a Dora Award and Chalmers Award for Best Youth Script. Jane recently directed 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan Lori-Parks for University Players in Windsor. “Smokey Topaz Multimedia Extravaganza” Her independent short “How to be More Chinese” enjoyed a two-year broadcast with the Comedy Network in Canada.

  • Sam Agro

    Sam Agro is an illustrator, writer, and performer with a long history of experience in improv and sketch comedy. Sam creates storyboards for both live-action and animated media, including such projects as Paw Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Fly Away Home, and several instalments of the SAW movie franchise. He also dabbles away at the fringes of the comic book industry and is a frequent essayist on pop culture subjects. Sam makes his home in Toronto with his wife Beth and their neurotic cat, Little V.

  • Vicki Jenkins

    Vicki Jenkins is an actor, visual artist, creator and arts educator. She holds an Associate of Arts Degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and received the 2002 Voice Award, and an Advanced Studies in Actor Training Diploma for participation in the 2002/03 Academy Company. She is also a graduate of the Second City Toronto’s Conservatory Program. Favourite roles include Mary Haines in The Women, Reggie Fluttie in The Laramie Project, Maxine in The Tongue of a Bird, and Anne in She's Mine. She has beaten cancer three times since 2004 and would like to never have to do that again.

  • Ann McDougall

    Ann McDougall is a graphic designer/illustrator, writer, and performer based in Toronto. Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Ann has a BA in Theatre from York University. Her work includes a variety of storytelling festivals, children's theatre, corporate and medical voiceover, and occasionally something really fun like Flashman.

  • Sean Browning

    SEAN BROWNING is (in no particular order) a writer/actor/musician/humourist/fantasist/LGBTQ+ ally/father/husband and mostly ridiculous. Acting credits include CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries, Netflix’s Painkiller, plus voice work and mocap on Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. Musically he is one half of alt-pop duo Spoil The View and also records solo as Sean Browning’s Outré Space. His first novel (dark sci-fi comedy) “I Don’t Seem So Bright in a Well-Lit Room” was published by Story Well Publishing in 2019 and is available at all online bookstores, and his second novel (a comedic fantasy) “What A Strange Thing We Are” is due out in 2024. He lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife, three kids, and various anxiety issues.

  • Dave Healey

    Dave Healey is a writer, actor, improviser, director, musician and improv teacher. He’s appeared in numerous TV shows, commercials, films and plays. In addition he spent 3 years with Second City before being paroled, was a cast member and Artistic Director of Big City Improv and a member of the improv group The Chumps whose radio show "The Chumps Without a Net" ran on CBC radio. His plays have appeared in the Atlantic, Orlando, Winnipeg and Toronto Fringe Festivals in addition to being featured in the Toronto Short-Short Play Festival, The Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Buffalo’s Road Less Traveled Ten Minute Play Fest, Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival, The National 10 Minute Play Festival and The Newmarket National One Act Play Festival.

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    Oliver Georgiou

    Oliver is an actor, comedian, and clown based in Toronto. He runs SODA Impro, an unscripted theatre company, and performs as half of the comedy duos Johnson & Georgiou with Lara Johnson and Jan & George with Reid Janisse. Recently, he’s developed three original roles onstage: Mitch in Emily Dix’s adaptation of The Birds (Bygone Theatre), Edwin in Kristen Da Silva’s The Bluff (Theatre Orangeville), and Mr Gordon in Vishesh Abeyratne’s workshop of Blood Offering (Alma Matter Productions). Last year, he was invited to headline the Detroit Improv Festival, and played the leading man in Vampire Zombies… From Space!, a 1950s horror-comedy homage.Oliver’s improv and solo sketch comedy has delighted audiences in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Toronto. He is an alumnus of Second City Toronto House Co, and was part of the all-star cast of Wayne & Shuster, Live! At Hart House Theatre. He can be found on all podcast streaming sites the Canadian Podcast Award winning series Caverns & Comedians.

  • Gene Abella

    Gene Abella is a Canadian Comedy Award winning actor, improviser and comedian. He has appeared on stage in plays such as: Plan "Live" From Outer Space andJust East of Broadway. Gene has also appeared on various films and TV series such as: Operation Christmas List, CBC's The Detectives and Prime Video's The Boys, to name a few.He has performed stand-up, improv and sketch at the Rivoli, The Laugh Resort, Tim Sims Playhouse(Toronto) , Upright Citizens Brigade(NY) and the Athenaeum Theatre(Chicago). You can hear him playing various roles on the Audible book series, "Imminent Disasters".Out of all the roles Gene has played, the role he is always proud of in real life is "Dad".

  • Melyssa Ade

    When it comes to the Flashman series, Melyssa Ade couldn't be happier to participate.Melyssa has been an actor for over 30 years. Selected credits include: tv (Max Glick, Eleventh Hour, CTV’s Master Control) film (Jason X, Interstate 60) and stage (Fringe, Summerworks, and Dora nominee for best actress Indie Theatre 2004). She was the Artistic Director of the Short-Short Play Festival 2015 & 2016. She is especially proud of her involvement as a co-curator of The Toronto Cold Reads for over a decade. Her other favourite role is MOM to Stirling.

Sound and Music

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    Jason Nobrega

    Jason is a multidisciplinary artist and experimental music producer who creates soundscapes of foley and audio synthesis to aid Flashman on his adventure.

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    Jeff Rosenthal

    Jeff Rosenthal has been performing improvisational comedy on and off since 1995. His large size and substantial hairiness mean that his physical presence is memorable even when his improv isn't. Jeff also performs music at clubs and conferences, and provides musical accompaniment to comedy shows. Early on in Jeff's showbiz career, he was told, "Don't give up your day job!". He has taken that advice seriously, becoming a professor of statistics at the University of Toronto.

Credits

Episode 1- Asteroids Only Kill Dinosaurs Starring Sam Agro, Sean Browning, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, Jane Luk and Ann McDougall

Episode 2- Something Borrowed, Someone Blue Starring Sam Agro, Sean Browning, , Oliver Georgiou, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, and Ann McDougall

Episode 3- Human Balls And Other Quirks Of The Cosmos Starring Sam Agro, Sean Browning, Oliver Georgiou, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, and Ann McDougall

Episode 4- What You Say To A Vulkaren Starring Gene Abella, Melyssa Ade, Sam Agro, Sean Browning, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, and Ann McDougall

Episode 5- All’s Fair In Love And Universal Domination Starring Gene Abella, Melyssa Ade, Sam Agro, Sean Browning, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, and Ann McDougall

Episode 6- It’s My Party And I’ll Slay If I Want To Starring Gene Abella, Melyssa Ade, Sam Agro, Sean Browning, Oliver Georgiou, Dave Healey, Vicki Jenkins, and Ann McDougall

Music By Jeff Rosenthal

Sound Engineering, Editing, Sound Design and FX By Jason Nobrega

Soundscape Design, Produced, Directed and Written By Dave Healey

© 2023 Dave Healey