Those Other Movies presents You Had to Be There
Thu, Oct 08
|Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion
Time & Location
Oct 08, 2026, 4:10 p.m. – 9:10 p.m.
Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion, 5358 Haliburton County Rd 21, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0, Canada
About the event
Those Other Movies - You’ll Want to Be There
On Thursday, October 8, Those Other Movies is showing the film You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community that Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way).
It’s a documentary, which isn’t the usual fare for the monthly Thursday films for Those Other Movies. But...in a year of celebrating our roots with 20 years of Those Other Movies, it seemed appropriate to recognize some Canadian comedy legends and their journey of becoming names we know.
Nick Davis’ high-spirited documentary reveals how a humble Toronto run of the hippie musical Godspell became an historic incubator for modern comedy. Based solely on the bright futures of so many of the talents who formed the cast during the 14-month run — Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber,…