The Second City Toronto’s latest mainstage revue (their 92nd!) builds on their last with the same returning ensemble and a bit more of a thematic throughline on the topic of AI and what truly makes us human.

Gavin Pounds stands out in the ensemble with strong physicality and exuberant characters, his work in a showstopping haircut scene is the night’s most memorable. Other strong sketches include Pounds in the audience of a standup routine looking to the crowd for backup in demanding “darker” comedy from the performer (a charmingly baffled Tim Blair), a rundown of Chelsea Larkin’s strange sleep behaviour, a rare recurring bit wherein Gillian Bartolucci lives out a revenge fantasy on bad male behaviour and, my personal favourite, a lovely piece that artfully mixes a little melancholy into the jokes as Antony Hall time travels to talk to his teenage self. A riotous sketch about a Christian singer trying to cut a club anthem has a great premise but veers a bit too broad to land its impact

The current cast is very capable and nicely diverse in their skill sets though their writing veers a bit silly for my taste and there were multiple punchlines that weren’t delivered with necessary clarity. Overall, 100% Real Human is a strong to standard offering from one of Toronto’s most reliably pleasant nights out.