On Thursday, March 12, 2026, The Tita Collective—an all-Filipina sketch comedy group—once again proved that they have what it takes to make the audience lol in tandem as they delivered fresh takes on their comedic routines.
The five-member group composed of AP Bautista, Belinda Corpuz, Ellie Posadas, Alia Rasul, and Maricris Rivera performed at The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Ont. to a sold-out audience.
Among the countless skits they performed, the running theme seems to be—wait for it—Hudson Williams from Heated Rivalry.
(If you’ve been living under a rock, the hit Canadian series is a hockey secret bromance that everyone seems to be talking about these days, including the Prime Minister.)
And of course, there’s a little sketch about Bruno Mars—he’s Filipino after all—peppered with a love homage for Jollibee’s Peach Mango Pie.
Stand-out sketches are the “Alone” song/karaoke performance with a broom serving as a mic.
The song by Heart has some pretty challenging notes, but the singer can clearly handle the high notes, even embellishing it.
What’s outstanding about this sketch is that it tackles the mother-daughter dynamic in a subtle, funny way: the nanay (mother) does not want to let go of her “baby”, while the anak (daughter) is trying to assert her independence.
As they argue their points, they expertly weave singing the song with some pointed dialogue: “you’ll always be my baby”.
They performed some of their old classic sketches, such as the church “gossip” scene, where they gather in church but criticize everyone around them, engaging in prayerful poses the whole time.
The “Heartbreak Kare-Kare” skit is always a winner, with their take on eat-your-feelings-of-heartbreak by having kare-kare (cardboard props of patis, talong and beef parts are hilarious).
The “Climate Change Summit” sketch is one I haven’t seen before, where some cast members integrated themselves in the audience and heckled the short height and cuteness—like Pikachu—of a Filipina presenter.
Best part is when they had a “white-guy-married-to-a-Filipina” defend the presenter. Genius.
The group also took time to have an appreciation skit to the titas in the audience, plus a couple of wonderfully harmonized songs.
Proving once more, that the rumours are true: Filipinas are great singers.
As the audience laughed in unison, it felt wonderful to be sitting in an audience composed of (mostly) Filipinos, who understood the comedic references of everything from pageant culture, karaoke, kare-kare, our short stature, our immigrant stories, and many, many, more topics.
Not only did Tita Collective capture what it means to be a Filipino, they also did it with precise timing, great singing, and with a sense of humour that was “on point”—as one audience member remarked after the show.
We have seen the rise of Filipino comedians Jo Koy, JR De Guzman, Keith Pedro and Rex Navarette: it’s about time we spotlight Filipina comedians to bring us their own unique and hilarious take on our culture.
More sketches, please, Tita Collective. We want more.
Upcoming shows:
TAWA Comedy Festival
Fridays in June| 7pm | Comedy Bar Bloor (945 Bloor West, Toronto, ON)
Tita Jokes in Edmonton Fringe
August 13 – 23, 2026 | Edmonton, AB – More info TBA
