CULTURE GECKO
Happier & Healthier is a Surreal Comedy Fantasy that Questions Retirement and the Good Life
By Ezekiel McAdams
July 30 2026
Happier & Healthier is a comedy by a new Saskatoon theatre company, That’s All! Collective.
The production is written and directed by Liam Scramstad and stars Liam Johnston as Harold and Ethan Gallays as Beatrice.
The show runs from July 31 to August 8th 2026 at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as part of the Saskatoon Fringe Festival.
That’s All! Collective is self described as a Metis lead production collective. The company was formed by five individuals, Scramstad, Johnston, Gallays, Abraham Galman who functions as set and production designer, Meeka Fast as stage manager.
Scramstad’s direction is well executed, the production moves at a brisk pace and Scramstad allows both actors and the limited set to linger as part of the aesthetic which really enhances the production as a whole.
Johnston absolutely shines as the main character, Harold. Johnston is able to capture this pedantic, curmudgeon energy as the elderly Harold despite the fact that no makeup, wigs, or prosthetics are added to enhance the performance.
Johnston brings lightness and charm to his character’s grievances that really help sell the surreal nature of the plot.
Gallays embodies such wild kinetic energy that displaces what Johnston is doing in the best possible way. Galleys carries charm, wit and utilizes physicality and vocal cadence effortlessly.
The set and production by Galman is quintessential to making this surreal suburbia work.
The production is helped by Fast who helps the show run as smoothly as it does.
Happier & Healthier is fun, surreal, slice of fantastic suburbia that is as funny, bizarre as it is poignant and philosophical.
Happier & Healthier from That’s All! Collective runs from July 31st to August 8th 2026 at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada as part of the Saskatoon Fringe Festival. Tickets can be purchased online here, the box office or the venue itself.