“Hi. I’m Ryan Thomas. You may have seen me in such soaps as Coronation Street. I’m heading to Toronto”

We’ve covered The British Isles Show for the last few years on Brits in Toronto — you can search for it in the “Find The Good Stuff!” box to the right of this page.

This year it’s taking place as part of the ZoomerShow from October 29-30, 2016 at the Enercare Centre on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. Very easy to get to.

There’ll be the usual mix of British goods and performers, including Ryan Thomas who played Jason Grimshaw in Coronation Street. (We met Curly Watts at one of these in times past too.)

Over 200 exhibitors, five stages and 20 performers. Tickets are $12 at the door but you can save some wonga by buying in advance on the website.

It’s a good time, a chance to chinwag with other Brits and stock up on the Curly Wurlys. (We’re not sure of the plural because you’re probably going to buy more than one. So maybe it’s Curly Wurlies or Curly Wurli. We’ll check into that grammatical conundrum and update it here at some point.)