Comedy Girl Showcase
They came. They learned. They conquered the mic. My stand-up teacher, Dawn Whitwell, has organized a showcase for some of her female graduates at the Comedy Bar this Friday. I’m very flattered to be on the show: Dawn is promoting it as the best of her recent students. It’s fabulous to be on a bill with a lot of good friends and comics that I really love. Here’s the line-up: Amber Harper-Young Becky Bays Candace Lovett Daniela Saioni Georgea Brooks-Hancock Karen Mitton Lianne...
Read MoreThis week’s gig!
This week I am competing in the Stand-Up Showdown Tournament of Champions! This will be the third and possibly last time I compete in the Showdown since Craig Brown and Mark Forward are winding things up with this final blow-out, no-holds-barred joke-off. The first time I did Stand-Up Showdown I came second and was well-pleased. The second time I crashed and burned after the second round. Can I win this time and go through to the Tournament Final? The topics are tricky – I’ve spent...
Read MoreI booked Stand-Up Showdown again!
Hooray! This coming Tuesday (23rd June) I will be competing in my second Stand-Up Showdown. I came second the last time I was asked to be in the show. It’s at 8 o’clock at the Comedy Bar which is on Bloor at Ossington. 8 comics compete. There are 3 topics – all the competitors do a 2 minute set on the first topic (self-help books). Then 4 go through to the second round to do 3 minutes on the next topic (tribute bands). Only 2 survive to the final – 4 minutes on the last...
Read MoreStand-up Showdown!
This coming Tuesday 24th February I will be one of the eight comics competing in the Comedy Bar‘s Stand-Up Showdown – a contest to see who can write and perform the best material on three given topics in less than a week. The show is hilarious, owing mainly to the banter between the host, Craig Brown, and the judge, Mark Forward. Each comic starts by presenting two minutes on the first topic. Craig asks them how they thought it went and then Mark gives his (often barbed, sometimes...
Read MoreMarilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.