Just for Laughs Road Show
Presented by: Centrepointe Theatres
Centrepointe Theatre
Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
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In its 12th touring year, the Just for Laughs Road Show returns to Centrepointe Theatres after a successful sold out show in April 2014.
Join us for a hilarious evening of stellar stand-up comedy featuring some of Just for Laughs’ funniest alumni. The Just For Laughs Road Show features four of the best stand-ups straight from the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy festivals, including Last Comic Standing winner Alonzo Bodden, Canadian sweetheart and Match Game persona Debra Digiovanni, Canadian Comedy Award winner Mark Forward, and British star Gina Yashere.
JFL_AB-VidScreenAlonzo Bodden is an international headliner who has performed worldwide including Just For Laughs in Montreal; Just For Laughs Sydney; Ireland’s Kilkenny Comedy fest; Brighton Beach in the UK; and he’s entertained the troops everywhere from Iraq to Greenland. Introduced to America on NBCʼs Last Comic Standing, Alonzo was runner up on Season 2 and came back to win it all on Last Comic Standing Season 3, “The Best of the Best.” Since then he's done a one-hour comedy special, Who's Paying Attention? that premiered on Showtime, was a regular on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and a favorite guest on Adam Corollaʼs radio show and podcast. While his movie career has consisted mainly of playing security guards, he’s protected the best: Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in Bringing Down The House and Leslie Nielsen in Scary Movie 4. He’s hosted 101 Cars You Must Drive on Speed Channel and America’s Worst Driver on The Travel Channel, along with Inside the Vault for ITV.
www.alonzobodden.com
JFL_DD-VidScreenDebra DiGiovanni, a Toronto native and recent Los Angeles transplant, is currently a featured panelist on The Comedy Network’s Match Game and a frequent guest on CBC’s wildly popular radio program The Debaters, the latter of which earned her a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for writing on the show. This Just For Laughs veteran was a regular contributor to MuchMusic’s Video On Trial series; a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing; has two Comedy Now! specials; released her first American special, Single Awkward Female, on Showtime in the last year and recently made her acting debut in the independent comedy Unlucky. Did we mention that she is not only a Gemini Award winner, but also three-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Comic?!
www.debradigiovanni.com
JFL_MF-VidScreenMark Forward is a winner! In 2006, he made his first appearance at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival, where he won the Homegrown Comic Competition. He also won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best New Comer. In 2008, Mark won his second Canadian Comedy Award for Best Writing on a Series (The Jon Dore Television Show) and in 2012 he won his third Canadian Comedy Award, this time for Best Taped Live Performance (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson). Mark can currently be seen as Mr. Leung on CBC’s Mr. D and is also a staff writer on the show. In 2014, Mark was featured for a 2nd time on the The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
www.markforward.com
JFL_GY-VidScreenGina Yashere has been a stand-up and TV star in the UK for several years, with appearances on iconic TV shows such as Live At The Apollo, Chelsea Lately, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Live at Gotham to name but a few. She broke onto the American comedy scene with her appearances on Last Comic Standing, where she made it to the final 10. She is also known in the US for her regular, hilarious appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as Madame Yashere - The Surly Psychic. Gina’s bombastic delivery, infectious personality and cheeky observations have wowed audiences not just in the UK and the US but also in Japan, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, South Africa, and all over Europe.
www.ginayashere.com
Don’t miss your chance to see these diverse comedians onstage with the Just for Laughs Road Show, Sunday, April 26, 2015. Tickets will sell quickly so purchase yours today!
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