The New Wave of Standup

Andrea Jin is a Shanghai born stand-up and writer who was recently selected as a New Face at Just For Laughs MONTRÉAL.

Hisham Kelati's debut comedy album Tigre King was nominated for a 2022 Juno for Comedy Album of the Year.

Allie Pearse is a writer on the award winning show Letterkenny, and the 2021 winner of JFL’s Standup & Pitch competition.

Nick Nemeroff appeared on TBS’ Conan, and his debut comedy album, The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life, was nominated for a 2021 JUNO Award for Comedy Album of the Year.

Abdul Aziz is a comedian and producer who has a critically acclaimed D&D Improv-Fantasy podcast, Spout Lore.

Comedian and writer Tin Lorica is co-host of Millennial Live, a live comedy and poetry series.

Juliana Rodrigues began performing stand-up at the age of fifteen, and has gone on to make quite the name for herself, selected as 2021 Just For Laughs New Face.

Actress and writer Maddy Kelly is best known for her work on CBC Podcasts’ Let's Make A Sci-Fi, and her performance on The Standup Show with Jon Dore.

Hoodo Hersi is a comedian currently writing on A24/Amazon’s untitled Ramy Youssef animated show.

Steev Letts has performed at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER, and the Grindstone Comedy Festival, his debut album Burger Queen is available online.

Janelle Niles is a Black - Mi’kmaq comedian whose indigenous comedy show Got Land? aims to communicate solidarity through humour and laughter.

Marito Lopez is a Latinx comedian who has made explosive performances on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, CBC Gem, and MTV Canada.

Ajihanis Charley is a Black non-binary comedy writer, whose show THOTS AND PRAYERS won Producer’s Pick Award at the 2020 Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival.

Jarrett Campbell has been featured on MTV, The Comedy Network, CBC, SiriusXM, and his debut comedy album "Straight White Fail" was nominated for Comedy Album of the Year at the 2020 Junos.