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Brian Barlow is a really nice guy and comedian. He was born in Kitchener (Oktoberfest) but now calls Toronto (CN Tower, Eaton Centre) home. Brian first started doing comedy through improv classes at Second City (John Candy) but soon left to perform in his own shows with Chris Locke (Chris Locke). Together they formed The Gurg …more


Levi MacDougall is a comedian, writer, and actor who tells jokes and stories live and on film. Other facts about him are just the following… A founding member of the seminal comedy collective Laugh Sabbath. Got his start at Calgary’s famed Loose Moose Theatre. His stand-up special on CTV’s Comedy Now! …more


Hi everyone. Katie Crown’s “fondness for the more subtle aspects of comedic performance endear her to audiences and critics alike. “ (eye weekly). This Tim Sims Encouragement Award winner has performed all over, including Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, Comedy Death Ray in Los Angeles…more


Chris Locke is a comedic actor, writer, performer or “Goofball” – EYE Magazine. He is the host of, “Let’s Get Hot! with Chris Locke & Aaron Eves”. http://lghsociety.com He has appeared on Cock’d Gunns on Showcase, The Jon Dore show and The Cream of Comedy …more


Aaron has been performing comedy since 2002, both as a solo/standup guy and with his comedy troupes Knock Knock. (Who’s There?) Comedy! and Dinkus, as well as co-hosting the Laugh Sabbath show Let’s Get Hot! He has performed in the Toronto and Chicago Sketchfest as well as taking the “Comedy and a…”…more


Nick Flanagan is an odd, sometimes photogenic Canadian with glasses who does comedy in the 21st century. He performs awkward monologues, read emphatically from a notebook. He also sings in punk rock band Brutal Knights. He is currently the pop culture correspondent for Toro Magazine. …more


Sara Hennessey is a Toronto based stand up comedian extraordinaire. She has crazy ninja-like comedy skills designed to make laughter propel from your mouth, voluntary or not… As the host and co-producer of two monthly shows, Laugh Sabbath’s Hour of Power, and Comedy at the Ossington …more


James is a 26-year-old comedian who has appeared in various Canadian television shows, feature films and commercials. In 2007, James was a finalist for the nationally televised Cream of Comedy competition, as seen on The Comedy Network. Eye Magazine calls James Hartnett a smart writer and a gifted …more


Voted NOW! Magazine’s best character comedian two years in a row (2007/2008) Kathleen has performed on comedy stages in Toronto, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in the U.K. She has appeared in various series for T.V including, Cock’d Gunns, (IFC/Showcase) “Good Morning World,” …more


Michael Balazo has been writing and performing standup, sketch and musical comedy for the past ten years. During that time, he has won a Canadian Comedy Award with his musical comedy trio The Gentlemen Callers and was nominated as a standup for the Tim Sims Encouragement Award for …more


Nathan Fielder is a writer and filmmaker living in Canada. He cut his teeth performing stand-up comedy and making comedic shorts while living in Toronto. After winning the nationally televised Cream Of Comedy competition in 2006, Nathan joined the cast of the CBC comedy series This Hour Has 22 …more


Adam and Dave are a Toronto-based writing/directing team that produces comedies in a variety of lengths (short, medium or long) on a variety of formats (tape, VHS tape). Their films have screened internationally around the world at the finest of film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival …more


Tim Polley is an award-winning comedian/writer from the Greater Toronto Area. He is a regular performer and co-founder of Laugh Sabbath, as well as a member of the Canadian Comedy Award nominated troupe, The Distractions. His past writing/performing credits include: Hotbox, Odd Job Jack, Popcultured, …more


Paul has been writing and performing improv, sketch and stand-up comedy in Calgary and Toronto for the past ten years. After winning Yuk Yuk’s Funniest New Comic in Alberta competition in the year 2000, Paul moved to Toronto with his friend Levi MacDougall whom he met at Calgary’s …more


Tim Gilbert is a regular performer at Laugh Sabbath. He is also the host of The 8 O’Clock Show, a live monthly comedy show he founded in 2006. He was a part of the Fresh Meat Showcase in 2007, and won the Hamilton’s Funniest Person Contest in 2008. Tim is also the third member of Parker & Seville…more


Graham Wagner is an Alberta Man who lives in Toronto because this is where the CN Tower is. He studied University for six years and came out of there with huge biceps and abs like a keypad. As a live performer Graham has toured North America along with Becky Johnson under the name Iron Cobra. …more


Jon McCurley is an artist and writer. He is half of comedy group Life of a Craphead with Amy Lam. His most recent play and art show was Double Double Land Land (January 2009). He recently published a book of cartoons called Movies in the My Topics book project. In the Summer he organizes …more


The Remainders are Katie Crown and Ryan V Hays! They formed back in the early days of Catch23 Improv, took the 2005 Toronto Fringe Festival by storm, and now Katie and Ryan continue to blow audiences away with their beautiful voices and ridiculous minds. They’ve performed at the Toronto Sketchfest …more


The Flirts are Alana Johnston and Kurt Smeaton. They are Toronto’s longest running sketch troupe and regular performers at Laugh Sabbath and just love it! Alana Johnston is an improviser and comedian who fires it up around Toronto. She studied improv and performed for two years in Chicago, working with IO …more


David Dineen-Porter has been performing stand-up comedy and sketch in Toronto since 1997. A former director of UofT’s comedy review, The Bob, he is co-founder of the sketch troupes Uncle Sevario, Someone and the Somethings, and The Iliads, an alumnus of the Second City training school …more


Bob Wiseman is a Canadian singer-songwriter and filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was a member of Blue Rodeo from that band’s inception, departing the band after their 1992 album Lost Together. He was also a member of The Hidden Cameras and Slutarded…more


Leslie Aimée Gottlieb is thrilled to be one of the producers of Laugh Sabbath. She also works on the media relations and promotions for Laugh Sabbath. She has been a fan of the comedians that perform on this show for over seven years and has had the pleasure of laughing herself silly at all of their shows. …more

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