Shrimp Daddy Comedy
Get ready for a one night memorable event with Canada's funniest headliners and featuring special guests. You miss this, you’ve missed out!
Featuring:
FARAZ NIAFATTAH
Faraz Niafattah is an up-and-coming comedian who is making waves in the Toronto scene with his sharp deadpan delivery and effortlessly relatable humor. He performs at comedy clubs across Canada and has been featured at top festivals such as Just For Laughs Toronto, Vail Comedy Festival in Colorado, Limestone Comedy Festival in Indiana, San Francisco Sketchfest, The Haymaker Comedy Festival in Prince Edward County, and Hubcap Comedy Festival in Moncton. His comedy has been showcased with Don’t Tell Comedy in Toronto and Montreal, and heard nationally on CBC’s Laugh Out Loud. Recognized as one of the most exciting new voices in Canadian comedy, Faraz will release his debut comedy special later this year.
@gypsytears69
HISHAM KELATI
Hisham Kelati is a Toronto-based standup comedian and writer known for his vivid and engaging storytelling. He is a 2022 Juno nominee for Best Comedy Album of the Year for his debut release Tigre King. He performed at Just for Laughs as part of the New Faces showcase in 2019, and that same year he was nominated for Best Taped Performance at the Canadian Comedy Awards, and won Host of the Year at the Toronto Comedy Awards.
Hisham has opened for Saturday Night Live's Chris Redd, and WTF Podcast host Marc Maron. He’s performed on CBC Radio’s Accent on Toronto and CBC’s The Debaters, has written for CBC's hit sketch show TallBoyz, and can currently be seen on CBC's The New Wave of Stand-up and CTV’s The Stand Up Show with Jon Dore! He can also be heard on his food and comedy podcast Bites and Bits on The Sonar Network.
@hishamkelati
JORDAN POLICICCHIO
Jordan Policicchio recently finished a 15-city cross Canada comedy tour with Abbas Wahab and has opened for Che Durena at New York Comedy Club. He is one of Canada’s fastest rising club regulars and features at Absolute Comedy, The Corner Comedy Club and was just added to Yuk Yuk’s Rising Stars roster. His quick-wit and relatable material make him a must-see act.
@jordanpolicicchio
RAHUL TOPIWALA
Rahul Topiwala has been performing stand-up comedy for eight years, bringing sharp wit and relatable storytelling to stages across Canada. He began his comedy journey in university alongside some funny professors and has since performed in three different countries. A featured performer at Just For Laughs and the Departures Comedy Festival, he’s a regular at top clubs in Toronto and Ottawa, where he shares his hilarious takes on culture, countries, and married life.
@rrahultopiwala
HANNAH LAWRENCE
Hannah Lawrence is a stand-up comedian from Toronto. Since moving to the UK less than a year ago, she’s been a televised semi-finalist in the BBC New Comedy Awards and she’s performed at the Women in Comedy Festival. Her humor has graced the stages at renowned events such as Just For Laughs Toronto, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The NXNE Festival. Her stand up has featured on CBC and Sirius XM, and she is the recipient of the David Goodman award for Comedic Excellence. Her debut album, “Two Girls Live” streams across platforms throughout North America.
@hlawrencee
MARK EDWARDS
Mark Robert Edwards was born in Toronto, Canada. After graduating from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, he studied comedy writing and performance at Humber College in Etobicoke, Ontario, under the tutelage of such people as Robin Duke (SNL, SCTV).
In 2012, Mark was cast in Nickelodeon's Rocket Monkeys, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award (CSA). He was soon hired as a writer, and continued to write and voice many characters for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, YTV, and Teletoon, earning two more CSA nominations.
Early in 2022, Mark began posting short sketches and impressions on social media, amassing more than 500k followers across platforms and garnering over 100 million views.
@someguymark
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