Sandra Battaglini is an award-winning stand-up comic, actor and writer. She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for her solo shows, Classy Lady, (dir by Phil Luzi) Hard Headed Woman(dir. by Mark Andrada) and was voted ‘Best Female Standup’ by NOW Magazine. She appears in David Cronenberg’s latest feature, Maps to the Stars, CBC’s sketch show Humantown, NBC Seeso’s flagship web series, The Amazing Gayle Pile, medical drama Saving Hope and Odd Squad.

This past summer she performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal and premiered her 7th solo show Baby Jeez and other Abreevs and JFL42 in Toronto, directed by Phil Luzi.

Johanne has been a promoter, supporter and advocates for comedy for over a decade, including bilingual digital marketing strategy support for individual artists.

With roots in Montreal, QC, she is currently the President of The Mob’s Press, a marketing and promotions company that caters to artists. With her art, comedy, culture and event ticketing platforms, she provides artists the tools they need to maximize online visibility, create new opportunities and expand comedians’ networks.

She is a founding member of The Canadian Association of Stand-up, Sketch and Improv Comedians and continues to work voluntarily for the association.

Adam has been performing in radio, television, at conferences & events and as a stand-up comedian for over 25 years. In addition to hosting Cash Cab Canada, Adam has appeared on Just for Laughs, Comedy NOW!, CBS’s, Star Search and Comedy Central’s, Premium Blend.

Adam’s career portfolio includes keynote presentations, one-man shows, an interactive video Web app for businesses, and public speaking coaching for corporate leaders. Adam is a Foster Parent with his wife and three kids in Toronto.

Called “one of the smartest comics out there” by CBC Radio, Charlie Demers is a comedian, author, actor, playwright, & screenwriter based in Vancouver, British Columbia. One of Canada’s top stand-up comedians, he is also a regular performer on CBC radio, including several stints on This is That and more than fifty appearances on The Debaters.

He is one of the stars of the multi-Emmy-winning Netflix animated series Beat Bugs (based on the immortal music of The Beatles), and co-stars in The Last Kids on Earth, streaming on Netflix from fall 2019 and featuring the voice talents of Catherine O’Hara, Rosario Dawson, and Mark Hamill. His comedy album Fatherland, from 604 Records, was nominated for a Juno Award.

He is the author of the novel The Prescription Errors, as well as of the bestselling essay collections Vancouver Special (a finalist for the Hubert Evans BC Bookprize for Non-fiction) and The Horrors.

Paul takes laughter pretty seriously. A Gemini-award winning actor and radio personality, Paul is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival – Toronto’s longest-running comedy festivals and one of Canada’s only charities dedicated to the development of Canada’s comedic voices. Paul has a worked extensively with Municipal, Provincial and Federal levels of government as an advocate for comedy and our Canadian storytellers. Paul has been goofing around professionally and creating opportunities for other funny folk for nearly 20 years. When not living the dream creating the silly, he’s teaching others how.

Nick Durie started standup at the ripe age of 37 in the unripe city of Hamilton. Now back in Toronto where he belongs, Nick performs regularly at Absolute Comedy and The Corner Comedy Club, all the while balancing a professional career almost no one understands.

By day, Nick is a Learning Solution Director at a reinsurance company and has delivered presentations at many conferences throughout North America, combining his daytime job (learning) with his nighttime passion (comedy).