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Here are some of the comics who have performed at Demolition Comedy.....-

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VIVIEN PFEFFER -----Stand-up

Producer

Vivien is a versatile performer whose talents include stand-up and skiing. Her stand-up has aired nationally on CBC Radio's 'Madly Off In All Directions'. Sketch comedy performances such as 'Lacie Birkdale' ditzy, blonde anchor of 'Hard Truth' on the CBC Comedy Special 'Bedtime with Brent Butt' and a drunken fifties housewife in the Debutant Lounge production of 'My Nanny Hitler' have left funny impressions, maybe even marks.
vivmedia.com

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CHRISTINE LIPPA ---Stand-up, Improv



Christine has worked as a writer, actor, improviser and stand-up comic in Vancouver and Internationally for several years. A native of Nanaimo, she moved to Vancouver from Victoria in 1986. Starting in stand-up and improv, Christine moved smoothly into acting. Top ten credits from current resume:

Little Women - Feature Film
Zero Avenue - TV Series (Host)
Channel 92 - Co-writer, Co-star, Co-creator, TV Sitcom Pilot
The Vacant Bachelor - One Woman Show - Co-Writer, Creator, Performer
Vancouver International Comedy Festival - Stand-up Performer
89, 91 ,93, 94, 95
Funny Girls - One Hour Special - Performer Stand-up
Limelight - Vancouver Film Festival - TV Series - Co-Host
Star Trick - The Musical - Van Theatre Sports League - "The Queen"
Intersection - Feature Film - Torso and Hand Prominently Featured
Tomcat - Dangerous Desire - Video Release - Butt Prominently Featured

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ELLIE HARVIE -----Stand-up, Improv

Ellie became involved with the internationally award-winning improv company, "The Vancouver Theater Sports League". This led to top honors at the renowned "Just for Laughs" Improv Tournament and a gold medal in the CBC's Improv Olympics. That performance also won her a Gemini nomination for Best Comedy Performance in a Series or a Special.

This combination of dramatic and comedic training combined with her background in improv and stand-up led to the role of Morticia in The New Addams Family. Ellie has appeared in numerous slightly less ghoulish roles on television, in film and on stage: She has had roles in many popular TV shows including The X-Files, The Commish, Police Academy, So Weird and among others and was a guest star on the pilot episode of ABC's Cupid.

Ellie's film appearances include Wrongfully Accused with Leslie Neilson, Happy Gilmore with Adam Sandler and Dog's Best Friend with Bobcat Goldthwaite.

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KAREN HOSKINS -Stand-up

Goal: To date "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

Karen has been front and center performing in some of the most sought after gigs in Vancouver, in evidence as she co-hosted AIDSWalk 01 in Stanley Park, emceed the Vancouver International Comedy Festival 01 "Girls Night Out" and performed in the Outrageous Women's Cabaret IV at the Shadbolt Theatre, to name a few. Karen has also opened for comedian JUDY CARTER from Los Angeles.

Always in pursuit of free beer, Karen started her own show - a comedy showcase of women performers at the Milk Bar in Vancouver, entitled "Karen Hoskins and Friends".

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ERICA SIGURDSON --Stand-up



Having been featured on CBC's Madly off in All Directions and the new CBC show Zed, Erica has now conquered half the Canadian market. Best described as a "sugar coated razor blade', her cynicism and silliness make for a hilarious commentary of life.

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JENN GRIFFIN ------Stand-up, Slam Poet

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Griffin moved to Vancouver in 1981 where she pursued a very eclectic Bachelor of Arts degree at Simon Fraser University. She began acting professionally in 1986 and won her first part in a movie of the week AFTER THE PROMISE, starring Mark Harmon, in which she played the sinister baby sitter.

Selected credits include, COLD SQUAD, DAVINCI’S INQUEST, movies of the week, MY NAME IS KATE, THE RED SPIDER and A STRANGER CALLS BACK, feature films CADENCE, CONFESSIONS OF A TRICK BABY, SUSPICIOUS RIVER and BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE where she had a fight in a women's bathroom with Judy (Peter Outerbridge), transgender cabaret singer.

As well as film and television, Griffin has enjoyed a prolific stage career; winning two Jessie Richardson awards for her hilarious one-person show DRINKING WITH PERSEPHONE. She lives with her partner Harvey and their dog Flipper.

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JACQUIE O'KEEFE--- Stand-up

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Jacquie O'Keeffe is a former nun turned stand-up comedian. Since then, she has been a featured performer at Yuk Yuk's, Lafflines, The Outrageous Women Cabaret and on the CBC Radio One program Sounds Like Canada.
You figure it out.

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DIANA FRANCES -----Stand-up, Improv



Diana Frances is the Managing Director and improviser with Rock-Paper-Scissors. She is an award-winning writer for CBC Radio and has been featured as a stand-up on “Madly Off in All Directions.” She has been nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards for improv and is a really good parallel parker.
dianafrances.com

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NIKKI PEARSON -----Stand-up



Nikki started doing comedy in 2001. Highlights of her past 3 years include performing at the Vancouver International Comedy festival, touring all over BC and winning the Just For Laughs Homegrown Comic Competition in Vancouver. She then showcased at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal last July. Nikki has performed on Demolition Comedy before, along with her boyfriend, another great comedian, Josh Stubbs.

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JOSH STUBBS --------Stand-up



Since beginning his comedy career, Josh has extensively toured western Canada, performing in various venues, from coffeehouses to stadiums (as an opening act for "Weird" Al Yankovich.) He has also written for the live sketch show, The Butt Show and for CBC Radio's Todradio.com. Josh has performed for Demolition Comedy along with his girlfriend, another funny comedian Nikki Pearson.

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SHECKY GREY ---Alternative Stand-up



Shecky Grey is the quintessential punk rock comedian. He is a favorite at rock concerts, theatres and cabarets. He is a regular on The Nardwuar the Human Serviette Show and was featured in a Georgia Straight cover story this year. He is loud, obnoxious, original and rips apart cliches, conventions, and the vulnerable parts of live show business everywhere he goes. Shecky has performed at Caroline's Comedy Club in the heart of ritzy New York as well as at The Gladstone Hotel in the heart of the ghetto in Toronto.

"If Shecky Grey ever auditioned for Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels would call security." Vancouver Sun

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GRAHAM CLARK ----Stand-up

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Graham has made a strong entrance into Canada’s comedy scene. His friendly wit and dry sarcasm have earned him stage time with the likes of Brent Butt, Sean Majumder, Derek Edwards and Kristeen von Hagen and won him third place in the Just For Laughs Homegrown Comic Competition. Graham is also an award-winning screenwriter and host of The Laugh Gallery weekly at el Cocal. He is allergic to many, many things.

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PAUL BAE ----------Stand-up

Paul Bae represented Vancouver in Yuk Yuk's Search For Canada's Funniest New Comic on the Comedy Network. He was a semi-finalist in last year's San Francisco Comedy Competition and can be seen this fall on two CBC specials; 'Sleeping With The Elephant' and 'Western Alienation'.


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PAUL BREAU-----Stand-up

Paul is recently back from a tour of New York city where he played several comedy clubs and stomped out as many cockroaches. Having written for "Alt. Comedy Lounge" at CBC's 120seconds.com plus "Blissfull Ignorance" a play at the Vancouver Little Theatre and "Mugwumping" at the Gastown Theatre, Paul's range of material and high-energy performance is not to be missed. Or he will come after you with his huge left foot.
paulbreau.com

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TYLER FORTIN-----Stand-up

Tyler has received adverse reactions from some audiences when they feel he is portraying a disabled comedian and making fun of the disabled. However, Tyler has the amazing ability to turn an audience around. He breaks down stereotypes of the disabled by getting the audience to laugh with him...not at him! Tyler is the winner of the 2001 Norman G. Brooks Stand Up Comedy Scholarship Competition at The Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
tylerfortin.com

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SIMON KING ------Stand-up



High energy stream of consciousness comedy and wild impressions have quickly become the trademark of this young comic’s almost atomic performances. Although being rooted firmly in acting, the urge to spread his own brand of “controlled madness” was far too strong, and since he found stand up comedy he hasn’t looked back.
simonking.net

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MARK GILLILAND ---Alternative Sketch Comedy

Mark Gilliland is Vancouver’s only one man sketch comedy troupe. He performs sketches singly populated by dancers, mind readers, poets, porn theatre ushers, newly divorced men, vagrants, chickens and mimes with a cartoonishly dark style that reflects the bitter-sweet pathos endemic of existance. He's also funny.

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RYAN GILLAM



Ryan is weird. That's all you need to know. He's also planning to move to Toronto. Better catch him while you can.

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SEAN PROUDLOVE -----Stand-up

Sean has been doing comedy for 6 years. Never concerned what the audience thinks, he is considered a comic's comic. While he was in prison he was considered an inmate's inmate. Sean has mainly toured on the West Coast. Other comics have said he should go on tour across North America but they just say that because they want to house sit for Sean while he is away. If you want to see a comic who is original and unique then you must see Sean Proudlove. Of course, it would be best if you saw him more than once because sometimes he bombs. However, when he bombs it is always the audience's fault as they were probably not listening or just stupid.
seanproudlove.com

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CARTER HORTIE ------------Stand-up

Carter's resume is impressive and reviews have been very good. Recently, the Georgia Straight gave him a thumbs up - not bad for someone who didn't start his career until the "ripe old age of 32."

He has appeared in a number of venues across the province - including a few stints at military bases, college campuses, and corporate functions - and in California, Salt Lake City, Washington and Seattle. He's also co-hosted the 1998 NHL All-Star Fantasy in Vancouver and headlined the Granville Island Octoberfest 1999.

Carter is the producer and host of the popular 'Comedy Night' at the Jupiter Cafe on Davie and Bute every Monday night. Performing sketch comedy on comedian Watermelon's -'Grow Show' and Carter's own production 'The Debutant Lounge', is one of his favorite things to do.

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IRWIN BARKER ------Standup



One of Canada's top stand-up comics, Irwin Barker is a Vancouver-based comedy writer and performer. He started performing stand-up comedy in 1988 and has quickly become one of Canada's top headliner acts, with a wealth of original and clean comedy material.

Irwin has several television and radio appearances to his credit, including CBC's "Comics" a recent appearance on a Vancouver-based CBC TV special entitled "Western Alienation", five appearances on CBC Radio's "Madly off in All Directions" and writing and performing for CBC's "Definitely Not the Opera."
irwinbarker.com

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