Feature Act - Adam Christie
Adam Christie is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer who has worked on many acclaimed television shows such as Schitt's Creek, Baroness Von Sketch Show, and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and has taped gala performances for both the Just for Laughs comedy festival, and the Halifax Comedy Festival.
From corporate gigs, to festivals, to clubs, to fundraisers, Adam Christie is one of the most versatile comics in the country. Last year Adam performed on a 25-date corporate theater tour across Canada, headlined in ten U.S. states, and appeared on four CBC television shows. Adam is also known by thousands of kids across the country as the former host of The Zone and The Zone Weekend on YTV.
Middle Act - Adrian Cronk
Adrian Cronk's universal, electric brand of comedy is not to be missed! His experiences (cultivated everywhere from Canada to the Carolinas) have led to a razor-sharp sense of humor that is unique and hilarious.
Adrian has opened for Comedy Greats like Russell Peters, Jon Dore and Tom Green and he has been featured at the world-famous Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. He has also been seen and heard around the world in tapings for the Halifax Comedy Festival on CBC, and Kevin Hart's Laugh Out Loud network. Adrian was chosen to be Yuk Yuk's Ottawa's first House Emcee in thirty years.
Whether in a comedy club, a college campus or in front of thousands in an area, Adrian has made audiences laugh nationwide. He needs to be seen to be believed!
MC - Shannon Laverty
Since entering the Yuk Yuks Search for Canada's Funniest New Comic years ago, Laverty has been nominated 4 times for a Canadian Comedy Award.
December, 2014 Shannon was named as a top host of the year in Now Magazine by comedy critic Glenn Sumi. She has traveled from Vancouver to St. John's. Shannon toured Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, South Africa.
Some of her favourite shows have been at community fundraisers and Military posts.She has performed at a NATO base in Germany and hopes one day to travel the world performing for all of the military personnel.
Shannon's recent TV and radio credits include: Laugh Out Loud (CBC Radio), Winniped Comedy Festival (CBC), Listed (MuchMoreMusic), Club 54, "Fruitopia Comedy Funfest" at Paramount Canada's Wonderland (broadcast on CKVR-TV), The Movie Network's Pay-Per-View comedy special "Mondo Taboo 2", She's So Funny and Funny Girls on the Woman's Television Network, Comics (On CBC-appeared in 2 B roles) and Yuk Yuk's - The Radio Show on the Telemedia Network.
Shannon has also made appearances at other comedy festivals. YYC Calgary comedy festival, Sudbury LOL comedy Festival, Niagara Falls comedy Festival and the Molson Canadian Toronto Comedy Festival.
Laverty's on stage persona is proud to be provocative. Her come-hither attitude will draw you in and her flirtatious delivery has been embraced by all sexes.
