The New Wave of Standup launches second season, March 29
Andrea Jin, Abdul Aziz among the Vancouver comedians featured
Abdul Aziz. Photo by Emily Cooper
JUST FOR LAUGHS Vancouver and Just for Laughs TV have announced a second season of The New Wave of Standup. Launching March 29 on CBC Gem, the show—which was filmed at Guilt & Co in Gastown—features 12 comedians performing a 10-minute set each.
Local laugh-makers on the lineup include Andrea Jin, who was recently selected as a New Face at Just For Laughs Montreal; Abdul Aziz, of the D&D improv-fantasy podcast, Spout Lore; Tin Lorica, co-host of Millennial Live, a live comedy and poetry series; Maddy Kelly, who is best known for her work on CBC Podcasts’ Let's Make A Sci-Fi and her performance on The Standup Show with Jon Dore; and Steev Letts whose debut album, Burger Queen, has been released online.
Andrea Jin. Photo by Emily Cooper
Also taking part are Hisham Kelati, whose debut comedy album, Tigre King, was nominated for a 2022 Juno for Comedy Album of the Year; Allie Pearse, a writer on Letterkenny and the 2021 winner of JFL’s Standup & Pitch competition; Nick Nemeroff, whose debut comedy album, The Pursuit of Comedy Has Ruined My Life, was nominated for a 2021 Juno for Comedy Album of the Year; Juliana Rodrigues, a 2021 Just For Laughs New Face; Hoodo Hersi, who’s writing on A24/Amazon’s untitled Ramy Youssef animated show; Janelle Niles, a Black-Mi’kmaq comedian whose Got Land? aims to communicate solidarity through humour and laughter; and Marito Lopez, a Latinx comedian who has appeared on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, CBC Gem, and MTV Canada.
More information is at CBC Gem.
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