C is for Comedy and Cancer
January 22, 2010 by Doggabone
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On Tuesday evening, thirteen women came together at Hugh’s Room to tell a few jokes at the expense of cancer.
The “C” Word came together when six women took a stand-up class at Second City eighteen months ago. When Daniela Saioni, the show’s primary organizer, realized there weren’t many women-only comedy shows, she decided to put one together. “A lot of comedy rooms program only one woman per show. It was a struggle to get stage time,” she said. “We realized if we wanted to perform we would have to create our own show.”
When they decided to make the show a fundraiser for charity, it wasn’t long before they settled on supporting cancer research. Cancer had somehow affected all the women, whether they lost a close friend, relative, or survived the disease themselves. After some research, the beneficiary organization seemed obvious: Gilda’s Club.
Read more on the Torontoist website.
Mark Pollard
January 18, 2010 by Bex
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Poor John’s Cafe
January 18, 2010 by Bex
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Poor John’s Cafe
1610 Queen St. West
Toronto, ON

