Host: Laurie Elliott

Laurie Elliott has made a name for herself as one of the most versatile and fun to watch entertainers in Canada.  She is a winner of the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award and has thrice been voted Funniest Female Stand Up at The Canadian Comedy Awards, most recently this year.

Her stand up credits include the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, where her recent Gala set is nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Taped Performance, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Comedy Factory in Rotterdam, Raw Comedy Club in Stockholm, and a gala run at the Cape Town International Comedy Festival in South Africa.  She has just finished a cross Canada tour produced by Clayton and Russell Peters called “GIRL’S NIGHT OUT” with fellow friends and comics Debra Digiovanni and Kristeen von Hagen.

Laurie just won a Canadian Comedy award win for Female Actress for her role in Almost Audrey, a pilot for The Comedy Network co-created by Laurie and Greg Lawrence. She also has had recurring roles on Much Music’s most highly rated show Video on Trial, CBC’s The Red Green Show (Gemini nominee for Best Ensemble Cast) and The Jon Dore Television Show.

Writing credits include multiple episodes of the Total Drama Series for Teletoon, Scaredy Squirrel, Almost Naked Animals, kids game show Skatoony, TVO’s cooking show Tastebuds and  The Jon Dore Television Show.  She is currently writing on the Untitled Belleville Brothers Show airing on Showcase this February.