Living Arts Centre

Standing up. Comic Debra DiGiovanni hosts a night of stand-up comedy at the Living Arts Centre on Thursday as part of the ALTdot Comedy Lounge event.

A collection of hot comics will try to provide a respite from the bitterly cold weather we've been experiencing during a performance on Thursday at the Living Arts Centre.
Comic Debra DiGiovanni will serve as the host and the evening will feature comedians Alan Park and Nathan Macintosh performing as part of the ALTdot Comedy Lounge. It takes place in the RBC Theatre.
DiGiovanni has made a name for herself in comedy circles and many will recognize her from her regular appearances on MuchMusic's Video on Trial program. Her self-deprecating style of humour seems to be a hit with audiences and her fans, garnering her a 2009 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian.
Shortly after getting into the business, she was named Canada's Best New Stand Up in 2002 and followed it up with the Best Female Comedian award in 2007, her first of two wins of that award.
DiGiovanni, who comes across as sweet and likeable even when she's ripping horrible music videos through her MuchMusic gig, taped her first gala at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival in 2007. She's also performed at the Halifax, Winnipeg, Sudbury, Moncton and St. John's comedy festivals and was part of the Girls Night Out tour a couple years back.
She's also appeared on NBC's Last Comic Standing, making the top eight before being bounced. She has taped a pair of Comedy Now! specials and also hosted the 2009 Cream of Comedy awards show.
DiGiovanni appeared in a Toronto production of The Nutcracker over the holidays and has a regular spot on the CBC radio show The Debaters. In the fall, she was named the winner of a Gemini Award for Best Individual Comedy Performance.
Park, meanwhile, is described as a cross between a stand-up comic and a satirist. He had a regular role on CBC's Air Farce, has appeared on CBC's Comics and the Comedy Network and also won the Western Canada Just for Laughs Comedy Competition.
Macintosh, a Halifax native, had a pretty successful 2009, winning a Canadian Comedy Award, being invited to perform at the Halifax Comedy Festival, and taping an episode of The Debaters. He won the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award in 2007 and produced an original short for the Comedy Network called The Coffee Shop. He has also appeared on Much Music's Stars Gone Wild.
The comedy series happens the second Thursday of each month until April.
Some of the language in the show may offend.
Show time is 8:30 p.m.
Tickets cost $18-$25. To purchase, call 905-306-6000.
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