Leif Norman photographer
full time arts and culture photographer in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Comedy Aces, April 9 2013
Comedy Aces
Venue: McPhillips Station Casino
Price: $22.45
Performers
Year after year the crowd hold a winning hand as the festival shuffles the deck and puts up some of the festival’s finest in an intimate setting.
http://www.winnipegcomedyfestival.com
A gregarious and dynamic comedian with a knack for telling it like it is, Rob has become one of the brightest voices to hit the Canadian comedy scene.
With unmistakeable charm, wit and trade-mark act-outs, Rob is a must see performance.
Rob has also appeared as a regular on the MTV series Punk’d, showcased at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, and recently had his one hour “Comedy Now” special air on the Comedy Channel.
For more than a decade and a half, Tazz has been delighting crowds at fundraisers, corporate events, festivals and television. He recorded his own Comedy Now! special in 2008 and has appeared in many national festivals including Just for Laughs, the Moncton Comedy Festival and of course, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. At the 2008 festival, Tazz earned the moniker “Marathon Man of Mirth” after performing an unprecedented 8.5 continuous hours of stand-up.
Ron Josol represents a new generation of comedy. With his modish comedy style and commanding stage presence, he is one of today’s hottest acts. Ron has taken his comedy around the world, performing in Canada, U.S., Pacific Islands, Persian Gulf, Asia, Central America, the Caribbean and the in the Middle East. In Ron’s 2nd year performing as a comedian, he won the coveted Craven A’s funniest Homegrown Competition at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Since then he has been performing regularly at various Festivals including, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs Festival, the International Comedy Fest 2K8,The Orange County Comedy Festival and the LOL Comedy Festival in Hollywood, California.
Indubitably, the most recognizable Asian comedian in Canada, Ron was profiled on the Comedy Network, ABS-CBN Asia, Showtime Dubai, CBC, Discovery Channel, Echo, Omni 1&2, MTV Canada, and recently the Biography Channel in Canada.
He has written and performed on Much Music hit shows Video on Trial and Much More Music. Ron has taped numerous stand-up comedy specials in his career, including, Ethnical Difficulties for CBC, Comedy Now, on CTV/Comedy network.