Comedy Night in Millbrook in support of The Kibble Project

Join us for a night of laughs with TWO award winning comedians, all in support of a great cause - The Kibble Project The Kibble Project is a non-profit pet food bank and supply warehouse located in the Kawartha Lakes region of Ontario. They work tirelessly to provide and distribute food to animal shelters throughout Ontario. All profits from the event will go directly to The Kibble Project. _____ Your lineup of comedians: Headliner #1 - Laurie Elliott Laurie Elliott is a stand-up comic, Juno nominee, actor, and television writer. She won the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award and has been a four-time winner of the Best Female Stand-Up award at The Canadian Comedy Awards. Her stand-up credits include Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival (where the late, great Joan Rivers chose her to perform on her final Gala show), the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Comedy Factory in Rotterdam, Raw Comedy Club in Stockholm, the SheDot Comedy Festival in Toronto, and a gala run at the Cape Town International Comedy Festival in South Africa. She has had recurring roles/appearances on MuchMusic’s Video on Trial, CBC's The Red Green Show (where she married Harold!), The Jon Dore Television Show, Match Game, and The Debaters. Laurie's voice can be heard in many animated series, including Total Drama Island, Scaredy Squirrel, and Camp Lakebottom. Laurie was also a regular on WWF star Chris Jericho's award-winning web series, But I'm Chris Jericho. Writing credits include five seasons of the Total Drama Series, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Rocket Monkeys, Camp Lakebottom, Fugget About It, Showcase's Almost Heroes, Disney's My Babysitter's a Vampire, Hulu’s original series Mother Up starring Eva Longoria. Laurie is currently co-showrunning a series for YTV called The Three Amigonauts. Laurie recently opened for the hilarious Arsenio Hall, and he was a delight! Headliner # 2 - Leonard Chan Leonard Chan is a writer and comedian from Toronto, Canada. As a comedian, he’s been seen on stage and television at Just For Laughs in Montreal, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, StandUp NBC in New York, and as an on-air correspondent for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He's been heard on CBC’s The Debaters, Laugh Out Loud, and Sirius/XM radio. He's also opened for Ronny Chieng, K. Trevor Wilson, River Butcher, and Joel Kim Booster. As a writer, he’s spent time in the writers room for international hit Kim’s Convenience, Strays, and The Trades. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for his work writing on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and won a Canadian Screen Award for his work as a producer and writer on the 2022 Juno Awards hosted by Simu Liu. He also has two degrees in engineering which he uses only as punchlines and a totally legal number of cats. Host - Jay Ellis Since starting comedy in 2022, Jay Ellis has quickly climbed the ranks in Central Ontario comedy. He’s featured on shows, including with Yuk Yuk's, from the Bruce Peninsula to Dorset to Toronto and everywhere in between. His observational style has made him a favourite on local comedy shows. Jay has a passion for using comedy for good and has produced several local comedy shows raising thousands for local charities under the banner of Do Something Comedy.