Maybe you’ve heard her recently debating on why re-gifting is the best gift giving, or whether wild animals should be allowed to roam free in urban centres.
Comedienne Erica Sigurdson is a fountain of knowledge who can be heard, often, on CBC Radio’s The Debaters. In fact, she has appeared on the show as a guest a record 29 times.
The Leo-award winning comic is about to bring words of women and wisdom when she headlines the Vernon Performing Arts Centre society’s 11th annual celebration of International Women’s Day, I am Woman, Hear Me Laff, Sunday, March 8 at 8 p.m.
Over the course of her 10-year career in comedy, Sigurdson has been twice nominated for Best Female Standup in Canada, and was a semi-finalist in the Seattle International Comedy Competition.
Nationally recognized as one of Canada’s top comedic talents, she not only is a debater extraordinaire, she has been featured on CBC Radio’s The Current and Definitely Not the Opera. In 2013, she was invited to perform at The Vancouver Comedy Festival, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Halifax Comedy Festival and the world famous Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal.
In addition, to having performed at every major comedy festival in Canada, Sigurdson was part of a select group of comedians chosen by CBC to travel to Afghanistan to shoot the television special, Stand Up In Kandahar. She has also written for numerous TV and radio shows, including the 21st annual Gemini Awards, for which she won a Leo award for best comedy screenwriting.
Joining Sigurdson in the stand-up comedy extravaganza is master of ceremonies Katie-Ellen Humphries, who returns to the stage with her sharp wit, inventive imagination and cavernous dimples.
Vancouver-based comediennes Alicia Tobin and Brynn Peebles will also be on hand for this “her”larious occasion in honour of International Women’s Day.
Tobin started performing standup comedy in 2007 and now has her own show called Alicia Tobin’s Come Draw With Me.
She says she’s fun to talk to at parties, but her gluten intolerance usually has her busily hovering around cheese plates protectively. Tobin also finds the natural world both beautiful and distracting, and says particularly beautiful squirrels are a perfectly good reason to miss the bus to work.
Peebles is a Vancouver born and based comedian, actor and sketch comedy writer. She is a regular performer at Vancouver’s premiere standup comedy club, The Comedy Mix, where she has had the opportunity to open for such seasoned professionals as Caroline Rhea, Lachlan Patterson and Andy Hendrickson.
Peebles was also selected to perform in 2014’s Northwest Comedy Fest and just finished touring her sketch comedy show, SNAP, at the Edmonton Fringe Festival.
She has yet to make her parents proud with her career choice.
Tickets for I Am Woman, Hear Me Laff 11 are $35 for adults, $32 for seniors and $30 for students and are available through the Ticket Seller box office at 250-549-SHOW (7469) or online at www.ticketseller.ca.
