Starring Dave Merheje, Eman El-Husseini, and Arthur Simeon
Just For Laughs is excited to announce the return of the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour! Following his successful turn as host in 2019, Canadian comedy legend Rick Mercer returns to lead a stellar line-up of Canada’s most hilarious and diverse comedians. This 19th edition, titled Just For Laughs Comedy Night in Canada, will feature Juno award winner Dave Merheje, Just For Laughs Festival favourite Eman El- Husseini, and The Debaters’ Arthur Simeon. Together, these comedians will visit 19 prestigious theatres across the country – a mari usque ad mare! – starting November 2 in Saint John, NB and wrapping up in Surrey, BC on November 27. The Tour will stop in Regina, SK at the Conexus Arts Centre on November 19 at 7:00 PM. Tickets go on sale Monday, September 13 at 10:00 AM. Just For Laughs is also proud to once again be partnering with Movember Canada on the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour. The tour will provide Movember Canada with an additional platform to bring continued awareness to men’s health, including mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. $1 per ticket sold (less taxes) will be donated to Movember Canada. The Just For Laughs Tour has been bringing some of its favourite comedians to Canadians from coast to coast for almost 20 years and is very excited to welcome our audience back into the theatre for live shows, and we are committed to doing so safely. · Patrons attending the performance will be required to show proof of full vaccination (two doses of a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine administered at least two weeks prior to the performance date), or a negative COVID test result date no more than 48 hours prior to the performance, and photo identification as they enter the venue. · Just For Laughs recommends that all patrons wear a mask indoors, even when seated, except when eating or drinking. The above protocols are in addition to any set out by the local health authority or performance venue. For additional information on protocols from the local health authority or performance venue, please consult their respective websites.
About Rick Mercer
Rick Mercer is a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and author. He is best known for his work on the CBC Television comedy shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made In Canada, and Rick Mercer Report. Mercer has received nearly 30 Gemini Awards and Canadian Screen awards for his work on television, and his CBC Television special Talking To Americans remains the highest rated Canadian comedy special ever with 2.7 million viewers.
Mercer is the author of four books, all of which have been national best sellers, and has also written for Time, Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, and The National Post. His newest book – Talking to Canadians: A Memoir –is available for pre-order now, and will be released November 2nd, 2021.
He is a recipient of the Governor Generals Performing Arts Award, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a proud native of St. John's, Newfoundland.
About Dave Merheje
Dave co-stars alongside Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer in the new, award winning comedy series Ramy on Hulu. As a stand up, Dave has made multiple appearances at the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, JFL 42 in Toronto, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, the Halifax Comedy Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in Australia, and tours clubs and theatres regularly. In 2018 Dave released his comedy special Good Friend Bad Grammar which is available on iTunes and Amazon Prime, and won the 2019 Juno Award for Comedy Album of the year. His most recent comedy special, Beautifully Manic, can be seen on Netflix as part of the series Comedians of the World.
About Eman El-Husseini
Eman El-Husseini is a Canadian-Palestinian comedian currently living in NYC. She is a Just For Laughs favourite, and has performed as part of their festivals in Toronto, Australia, and her hometown of Montreal. She headlines regularly across Canada, and opens for Patton Oswalt. She has recorded two comedy albums, Unveiled and Handsome Daughter, both of which can be heard on Sirius XM Radio.
In addition to her solo work, she is one half of The El-Salomons – a comedy duo comprised of her and her wife. Together they mix jokes and stories inspired by their relationship with observational humour about love in general. They have travelled everywhere to perform, from the San Francisco Sketchfest to the Boston Women in Comedy Festival – and even to the arctic!
About Arthur Simeon
Arthur Simeon is a Ugandan-born Toronto-based comedian who has been performing for a decade all over the world. A truly gifted storyteller, Arthur has been invited to perform at the prestigious Just For Laughs comedy festival six times, and has appeared on CBC Television, HBO, and the Comedy Network. His unique comedic voice and perspective has seen him featured in the Globe &Mail, NOW magazine, and the Toronto Star. He is also a regular on CBC Radio's Laugh Out Loud and The Debaters. Arthur is a banana bread connoisseur and lover of slow jams.
About the Just For Laughs Group
Founded in 1983, the Just For Laughs Group’s growth is concentrated on three major focal points: festivals (in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney, Australia); television production (most notably Gags, seen in 135 countries and on 95 airlines); and live shows (Canadian tour dates for Jerry Seinfeld, Trevor Noah, Kevin Hart, Hannah Gadsby, Jim Gaffigan, Bill Burr, Sebastian Maniscalco, John Mulaney, Amy Schumer, Jimmy Carr and Danny Bhoy). Its Montreal Festival, going into its 40th year, is now the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy event welcoming more than 2 million people each summer. Learn more at www.hahaha.com