Stand-Up Night
Saturday, January 15
Yukon Arts Centre 8pm $20

Native comedian Howie Miller first took the stage in 1997 and has been wowing audiences ever since. With his knowledge of the “White Man” and his native background, Howie shatters the racial barrier, creating laughter. Throw in some awesome impressions and you have a wicked recipe for comedy. After winning the Yuk Yuks Battle of Alberta comedy contest in 1998, Howie found himself on the road, opening for some of Canada’s top acts. In 1999 he won the Just for Laughs Homegrown Competition in Edmonton and made his first appearance at the Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in the summer of 2000. Highlights of the past year include performing at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the Halifax Comedy Festival, which were taped by CBC and aired in November. Howie will be seen this spring in his own comedy special on CTV’s Comedy Now.

Glen Foster, a.k.a. “That Canadian Guy”, has been a headliner on the Canadian comedy circuit for over 20 years. His TV appearances include CBC’s Comics, Just For Laughs, Comedy at Club 54 and The Mike Bullard Show. His first solo TV comedy special That Canadian Guy, was nominated for a Gemini. Glen has made five appearances at Montreal’s Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. He’s also written for a number of television shows, having even provided humorous political commentary for CTV’s W-Five. A former advertising “creative guy”, Glen’s humour explores the conflicted Canadian psyche. What makes us tick? What ticks us off? And what makes us laugh? Glen’s recently released his first DVD, Shot at The Empire, and he also has a CD called (what else?), That Canadian Guy.

Chris McNutt credits his short attention span for providing the scattered focus and discipline to dabble in multiple comedic pursuits. Throughout his 35 years of breathing, Chris has performed the varied arts of clowning, stand-up, storytelling, radio, comedy theatre, synchronized-swimming, music, and other things he may have forgotten or denies ever doing. As a initiate of the Yukon comedy scene, Chris is performing in his 4th Nakai Comedy Festival and helped coordinate this year’s Yukon Comedy Cabaret.

At seventeen, Michael Couchman is already considered nearly a third of the comic population of the Yukon Territory. As an aspiring comedian, he’s performed in eleven clubs and bars in both Toronto and Vancouver, including Yuk Yuk’s, The Rivoli, and The Laugh Resort. He’s also appeared in local events such as the Homegrown Festival, and his own one-man show at the Globe Theatre in Atlin. Michael is a keen observer of life and the everyday, relaying his thoughts in a casual storytelling style. His interests include being anxious and writing brief descriptions of himself in the third-person.