Canadian comedy legend Kenny Robinson and Darren Frost
launched their northern tour that starts in Sault Ste Marie
Mar. 26. Bringing their in-your-face style of
comedy, Frost and Robinson hope to show the north a night they
will never forget, said a news release.
March 26 Sault Ste Marie - The Canadian
March 27 Sudbury - Shaughnessy's
March 28 Espanola - Bo Weasels
March 29 North Bay - Cecil
Kenny Robinson is a Canadian Comedy legend. For over 25 years
Robinson has been touring North America winning both audiences
and critical acclaim with his raucous, irreverent, profane and
opinionated brand of in-your-face style of comedy and social
commentary. Robinson has appeared at the renowned Montreal Just
for Laughs Comedy Festival, Laffapalooza Urban Comedy Festival
in Atlanta, The CBC Winnipeg Comedy
Festival, Zanies, L.A.'s Comedy Store and
Improv.
Over his career, Robinson has shared the stage with such
comedians as Chris Rock, Dave Chappell, Jim Carey, Norm
McDonald, Robert Schimmel, Tommy Davidson, Tommy Chong,
Margaret Cho, Paul Mooney, Lenny Clark, Phyllis's Diller,
and the late Sam Kinison. Robinson has co-hosted The Gemini
Awards, as well as twice nominated for his groundbreaking CBC
television special Thick and Thin. Robinson is also the
creator,
writer and host of The Comedy Network's edgy late-night
series After Hours with Kenny Robinson and star of his own
special Comedy Now for CTV-Comedy Network.
Most recently completed a role in the feature film Repossession
Mambo Starting Jude Law & Forest Whitaker. Robinson's
Nubian Disciples special made The Comedy Network's Top 10
Canadian Shows.
Darren Frost, whose style of comedy has been described as
having "the quality of a satanic revival meeting" and "among
the most daring comedians in Canada" by The Toronto Star. Frost
performed a record 22 shows at the Just For Laughs
Festival including the highest attended Nasty Show, and the
televised Gala. He is also fresh back from the Seattle
International Comedy Competition where he was one of only three
Canadians chosen to perform.
You may have also seen Frost on the big screen in such films as
Hairspray, Fever Pitch, Assault on Precinct 13 and Don't
Say A Word. With over 50 commercials under his belt including
Listerine Action Hero and Cash For Life Fairy to his
credit. Darren also lends his voice to multiple cartoons
such as: Nickleodeon's 6teen, NBC/Discovery Kids Time Warp
Trio and Fox's Medabots.
