Ontario - December 2024

Award-winning comedian Steve Patterson is coming to town with two of his favourite comedy elves, Courtney Gilmour and Sean Cullen for a no-holds-barred festive free-for-all. This two hour joke-fest is for live audiences only and features two entertaining debates in the format familiar to fans of the hit CBC Radio program, plus bonus segments of smart stand-up comedy from Steve and his hilarious cohorts. Get your tickets now for the holiday-themed extravaganza that will surely tickle your sugar plums.

Schedule and Tickets

Burlington, ON

Performing Arts Centre

December 10, 2024

Lindsay, ON

FLATO Academy Theatre

December 11, 2024

Kitchener, ON

Centre in the Square

December 12, 2024

Mississauga, ON

Living Arts Centre

December 13, 2024

Kingston, ON

Grand Theatre

December 14, 2024

Meet the Cast

Steve Patterson

Steve Patterson is an award-winning comedian with over two decades of international performance experience. Best known as host of the long-running hit radio show and podcast The Debaters and theatre show The Debaters Live, Patterson’s brand of comedy is best described as honest and erudite combining well-crafted writing with unparalleled off-the-cuff wit. Twice named Canada’s Best Male Stand-Up at the Canadian Comedy Awards, Steve has also taken his award-winning humour to the literary world with The Book of Letters I Didn’t Know Where to Send and his newest release Dad Up! available wherever books are sold.

Deborah Kimmett

Whether on the page or the stage, Deborah Kimmett is a hilarious, award-winning comic and well-known author who has been a perennial performer on CBC for over 45 years. She is a regular on CBC Debaters and Laugh Out Loud. She has three best-selling albums (Downward Facing Broad, Overnight Sensation and Smoke Show) and is the author of five books. Windowshopping for God was long-listed for the Stephen Leacock award for humour and won the Silver Prize for Indie Book of 2025.

Matt Wright

Matt Wright is a two time JUNO Award nominated stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who has appeared on multiple televised galas for Just For Laughs, Winnipeg, and Halifax Comedy Festivals. He has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, John Mulaney, Theo Von among others, and regularly tours comedy clubs and theatres across the country.

Matt wrote for six seasons on CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes where he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, as well as two episodes of Still Standing. As a filmmaker, his short “Snowstorm Roulette” was nominated for Best International Short at the Austin Comedy Festival. Matt recently released his debut comedy special ‘Live at The Majestic’ which can be streamed on YouTube.

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