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Olivia Stadler joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Olivia Stadler is a fast rising young comedian. Within her first 6 months of performing comedy, Olivia was already nominated for the 'Best Newcomer Comic' IHJ Award.

Olivia hosts and produces a monthly show, the first Saturday of the month at Comedy Bar called 'Literally Dead' which regularly sells out. She also hosts the Herb series 'Yeah Dude, Why Not?' where her quick wit and charm helps each video receive hundreds of thousands of viewers.

Olivia graduated with a Media and Creative Writing degree from the University Of Western Ontario, is a former Narcity staff writer, and is currently enrolled in the prestigious Film & Screenwriting program at UCLA. She also studied comedy, writing, and acting at The Second City Training Centre. She has also graduated from the Armstrong Acting Academy.

You can catch Olivia in Toronto where she performs regularly at The Corner Comedy Club, Comedy Bar, and the ALTDot Comedy Lounge. Twitter: @livstadler Instagram: @ostadz

Rick Rowley joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Rick is a Stand Up Comedian from Napanee, Ontario and has been performing for 7 years. He has toured the country with Yuks yuks, is a regular at the Corner Comedy Club and is now a hockey video content creator (over 15k followers) that has been featured on Barstool Sports and Spittin' Chiclets.

Antony Hall joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Antony is a Toronto based improviser/actor who originally hails for Lethbridge, Alberta. He is a graduate of The Second City Conservatory and Theatre Arts Program at MacEwan University. He can be seen performing with a number of improv teams in the city which include (Gentleman Frog and Darth Vader Ginsburg). You may also see him from time to time as his comedy rap persona Young Riesling when he appears as part of the hip hop duo Whyte Wyne and Young Riesling or the comedy rap collective NOTORIOUS. Antony was a part of the 2019 Featured Players Residency at Toronto’s Bad Dog Comedy Theatre. He is the Co-Creator of Ming’s Dynasty, a Canadian Comedy Digital Series on CBC Gem in Canada. Ming’s will be released to FuseTV and FICTO in the United States in the coming months.

Matt Santos joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Matt Santos is a comedian based out of Toronto, Ontario.

Using a combination of word play, story telling and absurdist humour, Matt's comedy draws from various things in his life, spefically his background as a Portuguese/Venezuelan immigrant growing up in small town Ontario and being bisexual in a strict Catholic family.

His credits include showcasing at the Ottawa Fringe Festival, being selected as one of the best under 30 comics in Ontario for the Alterna Savings Crack Up the Capital festival (Ottawa), the 2019 Midwest Queer Comedy Festival (Louisville) and performing at comedy clubs across Canada.

Matt is also the creator of Brewery Comedy Nights, a successful, bi-monthly professional comedy show case at various microbreweries across the Ottawa area and co-producer on Ottawa's only independent comedy festival, The Dirty Bird Comedy Festival.

Tara Federko joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Tara Federko is a Saskatchewan raised actress & creator living in Toronto, ON. 

Since graduating with honours in Music Theatre performance from Sheridan College, Tara has studied at the Second City Toronto where her professional comedy career began. 

Tara has been paid to sing, act, and improvise on stage, as well as be in front of a camera & behind a camera, both as a writer and director.

Tara premiered her self-written & co-directed pilot in 2017, 'Upheaval Times' and appears regularly in 'Trophy Husbands' comedy of Amazon Prime and Funny or Die. Tara is currently in post-production for her first short film "8+ weeks", which will be premiering to the public at upcoming North American film festivals. 

Cathy Boyd joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Cathy started 2019 off by competing and finishing in first place at the Comedian of the North Competition held annually in Thunder Bay, Ontario; performed at the 10th annual Women in Comedy Festival in Boston; was a finalist in the She Devils Comedy Festival in New York and performed at the Boston Comedy Festival.  It was a good year!
As a rostered comic at Absolute Comedy, Cathy had the honour of hosting the entire week, March 3rd-8th.  
When not performing stand-up, Cathy would like you to know she is a mediocre tennis player and the loving mother of four, who readily admits, three would have been good.  She’d have been good with three.
Facebook: Cathy Boyd; The Wrath of Cathy; IG:@can_am_cathy ; Twitter: @imaretrieverer; Cathy Boyd You Tube.

Nick Reynoldson joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, Nick Reynoldson has a unique view of the world. Sharp, smart and energetic, this young comic is quickly on the rise.

A 2018 Runner Up at SiriusXM’s Top Comic Competition, Nick has appeared in major festivals including Just For Laughs, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, NXNE and as part of the New Faces Showcase at JFL 42. He’s been featured on MTV, MUCH, CBC and multiple national commercials.

Alia Rasul joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Alia is a Canadian Comedy Award nominated writer/performer. She is a member of award-winning sketch troupe, The Tita Collective. Alia received rave reviews for her performance in Generally Hospital whose “outstanding ensemble” won Patron’s Pick and the David Séguin Memorial Award.  She understudied for 2 seasons of Second City’s Mainstage award-winning show, She The People and more recently performed in Second City PatchCo’s “Take Me Out to the Improv - Spooky Edition”.  She graduated from the Second City Conservatory program and is a NBCUniversal Bob Curry Fellowship alumni. Alia holds a BA from McGill University. She made her directorial debut with Kwento, an improvised Filipino folktale. With the support of the Toronto Arts Council, she is currently developing her first play, Tang Ina.

Amish Patel joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up. Amish’s life began as a classic fish out of water tale. From a young age he gained perspectives on both Indian and Canadian cultures and learned to deal with discrimination and xenophobia through humour. Amish loved comedy from day one but he still obtained an Aerospace Engineering degree.

After literally becoming a rocket scientist, Amish made up for lost time in comedy by writing and producing his own sketch comedy show called Fade to Brown. He produced sold out shows with crowds of over seven hundred people, gained media attention from NOW Magazine to the CBC, and acquired the funding to executive produce a sketch comedy show for Rogers Television. After Fade to Brown, Amish focused his attention on stand-up comedy and his online presence.  Building a loyal online following and racking up hundreds of thousands of views on his comedy videos and becoming the host of Second City’s Diversity night. Not bad for a guy who used to work on jet engines! 

Amish also focuses his time on acting. He can currently be seen in a recurring role on the Emmy-Award winning series Dino Dana (TVO, Amazon and Nickelodeon). He has also appeared on Torontopia (CBC Comedy), Saving Hope (CTV), Man Seeking Woman (FX), and Odd Squad (TVO). As a stand up he recently opened for SNL alumni Tim Meadows, and Iliza Schlesinger to a packed house at the Danforth Music Hall.  His original sketch comedy show Melting Pot was picked, from hundreds of submissions, by Kevin Hart at the Just for Laughs festival. And, Amish knows how airplanes work. Did we cover that? Great!

Kyle Hickey joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q'd Up.

After starting stand-up comedy over a decade ago at an open mic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kyle Hickey has blossomed into a talented writer, actor and comedian, making appearances at the Boston Comedy Festival, CBC's Ha!ifax Comedy Festival and JFL42 in Toronto, as well as acting roles on both YTV and MTV. His two live comedy albums, Experimental Phase and The Fresh Prince of Donair can be heard in rotation on channel 168 Canada Laughs on SiriusXM Radio as well as being found on iTunes and Spotify.