Each episode of this first TV series of its kind, Comedy Invasion, will feature a half hour set from a breakout Canadian comic who is either from the disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and/or female community.
The first season of Comedy Invasion mainstages diverse Canadian comedians: Toronto’s Desirée Walsh living with cerebral palsy, Vancouver’s indigenous Keith “Bubbas” Nahanee, Vancouver’s Japanese Canadian Yumi Nagashima, Calgary’s transgender drag queen activist Karla Marx, Vancouver’s queer and Asian DJ On, dual citizen South Asian American and Canadian comedian Alisha Dhillon, Calgary’s fearless and bisexual female comedian Victoria Banner and Vancouver’s own social media sensation Davin Tong (aka Peter Chao).
First Season of Comedy Invasion starts streaming at 12 am EST on November 29, 2022.
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An Edmonton-based bisexual comic, Victoria Banner performs "Burnout" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
An indigenous (Squamish) comic based in Vancouver, Keith Nahanee performs "Rez Style" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
A Vancouver-based Japanese Canadian comic, Yumi Nagashima performs "My Friend Hooman" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
A gay Chinese Canadian comic based in Vancouver, DJ On performs "Gay Best Friend" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
South Asian American and Canadian comic Alisha Dhillon performs "Woman of Ganja" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
A transgender drag queen comic based in Edmonton, Karla Marx performs "The Gender Pinnie" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
A Toronto-based comic living with cerebral palsy, Desirée Walsh performs "Wheelchair and I" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.
Chinese Canadian Vancouver comic and social media sensation, Davin Tong performs "Crowd Manipulation" in Comedy Invasion Season 1.