YUK YUK'S PRESENTS

MARTHA CHAVES

Martha Chaves is an award-winning comedian, writer, and actor whose career spans over two decades. Now Magazine described her as "smart, sassy, provocative, and very funny."

Martha has appeared multiple times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival, the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and the We Are Funny That Way Festival, to name a few.

Martha describes herself as the "most famous Nicaraguan-Canadian LGBTQ+ stand-up comedian in the world," but despite being an act of such a unique nature, she’s hilariously relatable, universally funny and accessible.

She tours from coast-to-coast as a headliner for Yuk-Yuks (Canada’s  premiere chain of comedy clubs)  and is also in high demand for corporate performances, conferences, and speaking engagements.

She can frequently be heard on CBC's The Debaters and Laugh Out Loud. She is a regular panellist on the popular CBC show Because News.

Martha also starred in two TV specials which were broadcast nationally: Comics! on CBC and Something About Martha on CTV and the Comedy Network.

Martha was named 2018's Stand-up Comic of the Year by the Canadian Comedy Awards after being nominated seven years in a row, and her CD CHUNKY SALSA was included in a list of 2019's best comedy records.

During the pandemic, she created a multi-media piece Living 'La Covida Loca, which premiered online at The Hillside Festival. She also created "Beyond the Mask," another multi-media piece that was featured in "Caminos" as part of the Aluna Theatre Festival 2021 program. In 2022, she was asked to perform at the Stratford Festival.

As a playwright, Martha has written and acted in several successful one-woman shows. "Staying Alive" and "In Times of Trouble" were featured in the Soulo Festival and the Aluna Theatre Festival in Toronto, respectively. "The Diaries of a Young Lezbo" premiered at SOLOCOM in New York.


GILSON LUBIN

Gilson is a former MTV Canada host and Canadian Comedy Award winner as a stand up comedian. His comedy album Foreign and Legal airs on Sirius XM and has appeared on Comedy Centrals Premium Blend, HBO’s Def Jam Comedy series, Kevin Harts LOL Network and Comedy Now CTV.

Versatile with audiences, the Toronto bred comedian is a mixture of storytelling and social commentary.


KYLE LUCEY

With millions of views online, Kyle Lucey is becoming one of Canada’s fastest rising stars. Growing up in a trailer park, Kyle became an expert at making light of bleak circumstances. Pair that with an extensive background in improv/ theatre and you get a comedian with raw, honest material performed in the most ridiculously fun way!

His comedy has been featured on CTV, Sirius XM and MTV. He has also been nominated for The I Heart Jokes Awards twice.

Kyle is the winner of the Durham Comedy Festival and the Finalist for festivals such as, The Border City Comedy Festival, The Beaver and Bacon Comedy Festival, Comedy Wonder Fest, Brampton’s Funniest Comic and Go Yuk Yourself Comedy Contest. Other Festivals Kyle has been featured on are: The Dark Comedy Festival, The Brantford Comedy Festival, 905 Comedy Festival, No Refunds Comedy Festival, Wasaga Beach Comedy Festival, Durham Comedy Month Festival, 420 Comedy Festival and Off B-Side Comedy Festival. Kyle is also the producer of “Renegade Comedy” a live comedy event that tours across the country at sold out comedy clubs and theatres.

YUK YUK'S PRESENTS

MARTHA CHAVES

MC GILSON LUBIN

FT KYLE LUCEY

JAN 20, 2024 at LEVEL UP! ARCADE AND BOWLING

130 MARLBOROUGH ST N. BLENHEIM, ON

19+ / $25.95-29.95 ADV / DOORS 6PM / SHOW 8PM