Canada Day Eve Comedy Showcase

‘100% Canadian Beef’ is a Pre-Canada Day stand-up comedy show featuring five of Toronto’s best, most polite, yet hilariously petty comedians because that’s the true Canadian way. This All-Star Canadian lineup showcasing the many faces of what it truly means to be Canadian delivering the kind of high-quality comedy that fits in perfectly with the legendary Second City Theatre’s vibe. These performers have been seen on television CBC, Crave, Just For Laughs, and all over your For Your Social Media pages.


Tour Dates:

Toronto:

Date: Saturday, June 27th - 8:00 PM EDT

Location: Second City Theatre

Montreal:

Date: Tuesday ,June· 30th - 9pm EDT

Location: Bistro 22

  • Daniel Woodrow

    A Canadian stand-up comedian from Toronto, Ontario. He is most noted as part of the ensemble that received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards, for the debut episode of Roast Battle Canada. He has been an organizer of the Underground Comedy Railroad, an all-Black Canadian comedy tour which takes place each year during Black History Month. In 2021, with the tour unable to take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, he created the Unknown Comedy Club, an online streaming platform for comedy performances. He has also had acting roles in the television series The Beaverton, Star Trek: Discovery and Pretty Hard Cases, and Roast Battle Canada.

    Some of his notable Film and Television credits include, Overlord and the UnderwoodsNational Lampoons Going the Distance, Disney’s Stuck in the SuburbsWynonna EarpMurdoch Mysteries,SatisfactionAlmost HeroesStep Dogs and the award winning family film Finn on the Fly.

  • Rodney Ramsey

    Since the beginning Rodney Ramsey has approached his career less like a standup comedian and more like a mad scientist, the stage being his laboratory. In 2012 Rodney created Canada’s first all-black comedy tour “The Underground Comedy Railroad” which tours the country annually during black history month. Soon after Rodney produced and wrote the "Language Police" web series which received international acclaim.

     Rodney Ramsey has appeared on Kevin Hart's LOL channel and BBC's Summer Comedy event. Rodney has also starred in the movie Race, appeared in the Mile Enders, and "Absofreakinglutley" on CBC. Rodney Ramsey is CEO of Unknown Productions and creator of The Unknown Comedy Club Canada’s first virtual comedy club, and Unknown Theater which produces the most popular community events in Horizon Worlds

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“We joke that we are bringing the Underground Comedy Railroad across Canada to cities and towns that don’t normally have Black or ethnic comedians at all,” says Daniel Woodrow.

~ Toronto Star

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~Montreal Gazette

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