LITTLE CURRRENT—The Mid-North Standup Comedy performance being held at the Anchor Inn in Little Current promises to offer up a fun-filled evening of laughter. Honora Bay’s own Charles Adam will be performing alongside headliner Michael Hamilton and Lesley Lynn.
Mr. Adam will be familiar to many on Manitouln Island as a long-time, now retired, teacher at Manitoulin Secondary School and the founder of the school orchestra.
Mr. Adam has honed his craft diligently since first stepping up to the mic at the 2015 Sudbury LOL Crown of Comedy event before going on to compete in the Yuk Yuks New Talent Showcase in Ottawa. Undaunted by the onset of Parkinson’s Disease, Mr. Adam has incorporated his tremors into his act. He was one of the few amateur comics to be invited to compete with the hardened professionals at the Thunder Bay Comedy Festival, going on to win the qualifying round at the Timmins Comedy Festival in 2022.
Mr. Adam’s comedy career got a major boost while performing two shows at the Trevi Tavern in Sudbury. He struck up a friendship with Derek Seguin a couple of years ago and Mr. Seguin has provided Mr. Adam with an opportunity to share the stage whenever he is performing in the region.
With the tremors that can accompany his Parkinson’s, Mr. Adam said he finds it prudent to open his act with a line explaining the tremors become more pronounced whenever “I am excited or horny.” Although he incorporates his illness into his act, Mr. Adam soon switches to other themes, such as being happily married and having kids.
Michael Hamilton is a self-described age-impaired comic who claims his therapist told him he “had too much self-esteem and needed more rejection in his life.” Noted for his witty one-liners, Mr. Hamilton has opened for Canadian comics such as Pete Zedlacher, Ivan Decker, Mark Little, Michael Winslow, Terry McGurrin, Kenny Robinson, Darren Frost and other names too heavy to drop. The “absurdist” comedian has risen to top billing while leaving his head-hairs behind.
Lesley Lynn is a fixture on the Sudbury comedy scene. The self-described feminist is proud to call herself the longest standing female comedian in that city. She has been caught performing regularly at open mics, International Women’s Day events, staff parties, women’s retreats and even some paid gigs—but Ms. Lynn has also launched her own production company ‘Laugh Local North.’ With a wry sense of humour and a “killer sense of fashion,” Ms. Lynn is noted for her clever delivery and “adorably edgy, surprising and sly” delivery.
The comedy night will start at 8:30 pm on Friday, June 9. Advance tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the Anchor Inn or purchased online at Eventbrite or at the door for $25. This is a licenced event and those attending must be 19 years or older.
