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Our Mission

The Laff Riot Girls’ mission is to make people laugh. We do this by presenting professional stand up and improv comedy shows that are tailored to our audience.

The Laff Riot Girls believe in nurturing comedic talent and strive to challenge ourselves as artists. We succeed by treating our comics well, offering our audiences a high quality entertainment experience… and having fun!

The Laff Riot Girls is Western Canada’s longest running independent stand up comedy show. It was started in 1997 by local stand up comic Ardell Fitzpatrick to help give aspiring and established female stand ups a show to hone their skills and try out material. It has since evolved into a show known for high octane comedy and pleasing audiences wherever they perform.

With more than 575 shows to its credit, people are still coming to see the shows - and be entertained. The venues have changed over time (Laff Lines, The Comedy Store, Zesty's Restaurant) and over 100 different stand ups have performed with us, but the secret is the show itself.

People in the know have been coming to Laff Riot Girl shows for years because it's a high energy funny show where they can see tomorrow's comedy greats today! We also put together pro shows with our best and brightest comics for special events throughout the province. Click on 'Book 'Em' to contact us

Raising the Roof (Toque Campaign)
Hope & Area Transition Society
Canadian Cancer Society
Breast Cancer
CirKids
Big Sisters of BC
The Food Bank
BC Children's Hospital Foundation
Burns Bog Conservation Society
The Cinderella Project
St. James Women & Children's Shelter
BC Heart & Stroke Foundation

…and many more!

Highlights of the 2005/06 Season:

Congratulations to Jane Stanton, winner of the Laff Riot Girls 4th Annual Comedy Competition, and to Victoria Pattison (2nd) and Sharon Mahoney (3rd)!! This year's competition had the strongest group of competitors we've seen yet. Well done to all the finalists - Ilona Harris, Laura Prosko, Jennica Harper, Carol MacDonald, Barbara Ogle, Jennie Apps and Antoinette Keane.

Highlights of the 2004/05 Season:

We wrapped up our 8th season of comedy in June at our jam and workout room at Zesty's. Another great year!

The Laff Riot Girls performed all over BC including Vernon, Campbell River, New Westminster and Victoria as well as various venues in Vancouver, bringing our show total to close to 575!

Highlights of the season included our three night 'concert series' at the 2004 Vancouver International Comedy Festival where we got to play with great comics like Erica Sigurdson and Kristeen Von Hagen. We held our first Raising the Roof fundraiser in February as part of a series of national comedy nights to raise money to help fight homelessness. And we
We tore up the stage at Vernon for an electric celebration of International Women's Day! And we enjoyed some fine western hospitality at Calgary's Funnyfest Comedy Festival in the spring (Thanks Stu!).

We held our Third Annual Search for the Funniest 'New' Comedy Competition in March thru May and annointed Colleen Brow as funniest new comic of the year, along with Robin Farrell (2nd) and Amy Wilding (3rd) over 40 other comics vying for the honour.

Thank you to the comics, our unbelievable audiences, and Salom and the staff at Zesty's for another great year!

Highlights of the 2003/04 Season:

What a year it's been! The Laff Riot Girls performed all over BC including New Westminster, Prince George, Courtney, Campbell River, Hope and Victoria as well as various venues in Vancouver. Fundraisers, private parties, corporate shows and more - our show total is now over 540!

Our highly successful Second Annual Search for the Funniest 'New' and 'Slightly Used' Comedy Competition in February, March and April annointed Watermelon ("Slightly Used") and Marjorie Malpass ("New") with comedy crowns over 45 other comics vying for the honour.

And we boldly continued in our mission (since 1997) of showcasing and developing upcoming comedic talent in the Lower Mainland and providing an ongoing home for a talented and diverse group of female (and male!) stand up comics. Thank you to the many comics. wonderful audiences and supporters of live comedy for another great year!

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