This month’s line-up includes headliner Chris Locke (MTV, Just for Laughs, NOW’s Best Stand-Up of 2012) and features stand up by Marito Lopez (Great Canadian Laugh Off – Finals), an obtusely hilarious Shoddy Magician (maybe it’s Steve Boleantu), and the improv duo 2-Man No-Show (Toronto, Chicago and Montreal Fringe Picks). With host Hunter Collins (NXNE, Much Music, it’s one helluva promising line up!

If you’re new to comedy in the city, this is a great intro into the scene.

When: Saturday, April 11, 9:00pm.

Where: Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St. West

Tickets: $15 at the door. $12 in Adv. http://comedybar.ca/show.php?Event_ID=3878

Updates: Twitter Hashtag- #CULive

Online:http://comedyuncovered.com/2015/03/our-next-comedy-uncoveredlive-is-saturday-april-11-9pm-headlined-by-chris-locke/

Here’s the ‘cred of behind our stellar line up:

Headliner: Chris Locke

Chris Locke is a stand up comedian, writer, actor, from Toronto. He was named Toronto’s Best Stand-Up in NOW Magazine, was a competitor in this year’s Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition, performed in JFL42, was the regular TV host for the Comedy Network’s coverage of Just For Laughs 2013. Chris has performed for Andy Kindler’s Alternative Show at JFL42, the SF Sketchfest, Bridgetown Comedy Festival, The Ottawa Comedy Explosion, and NXNE. Chris has opened for Todd Barry, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Todd Glass, Neal Brennan, and toured with Kyle Kinane. As an actor, he’s been on The Jon Dore Show, Scare Tactics, and Canada’s Comedy Network.

Let’s just say it. We lucked out getting Chris Locke!

Twitter: @ChrisLockeFun

Website: chrislockefun.tumblr.com

Stand Up by: Marito Antonio Lopez

Marito Lopez, originally from El Salvador, moved to Canada at the tender age of four and has learned to love the English language, White People and snow. He grew up in the mean streets of Calgary, Alberta, and is probably the cutest gangster you’ll ever see on stage. Whether its at school, the club, or in the drunk tank, Marito has always wanted to be funniest person in the room. In 2009, Marito pulled a Kanye West, dropped out of college and decided to follow his dream. Kanye West is a millionaire right now and Marito just moved back in with his parents.

In the short time Marito Lopez has been doing comedy, he’s been able to produce multiple successful comedy shows, make it to the finals of the regional Great Canadian Laugh Off, and be featured on Shaw TV for a documentary on comedy in Calgary. One day, people will recognize Marito on the streets. Hopefully as a comedian.

Visit Marito Online: www.facebook.com/pages/Marito-Antonio-Lopez/

Follow him on Twitter: @FMaritoL

Featuring: A Shoddy Magician

A Shoddy Magician maybe is Steve Boleantu (Tennessee Project Toronto, 2012 Tim Sims Fresh Meat Showcase), a sketch comedian and emerging Toronto playwright, pens a Shoddy Magician from his second Fringe show with “The Final Trick of a Shoddy Magician”. It’s outrageous. ­

Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Shoddy-Magician/

Follow him on Twitter: @steveboleantu

Host: Hunter Collins

Hunter Collins is North America’s foremost nincompoop comedian. In the 90s, they referred to him as “da phattest”.

Originally from Montreal, this versatile, bilingual performer in both sketch and stand-up has graced the stage at countless underground rattlesnake fights and festivals, including The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Cottage Country Comedy Festival (3 times including 2 as gala host), NXNE (4 times), The Montreal Sketchfest (thrice times) and The Toronto Sketchfest. Hunter can be seen sexing it up big-time on Much Music’s hit syndicated show “Video On Trial“. Hunter still tours today with his no-holds-barred brand of witty “stand-up”, his “hulking biceps” and “gross coughing disease”.

Catch Hunter hosting his weekly live comedy show called “3rd Klass Thursdays” in Toronto, every Thursday at Vapor Central (667 Yonge, 9PM). Please bring him all your precious jewels. Even your jade (you can never have enough jade).

Website: www.huntercomedy.com

Twitter: Hunter Collins

2-Man No-Show

2-Man No-Show are the Canadian Comedy Award nominees all-star comedy duo comprised of Isaac Kessler and Ken Hall. They won the Audience Choice Award at New York Frigid, were nominated for Best Solo or Duo at LA Comedy Festival, were Official Selection at the Chicago Improv Festival, Critics Picks by TimeOut Chicago, were Critic’s and Patron’s Picks of Toronto Fringe Festival 2010/2011, and received the Standing Ovation at Montreal Fringe Festival’s 13th Hour Show.

Isaac Kessler is the “Michael Jackson” of improv, minus the bad stuff. His theatrical journey began at the Second City with Kate Ashby, which led to his eventual graduation from the Second City Conservatory program. In 2008, Isaac performed with his sketch troupe “Toronto On Top” in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival – the world’s third largest comedy festival. In one of his more revealing moments, Isaac starred in “Sprout This!” – An improvised short film directed by Brian Smith that his garnered almost 200,000 views on the website Atom.com. Throughout the years, Isaac has been privileged to study under improv luminaries such as: Jerry Schaefer and Sandy Jobin-Bevans (Second City), David Shore and Lisa Merchant (Bad Dog Theatre), Bill Arnett (iO Chicago), Porter Mason (UCB NY), Craig Cackowski (iO West), Armando Diaz (Magnet Theater), Rich Talarico (SNL, Mad TV), Dave Razowsky (Second City Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre), Kevin Patrick Robbins (ITC), and Todd Stashwick (The Riches, Hot House Theatre). He has also studied at the Annoyance Theater in Chicago under improv masters Susan Messing, Rich Sohn, Rebecca Sohn, Mark Sutton, and Mick Napier.

Ken Hall has been called “The James Brown of Improv”. He performs regularly as a cast member of Theatresports, Pad Set and with his Harold team “Away From the Numbers” at Bad Dog Theatre. He also performs through The Impatient Theatre Company with his Harold Incubator team “Nakatomi Protocol” and was a finalist in 2008 ITC’s long form improv competition Cagematch with his team “What Would Jesus Do?” A graduate of Second City’s Conservatory Program, Ken has also studied with such greats as Charna Halpern (IO), Joe Bill (IO), Rich Talarico (SNL, Mad TV), Jill Bernard (ComedySportz-Twin Cities), Curtis Gwinn (UCB), Zach Ward (D.S.I.) and last summer studied at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade in New York City.

Twitter: @2mannoshow

Website: www.2mannoshow.com

Getting to the Show

Comedy Bar: 945 Bloor St. West.

(Just West of Bloor and Ossington), Toronto, M6H 1L5

Info: 416-551-6540

Parking: Park on Bloor St. (It’s FREE after 9pm all night long!)

See you there!