Steve Patterson (comedian)

Steve Patterson (comedian)

Infobox Comedian
name = Steve Patterson
pseudonym =
birth_name =
birth_date =
birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
death_date =
death_place =
medium = stand-up
nationality = Canadian
genre = Satire, Observational comedy
active = 1996–present
subject =
influences =
influenced =
spouse =
notable_work=

Steve Patterson is a Canadian stand-up comedian originally from Montreal, Quebec, who has been on the comedy circuit full-time since 1996. He draws material from observation of daily/current events and what goes on in the room during a show. He first set foot on the stage at the age of 18 on a dare from his university dorm mates.cite web | title=Just For Laughs Bio |work=Just For Laughs Bio |url=http://www.justforlaughs.ca/community/show/102-steve-patterson|accessdate=2008-01-22] . This set was well received, but he spent the next few years away from comedy, as he finished his university degree in business from The University of Western Ontario.cite web | title=Steve Patterson Stand-up Corporate Comedy & Custom Corporate Presentations |work=Steve Patterson Stand-up Corporate Comedy & Custom Corporate Presentations |url=http://www.kmprod.com/s_patterson.htm|accessdate=2008-01-22] . He then earned a post-graduate diploma in media copywriting.cite web | title=Steve Patterson Stand-up Corporate Comedian |work=Steve Patterson Stand-up Corporate Comedian |url=http://www.speakers.ca/patterson_steve.aspx |accessdate=2008-01-22] . He performed comedy part-time while earning a living as a full-time advertising copywriter from 1994-1996.

Steve was fired from his copywriting job in 1996 and started performing comedy full-time. Later that year, he joined the touring roster of Canadian comedy booking agency, "Funny Business". Steve started out as the opening act for the tour, but less than a year later, was promoted to headliner status in Western Canada. Shortly after this, he began to headline in the Toronto market, which is very competitive.

In 1999, Patterson got a chance to perform at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal for the first time. His Irish-influenced set made it possible for him to tour Ireland.

Between the years 1999 and 2004, Patterson performed non-stop across Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He also appeared for a few shows in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. During this period, he was the only non-maritime comic to be invited to the Halifax Comedyfest four years in a row, from 2002 to 2005. He also made his first Just for Laughs gala appearance in 2004. Also in 2004, Patterson performed at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland.His showcase performances at this festival earned him invitations from U.K. based companies to return for a full festival run.

In 2006, Patterson was host of the Just for Laughs Road Tour throughout Ontario. He was so well received as host, he was invited back to the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal that summer. Once there, he hosted Best of the Fest shows, as well as the Comedy Showdown, pitting top comics from around the world against each other.

In April of 2006, Patterson took part in his fifth consecutive Halifax Comedyfest. He also taped a fourth television gala for CBC. Also, he recorded his own hour-long national radio program entitled Talking Funny with Steve Patterson. He is also one of the new hosts of CBC Radio One's The Debaters.cite web | title=Just For Laughs Upcoming Headliners |work=Just For Laughs Upcoming Headliners |url=http://www.comedyworksmontreal.com/|accessdate=2008-01-24] .

Steve gained some notoriety in 2007 as being the first comic to say no to Last Comic Standing when he qualified for the Canadian finals in Montreal. He turned down NBC to honour a local show commitment.

In 2008, Steve performed in Australia. While he was there, he was one of the guests on Good News Week, an Australian comedy panel show.

References

External links

* [http://stevepatterson.ca Steve Patterson's website]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Steve Patterson — may refer to either of the following people: * Steve Patterson (1948–2004), an American basketball player and coach * Steve Patterson ( fl. 2007), an American sports executive with teams in several different leagues, most recently with the… …   Wikipedia

  • Steve Martin — Infobox Comedian name = Steve Martin caption = Martin at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival birth name = Stephen Glenn Martin birth date = birth date and age|1945|8|14 birth place = Waco, Texas, U.S. death date = website = http://www.stevemartin.com/ …   Wikipedia

  • List of people from Ohio — The following is a list of famous people born in Ohio and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.Journalists, Photojournalists, Writers, Cartoonists, Poets, Authors, Playwrights, Screen Writers, Film Directors, Film… …   Wikipedia

  • Canadian Comedy Awards — The Canadian Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony celebrating notable English speaking Canadian comedians for achievements in Live, Radio, Film, Television and Internet media over the previous year. The awards began in 2000, and are usually …   Wikipedia

  • Deaths in 2004 — Contents 1 December 2 November 3 October 4 September …   Wikipedia

  • List of people from Harlem, New York — People from Harlem, New York. The early period (pre 1920) *John James Audubon Naturalist *Frederic Alexander Birmingham Editor of Esquire Magazine from 1945 1957, grew up in Harlem [ It Was Fun While it Lasted, Frederic Alexander Birmingham,… …   Wikipedia

  • The Debaters — Infobox Radio Show show name = The Debaters imagesize = 250px caption = Photo taken from a taping of The Debaters at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, with Sean Cullen (in the center) as host. format = Comedy audio format = record location =… …   Wikipedia

  • The Sydney Comedy Festival — The Enmore Theatre in Sydney s Inner West, where the Sydney Comedy Festival was born The Sydney Comedy Festival is an annual comedy festival held in Sydney, Australia. Launched in 2005 as The Cracker Sydney Comedy Festival at a number of inner… …   Wikipedia

  • September 11 — It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).The terms September 11th, 11th September, 11 September, and 9/11 (pronounced Nine eleven ) have been widely used in the Western media as… …   Wikipedia

  • Bob Saget — Saget at the 2007 O A Traveling Virus at PNC Born Robert Lane Saget May 17, 1956 (1956 05 17) (age 55) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”