THE MELTDOWN
Saturday January 30. The 12th annual Icebreakers Comedy Festival returns to the upstairs of Corks Winebar & Eatery to offend the masses with it's dark and often dirty content. Our very own foul mouthed festival founder Jeff Paul hosts this lineup of degenerates including Tyler Morrison, Rachelle Lauzon and Bryan O'Gorman.
**Warning: Mature Content**
*Unfortunately, this venue is not fully accessible*
THE MELTDOWN - Friday January 28 - at the 8th annual Icebreakers Comedy Festival returns to the upstairs of Corks Winebar & Eatery to offend the masses. Our very own foul mouthed festival founder Jeff Paul hosts this lineup of degenerates including Marito Lopez, Adrienne Fish and Jarrett Campbell.
**Warning: Mature Content**
MC
JEFF PAUL
With his unmistakable charm, Jeff Paul pushes the boundaries of comedy leaving no topics off limit. Jeff’s quick wit and unrestrained attitude often result in raw, embarrassing stories at his own expense. Jeff has opened for Louis CK, Harland Williams, Gilbert Gottfried, among others, can be seen on Roast Battle Canada on CTV Comedy, and heard on CBC Radio’s Laugh Out Loud, was selected for ‘New Faces’ at JFL42 in Toronto and toured cross-country as a regular Yuk Yuk’s headliner. In 2014, Jeff founded the Icebreakers Comedy Festival in his hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, and in 2022, he launched The Big Sound Comedy Festival in Parry Sound. Recognized as one of the top MCs nationwide, most notably, Jeff has hosted the Northern Ontario Music & Film Awards, and prestigious fundraisers for the Princess Margaret Hospital using his live auction skills to help raise $200K. For 5 years he ran one of Toronto's best weekly shows, Dope N’ Mic Comedy, at the famed Underground Comedy Club. It was the first 420-friendly show in Just For Laughs history to be included as a part of their festival. He also hosts the Pro Show every Thursday night at Toronto's renowned Comedy Bar. His debut album, "Delightfully Dark," is available through Comedy Records and on all major streaming platforms.
TYLER MORRISON
Tyler Morrison has established himself as one of the funniest comedians in Canada, headlining comedy clubs across the country with a hilarious brand of working-class comedy. Tyler’s stand up specials ‘Pimp Daddy’ and ‘Too Soon’ have received high praise, while recently he appeared as part of Andrew Schulz’s ‘The Life’ Stadium Tour and Doug Stanhope’s Second Wind Tour. He is the co-host of the Fight Stories Podcast and live show that has featured guests such as Artie Lange, Shane Gillis, Dan Soder, and Ken Shamrock.
A contributing writer for Netflix’s Emmy Nominated Roast of Tom Brady, he is considered by many to be the most dangerous roaster north of the border with performances roasting the likes of Ric Flair, Ron Jeremy, and The Iron Sheik at Carolines in NYC. In 2024 his appearance on CTV Comedy Channel’s Roast Battle Canada earned him a Canadian Screen Awards Nomination.
Other appearances of note: - Writer on the 2024 NHL Awards on ESPN - CTV W5 Laugh Attack with Russell Peters - Yuk Yuks Massey Hall New Years Eve - Roast Battle at the Comedy Store in LA.​
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RACHELLE LAUZON
Rachelle Lauzon is a stand-up comedian and actor based in Toronto. Rachelle has made several festival appearances including Just for Laughs Toronto, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Boston Comedy Festival, The Oddblock Festival and the Blue Whale Comedy festival in Tulsa, OK. She's performed at prestigious clubs across Canada and the US including the Hollywood Improv, The World-Famous Comedy Store, New York Comedy Club, Las Vegas Comedy Club and many more. Her stand-up was featured on Laugh After Dark: Live in Las Vegas streaming now on Tubi, and you can listen to her debut comedy album “Rachelle Rachelle” on all streaming platforms including SiriusXM satellite radio.
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BRYAN O'GORMAN
Bryan O’Gorman has headlined comedy shows all over the world in dozens of countries
including England, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Australia, Romania, Serbia and the USA to name eight. He plans on playing in every country on earth, plus the moon (if the spaceship he’s building works). A live performer since childhood, this joke of a man honed his stand up skills in the legendary Toronto comedy scene and has refined them on stages throughout the galaxy. Catch him now before he dies in a feeble attempt to make it to the moon in a homemade rocket. Of his many credits, a few include being featured on MTV, Much Music, The Comedy Network, Sirius-XM Radio, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Melbourne Comedy Festival, National Lampoon Radio, the Montreaux comedy festival and the CBC.
