| by performing in bars, cabarets and corporate groups. A familiar

, face at the “En route vers mon premier Gala Juste Pour Rire”
and the “Grand Rire comedie Club”, Mélanie made her mark
- onthe comedy scene by performing at the Show XXX and the
_ Girly Show, presented at the Zoofest.

| Dierre - Bruno Rivard

Agraduate of the Ecole Nationale de [Humour in 2010, Pierre-
» Bruno was able to make his mark in a very short time. The

winner of an Olivier in 2012 for writing Maxim Martin’s 3rd one-

» man-show, “Tout Va Bien’ (“All's well’), in the category “Script of
| the year’, Pierre-Bruno is also an author on the show “Rouge
 Roumanoff’ by Anne Roumanoff. With boundless determina-
' tion, Pierre-Bruno continues to charm his audience and make

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them laugh with his soft hearted and rebellious nature.

Dorothy Rhau

Dorothy Rhau was bom in Montreal in 1973 into a family that
had immigrated to Canada from Haiti in 1971. As a woman

, and the mother ofa little boy, her presence on stage as a co-
' median is very tactful, tasteful and strong. Comedian Boucar
' Diouf offered her to do his opening in Gésu, presenting a

number on the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake. Since then,

' she has been living her dream...to laugh and make people

laugh and create wacky and endearing characters.

"Willy Kabaybaya dit Michou

_ Originally from Burundi, Willy Kabayabaya came to North

- America to try his luck at the end of 2012. He began in the
_ United States, training in New York at the ISPA (Intemational

Support for Performing Arts). After taking part in a number of
comedy shows in New York and Washington, he decided to
set out for Canada, and made his way to us here in Vancou-

» ver. Over recent months, he went on from one comedy show
, to another in both the anglophone and the francophone com-

munities of the Vancouver region.