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Ali Hassan’s career plans started off as simply as anyone’s: become a chef, get a food show on television, get a second food show on television, be the face of the network and have oven mitts with his face on them. But sometimes things get in the way of your dreams: like your parents’ disappointment, your family of four children and your successful comedy career.

This show is a hilarious exposition of Ali’s journey in and out of the culinary world in which he spent 12 years. Think Eat, Pray, Love….minus the Prayer.

ALI HASSAN

Ali Hassan is a Stand-up Comic and Actor who has performed for audiences across Canada and internationally.

Ali is the host of the CBC Radio stand-up comedy show Laugh Out Loud. Ali is also heard on CBC Radio, NPR and PRX as a frequent guest-host of As It Happens, the arts and culture show ‘q’, and for the past six consecutive years, he has hosted Canada Reads – the annual battle of the books celebrating the best of Canadian literature.

Ali has appeared on the big screen in award-winning films – Breakaway, French Immersion, and as the memorable Lebanese ‘Uncle Stevie’ opposite Sean William Scott, Jay Baruchel, and Eugene Levy in the hockey hit Goon. In 2020, Ali was in the films MySpy, Mafia Inc, and Tammy’s Always Dying which had its World Premiere at TIFF 2019. His recent television roles have included Blood & Treasure (CBS), Designated Survivor (ABC), Cardinal (CTV), Odd Squad (PBS Kids), Man Seeking Woman (FXX), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC) and Working Moms (CBC, Netflix). Television audiences can also see Ali as a recurring guest star on the new CBC sitcom, Run The Burbs.

Ali has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and Toronto’s JFL42. Ali also toured across Canada as one of the stars of Just For Laughs Comedy Night In Canada tour, hosted By Rick Mercer.

A Canadian Comedy Award nominee, Ali has toured his solo show Muslim Interrupted around Canada to great acclaim. He also took the show to Scotland to perform at the world’s largest comedy festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2022, Ali begins touring his latest one man show, based on his decade in the food industry, Does This Taste Funny? And check out his book, Is There Bacon in Heaven? with Simon & Schuster.

@standupali

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Comedy Country at The CAPE makes Wednesday nights the peak of your week in Prince Edward County.

This brand-new monthly series pairs top-tier comedy acts from Toronto, Montreal, and beyond with rising local talent for unforgettable nights of live performance transforming one of the County’s most stunning venues into a midweek comedy hub. Presented by Comedy Country—PEC’s award-winning rural comedy series since 2015—these Wednesday night shows are built for comedy lovers, locals in the know, and curious visitors looking for something fresh, funny, and wildly entertaining. Big city laughs, small town charm—don’t miss it.

Cheap Wine

Cheap Wine is family. For real. As in two of them have the same parents and two of them have a marriage certificate. That’s sweet and wholesome, but it’s also kind of weird! AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD at Toronto Sketchfest 2025. Warning: This is a friendly family troupe, but not a family-friendly show!

LOCAL LOVE!

All Comedy Country at The CAPE shows feature performances by your friends and neighbours–comedy creators right here in PEC.

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Comedy Country at The CAPE makes Wednesday nights the peak of your week in Prince Edward County.

This brand-new monthly series pairs top-tier comedy acts from Toronto, Montreal, and beyond with rising local talent for unforgettable nights of live performance transforming one of the County’s most stunning venues into a midweek comedy hub. Presented by Comedy Country—PEC’s award-winning rural comedy series since 2015—these Wednesday night shows are built for comedy lovers, locals in the know, and curious visitors looking for something fresh, funny, and wildly entertaining. Big city laughs, small town charm—don’t miss it.

LOCAL LOVE!

All Comedy Country at The CAPE shows feature performances by your friends and neighbours–comedy creators right here in PEC. PLUS – every show features a FREE improv drop-in so YOU can give live comedy a try (more info to come).

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Episode 4 plays like a two-parter: BOOBY TRAP brings an estrogen-powered setup, then sketch comedy heavy-hitters HACKETT & LANGDON delivers a punchline set. So good you’ll swear it’s a season finale.

Comedy Country @ The CAPE is a brand-new monthly series pairing top-tier comedy acts from Canada’s urban comedy centres with The County’s own comedy talent. Get ready for unforgettable nights of live performance transforming one of the County’s most stunning venues into Canada’s hottest pop-up live comedy club. Presented by Comedy Country—PEC’s award-winning rural comedy series since 2015—these Wednesday night shows are built for comedy lovers, locals in the know, and curious visitors looking for something fresh, funny, and wildly entertaining. Big city laughs, small town charm—don’t miss it.

Hackett & Langdon

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Booby Trap

Booby Trap is an endearingly unhinged quartet of comedians – Vic Armstrong, Jess Chase, Raj Dhillon, and Sarah Fox – who’ve joined forces across Prince Edward County and Belleville to pursue one shared dream: making strangers laugh so hard they fall in love with us. With a mix of sharp writing on local happenings, mildly chaotic skits, and self-deprecating stand-up, Booby Trap brings dangerously loud laughs to every show. Are they the funniest all-female comedy troupe in the County? Technically, yes. We checked.

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Ali Hassan’s career plans started off as simply as anyone’s: become a chef, get a food show on television, get a second food show on television, be the face of the network and have oven mitts with his face on them. But sometimes things get in the way of your dreams: like your parents’ disappointment, your family of four children and your successful comedy career.

This show is a hilarious exposition of Ali’s journey in and out of the culinary world in which he spent 12 years. Think Eat, Pray, Love….minus the Prayer.

ALI HASSAN

Ali Hassan is a Stand-up Comic and Actor who has performed for audiences across Canada and internationally.

Ali is the host of the CBC Radio stand-up comedy show Laugh Out Loud. Ali is also heard on CBC Radio, NPR and PRX as a frequent guest-host of As It Happens, the arts and culture show ‘q’, and for the past six consecutive years, he has hosted Canada Reads – the annual battle of the books celebrating the best of Canadian literature.

Ali has appeared on the big screen in award-winning films – Breakaway, French Immersion, and as the memorable Lebanese ‘Uncle Stevie’ opposite Sean William Scott, Jay Baruchel, and Eugene Levy in the hockey hit Goon. In 2020, Ali was in the films MySpy, Mafia Inc, and Tammy’s Always Dying which had its World Premiere at TIFF 2019. His recent television roles have included Blood & Treasure (CBS), Designated Survivor (ABC), Cardinal (CTV), Odd Squad (PBS Kids), Man Seeking Woman (FXX), Murdoch Mysteries (CBC) and Working Moms (CBC, Netflix). Television audiences can also see Ali as a recurring guest star on the new CBC sitcom, Run The Burbs.

Ali has performed at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and Toronto’s JFL42. Ali also toured across Canada as one of the stars of Just For Laughs Comedy Night In Canada tour, hosted By Rick Mercer.

A Canadian Comedy Award nominee, Ali has toured his solo show Muslim Interrupted around Canada to great acclaim. He also took the show to Scotland to perform at the world’s largest comedy festival, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2022, Ali begins touring his latest one man show, based on his decade in the food industry, Does This Taste Funny? And check out his book, Is There Bacon in Heaven? with Simon & Schuster.

@standupali

LOCAL LOVE!

A County tradition continues as local merrymakers Lenny Epstein, Gavin North, Julianne and Paul Snepsts open the show with your local satirical newsdesk–a hilarious look back at the year in County headlines. Get ready to spray as THE COUNTY ROUNDUP delivers big time laughs at small town news.

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