Each episode of this first TV series of its kind, Comedy Invasion, will feature a half hour set from a breakout Canadian comic who is either from the disabled, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and/or female community.
The first season of Comedy Invasion mainstages diverse Canadian comedians (Top left clockwise to bottom left in photo): Toronto’s Desirée Walsh living with cerebral palsy, Vancouver’s indigenous Keith “Bubbas” Nahanee, Vancouver’s Japanese Canadian Yumi Nagashima, Calgary’s transgender drag queen activist Karla Marx, Vancouver’s queer and Asian DJ On, dual citizen South Asian American and Canadian comedian Alisha Dhillon, Calgary’s fearless and bisexual female comedian Victoria Banner and Vancouver’s own social media sensation Davin Tong (aka Peter Chao).
Comedy Invasion is the Canadian spinoff of Comedy InvAsian, co-created by Quentin Lee with distribution by Viva Pictures Distribution LLC, Season 1 of Comedy InvAsian had its world premiere on Hulu as an exclusive in 2018. Season 2 of Comedy InvAsian premiered on May 2022 on Peacock and Tubi.
“Despite not getting support from Canadian broadcasters from financing to distribution, an independent Canadian creator must do what they must… to create and release the first TV series of its kind in Canada based on our proprietary format of Comedy InvAsian. Comedy Invasion will be a platform of discovery empowering diverse Canadian comedians to shine and own a piece of global media history,” said Quentin Lee, creator of Comedy Invasion.
“Comedy Invasion is an opportunity to celebrate marginalized and often underrepresented voices of up-and-coming Canadian comedians. Comedy Invasion is the first of its kind and we hope that it will set the stage for many more to come,” said Cindy AuYeung, producer of Comedy Invasion.
