| Derek
Edwards has been a professional comedian for over
fifteen years. In that time he has amassed an impressive
string of credits. In 1995 he was the winner of
the Vail National Comedy Invitational in Vail, Colorado.
In 1996 he stole the show at the Molson Canadian
Toronto Comedy Festival and in 1997 he "knocked
'em dead" at the International Just for Laughs
Comedy Festival in Montreal. He did the same at
Just for Laughs '99 .
His
numerous television appearances include A &
E's Comedy On The Road , his own CBC-TV comedy
special "COMICS! ", The Comedy Network's
Launch-A-Thon, Open Mike with
Mike Bullard
on The Comedy Network and CTV and a Gala performance
on the 1997 Just for Laughs Comedy Show . Additionally,
he recently filmed his own one-hour special for
The Comedy Network's COMEDY NOW series entitled
'Blood, Sweat & Beers'.
Derek
has also been featured on a variety of national
radio programs including CBC'S Laughing Matters,
Madly Off In All directions And definitely Not
The Opera .
"Derek
Edwards is considered to be one of the finest
comedy talents in North America. Derek Edwards
is the kind of guy who could read the nutritional
content off a cereal box and have you in tears."
Winnipeg Free Press
"Derek
is awesome and it is clear his career is going
places. His dry sense of humour, exceptional wit
and abilities to keep the crowd splitting their
sides made for one heck of an evening.
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