Time: 8 p.m.

Tickets: $54

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Ron James was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia; his family later moved to Halifax during his youth. He attended Acadia University, studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher.
 During his time there, he came under the influence of Helen Starr Boggs, who headed the theatre program there as a result of a course he was taking. After graduating, he moved to Toronto and joined The Second City troupe located there, working with them during the 1980s.

He later moved to Los Angeles during the early 1990s for three yearsand got a spot on a late-night syndicated series produced by Ron Howard’s Imagine TV. After that show was cancelled, he made some guest appearances in TV shows (such as Get A Life and Wings) and an appearance in the movie Ernest Rides Again but mostly experienced rejection during his time there while incurring sizable debts. He returned to Canada in 1993and turned his experience in L.A. into a stage show in 1994 called Up & Down in Shaky Town: One Man's Journey through the California Dream, which was also shown as a special on The Comedy Network. Afterwards, he came across the work of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, whose style helped shape his ownand inspired him to start doing stand-up.

He has also done voice work in animation for shows including Star Wars: Ewoks and RoboCop: The Animated Series. James also played a bank security guard in Tommy Boy.

James starred in the television series Blackfly and Made in Canada, and won two Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up (2000) and Best One Person Show for his stand-up show The Road Between My Ears in 2004. He has also won a Gemini Award as part of the writing team for This Hour Has 22 Minutes and received a Genie Award nomination for best supporting actor in the film Something About Love. He currently has his own CBC Television series, The Ron James Show.

James lives in Toronto with his wife June and two daughters.