Neema Naz w/ Nikki Payne, Austen Alexander & Kyle Patan

The Grindstone Comedy Fest presents a one hour performance of Stand Up comedy featuring headliner Neema Naz, with Nikki Payne and Austen Alexander, hosted by Kyle Patan!

Neema Naz

Neema Naz is a Canadian stand up comedian, actor and content creator. He began performing in Toronto in 2014 before touring nation wide on his inaugural tour in 2022 where he welcomed over 5,000 fans. He has worked several comedy greats including Russell Peters an Maz Jobrani. His online presence has garnered him over 700 million views and has been co-signed by the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, David Goggins, Diplo, Gordon Ramsay, Kevin Hart and Andrew Schulz. Neema is currently working on his new stand up special in addition to producing a live sketch comedy show. His credit as a lead role in the film “Harbour House” is set to be released in late 2023.

FEATURING:

Nikki Payne

Nikki Payne is not good at writing in third person. However, for this bio she is willing to try. You might remember her from Much Music’s “Video on Trial” or NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” before she ran into the wilds of New Brunswick to live with the woodland critters. After being bitten multiple times and covered in ticks she has re-emerged. Her love of comedy could not be suppressed but mostly, her bathroom needs a reno. Payne’s material is filled with piss, vinegar and bad words. Since you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone’s podcast, check out “RX with Nikki and Mandy” wherever podcasts are hatched. This Holiday season you can also look out for her new Christmas album wherever comedy albums are hatched. Currently, you can find Nikki Payne at Mount Allison University pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at a snails pace.

Austen Alexander

AUSTEN ALEXANDER IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, COMEDIAN, WHO HAS GONE VIRAL FOR HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF “IRL”SKETCH COMEDY; AMASSING OVER 100 MILION VIEWS ACROSS HIS SOCIAL PLATFORMS. HIS EFFORTS ONLINE HAVE BEEN A CATALYST TOWARDS THE GOAL OF CREATING HIS
OWN NETWORK TV-SHOW. YOU’LL SEE HIM ON THE BIG SCREEN SOON!

Kyle Patan

Kyle Patan is a stand-up comedian based in Toronto but is originally from Kelowna, BC. He has done JFL NW, JFL Toronto the Toronto Comedy Festival. He also appeared on Shaw TV twice! In Toronto he was nominated as "Break-Out Comic" during the Toronto I Heart Jokes Awards and was a runner-up in the Toronto Sketch Competition last year. He was also apart of LATE BAD during JFL Toronto that was reviewed as "one top moments of the fest that made it special" by Interrobang.