RON JAMES 'TRUE NORTH' 2016 NEW YEARS EVE CBC COMEDY SPECIAL
FILMED AT THE KINGSTON GRAND THEATRE
RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN RON JAMES IN HIS LATEST CBC SPECIAL,
RON JAMES: TRUE NORTH
Friday, December 30 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC
ENCORE Sunday, January 1 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC
Look back and laugh at the year that was on Friday, December 30 at 9 p.m. (9:30 p.m. NT) with award-winning comedian Ron James in his ninth one-hour comedy special, RON JAMES: TRUE NORTH, filmed in one of James’ favourite towns, Kingston, Ontario at The Grand Theatre. An encore broadcast of the much-anticipated special will air on Sunday, January 1 at 9 p.m. (9:30 p.m. NT) on CBC.
TRUE NORTH finds Ron James and his poetically charged brand of funny searching for slivers of sanity in a year so categorically ‘cuckoo’ that he watched dumbstruck as just about every nation on earth but Canada went “to hell in a hand cart.” James sends up Britain and their ‘Brexit’ decision and also shares his comedically-candid views on the results of the US presidential election.
As Canada approaches its ‘sesquicentennial,’ James examines why the country’s international reputation has never been more stellar with particular focus on Mr. Sunny Ways himself, Justin Trudeau.
Looking at the year in review, James weighs in on an eclectic tableau of subjects from the legalization of marijuana to Pokemon Go; ridiculous bathroom laws in North Carolina to indigenous water rights; the Rio Olympics as well as the role certain figures in Canadian history have played in forging Canada’s national identity.
James also addresses what he considers the ‘elephant in the room’ for 2016 – the ascension of Donald Trump to the most powerful office in the world – sparing no mercy as only Ron James can. Ultimately, TRUE NORTH is a rollicking, impassioned and sometimes ribald celebration of Canada at its 150th year.
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Critical Acclaim
"Utterly Brilliant" - Ottawa Sun
"a man of a million words and a million laughs ... genius" - Globe & Mail
"a unique brand of funny all his own" - Winnipeg Free Press
"fits of helpless laughter" - Halifax Chronicle Herald
"hysterically funny ... at the top of his game" - Toronto Star
"gut-bustingly, knee slappingly funny" - Ottawa Citizen
"funniest man in Canada" - Victoria Times-Colonist
"a wheezing, snorting, chortling, gasping night of hilarity" - Edmonton Sun
"fast, funny and smart" - Montreal Gazette
"simply the best" - Toronto Sun
"thunderous standing ovation" - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Performed in the Regina Rosen Auditorium, within the Grand Theatre
