Comedian Dianne Skoll will be performing her critically-acclaimed solo show “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Becoming a Woman” to the Perth & District Library on September 7, 2024.
The show is the final event in the “Lanark Speaks: Queer Speaker Series” offered by the Perth & District Library and Queer Connection Lanark (QCL) with support from the Perth & District Community Foundation.
“The Lanark Speaks series has been a platform for some truly excellent guest speakers. It has been an honour and pleasure to share in their life stories,” said Emily Fournier, Library Specialist. “Dianne Skoll is funny and insightful, and we are looking forward to this final, after-hours celebration.”
Skoll is a comedian and a transgender woman who transitioned later in life who especially enjoys comedy about LGBT and trans experiences. She performs standup and sketch comedy and her comedy runs the gamut from one-liners and observational humour to edgy and ribald. Dianne has been performing comedy of various kinds since 2015 and stand-up since 2016. She was a finalist in the 2021 Mike MacDonald Summer Comedy Competition and wrote and starred in a critically-acclaimed solo show “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Becoming a Woman” in the 2022 Ottawa Fringe Festival. Dianne was a finalist in the Ladies Room Comedy Festival in New York City in November, 2023. She has opened for performers such as Mike Wilmot, Heidi Foss, Martha Chaves, Ted Morris and Adrienne Fish. Her comedy tracks play on SiriusXM and she performs regularly in clubs in Ottawa and across Southern Ontario.
This 18+ night will be held Saturday, September 7 from 7-8:30pm at the Library at 30 Herriott St, Perth ON. Doors open at 6:30 pm. RSVP to this free evening of entertainment in advance at www.perthunionlibrary.ca or at the door.
To learn more about Queer Connection Lanark, visit www.queerconnectionlanark.ca.
To learn more about the services offered by the Library, visit www.perthunionlibrary.ca.
Contacts:
Perth & District Union Public Library
Contact: Emily Fournier, (613) 267-1224
efournier@perthunionlibrary.ca
Queer Connection Lanark
Contact: Elizabeth Snyder
qclanark@gmail.com