Wanda Sykes to make Alberta debut with back-to-back comedy shows

Wanda Sykes arrives at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Courtesy: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) (Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

One of the most recognizable voices in comedy is coming to Alberta to deliver big laughs next fall.

Emmy award winning stand-up comic, writer, actress and producer Wanda Sykes will be centre stage in Calgary and Edmonton for the first time in her career performing stand-up comedy.

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The Alberta-stint is part of her Please and Thank You World Tour, which starts March 21 in San Antonio, Texas.

Sykes' film credits include 2017’s Snatched where she performs alongside Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer, Evan Almighty, Monster-in-Law and My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Her work in television is no joke either.

She appeared in Broad City, House of Lies, Curb Your Enthusiasm, hosted her own late-night show and starred in her own sitcom, Wanda at Large, where she’s credited as a producer and writer.

Currently, she stars as one of the leads for Netflix’s The Upshaws, which is going into its fifth season in April.

The prolific comedian won an Emmy for her work on The Chris Rock Show for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program in 1999, and boasts 17 total nominations throughout her 20-year-plus career.

Sykes will begin the Alberta shows with special guest Keith Robinson at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary on Sept. 27 then head north to Edmonton to perform at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium on Sept. 28 before closing out the tour in Los Angeles.

Tickets will be on sale March 14 and will be available through Ticketmaster. Pre-sale tickets will be available March 12.