Telling our Stories Speaker Series with Robin Duke
Wed, Sep 11
|Haliburton
My Funny Life and Improvising Through It


Time & Location
Sep 11, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Haliburton, 6712 Gelert Rd, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0, Canada
About the event
The lessons of Improvisation gave Robin Duke the tools not only to survive a forty year career writing and performing comedy on stage film and Television, but to have a baby at forty, teach comedy, full time, at College at fifty, survive breast cancer at fifty four, get a masters degree in Creative Non-fiction, write a memoir in her sixties and live in the COVID pandemic. Robin's presentation includes behind the scenes stories from Second City to SNL to Schitt’s Creek, personal anecdotes, and ‘take away’ games to practice at home to help you become a better communicator.
Bio Robin began her career writing and performing comedy at Second City Theatre in Toronto. Since then, she has written and performed on television’s SCTV and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE creating memorable characters and sketches, The Whiners and Mr and Mrs T’s Bloody Mary Mix. You might just recognize her as…