Comedy festival supports mental health in Iqaluit – Nunatsiaq News
October 12, 2018
Iqaluit’s Arctic Comedy Festival, sponsored by First Air, wants to warm your soul with laughter.
The three-day comedy festival scheduled to run from Thursday, Oct. 11, until Saturday night, will showcase Canadian stand-up talent, while collecting funds for the Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line.
Those funds will be used for training and volunteer support, said Sheila Levy, director of the Nunavut Kamatsiaqtut Help Line.
“We were contacted this summer by Alterna Crack-up Comedy who wanted to do a festival in Iqaluit. They do these in Ottawa and give proceeds to a mental health service who need the funds. Comedy supports mental health and laughing together is healthy,” Levy said.
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