Jamie Lórien MacDonald (born 12 June 1977 in

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Jamie MacDonald tekee komiikkaa sukupuolenkorjauksestaan
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'' 29 October 2015. Accessed on 11 April 2021.) is a Canadian-born Finnish

stand up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehea ...

. MacDonald started his stand up career in 2012.Varo, koomikko
'' Voima''. Accessed on 11 April 2021. He is the host of the Feminist Comedy Night comedy event started in 2015. He also hosts the Comedy Idiot club together with Aatu Raitala, the Punch Up! – Resistance & Glitter show together with Juuso Kekkonen and Mira EskelinenPunch Up! naittaa stand upia, burleskia ja dragia
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'' 29 August 2018. Accessed on 11 April 2021. as well as the Attic Underground event. Punch Up! was awarded the Theatre Act of the Year 2021 award by the Finnish Centre for Theatre. He has also been part of the performance ''Transformations – Otteita maskuliinisuuden sanakirjasta'' combining spoken theatre,

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and stand up comedy, directed by Teemu Mäki as well was the ''Manning Up'' document by Aira Vehaskari. MacDonald was awarded Comedian of the Year in 2016. MacDonald was born in Vancouver and moved to

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in 2002. His mother is Finnish. MacDonald has studied performance arts and its theory at the

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. On his gigs, MacDonald bases his humour on his

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ity experience. MacDonald started

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at the age of 35.Transsukupuolinen Jamie korjasi sukupuolensa 35-vuotiaana Suomessa: "Terveydenhuollon vakuuttaminen oli väsyttävää"
MTV 8 April 2018. Accessed on 11 April 2021.

References

External links

Official site
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Manning Up
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