Everything you ever wanted to know about Marilla Wex 2010-09-08T16:57:33Z http://marillawex.com/feed/atom/ WordPress MarillaWexhttp://feedburner.google.com Rill http://www.marillawex.com http://marillawex.com/?p=1811 2010-09-08T16:57:33Z 2010-09-08T16:57:33Z 0 How fitting that I&#8217;m celebrating my second anniversary of doing stand-up by hosting the West End Girls&#8217; first anniversary show! It&#8217;s been a wonderful two years &#8211; I&#8217;ve competed in five stand-up competitions, been in the finals and the semi-finals of the Toronto Comedy Brawl in 2009 and 2010 respectively, I&#8217;ve done two charity gigs [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://marillawex.com">Marilla Wex - the Official Website and Blog</a><br/><br/><a href="http://marillawex.com/2010/09/west-end-girls-%e2%80%93-anniversary-edition/">West End Girls – Anniversary Edition!</a></p> Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2010/01/west-end-girls-this-thursday/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: West End Girls this Thursday'>West End Girls this Thursday</a></li> <li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2009/09/gigs-for-week-of-september-7th-2009/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Gigs for week of September 7th 2009'>Gigs for week of September 7th 2009</a></li> <li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2009/09/new-stand-up-material-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: New stand-up material online'>New stand-up material online</a></li> </ol> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aHwYzXc9pWQGBCWUyhiV2s_CjTY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aHwYzXc9pWQGBCWUyhiV2s_CjTY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aHwYzXc9pWQGBCWUyhiV2s_CjTY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aHwYzXc9pWQGBCWUyhiV2s_CjTY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Rill http://www.marillawex.com http://marillawex.com/?p=1801 2010-08-29T16:44:07Z 2010-08-29T16:44:07Z 0 They came. They learned. They conquered the mic. My stand-up teacher, Dawn Whitwell, has organized a showcase for some of her female graduates at the Comedy Bar this Friday. I&#8217;m very flattered to be on the show: Dawn is promoting it as the best of her recent students. 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Last week I was very lucky to be on the first edition of the Glam! Cabaret. It was an incredibly well-organized night of variety acts (thanks again to Topher McFarlane and The Sketchers for producing the show), had a live feed and was filmed with three cameras! This is [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://marillawex.com">Marilla Wex - the Official Website and Blog</a><br/><br/><a href="http://marillawex.com/2010/08/new-stand-up-set-online/">New stand-up set online</a></p> Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2008/10/my-stand-up-debut-is-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: My stand-up debut is online!'>My stand-up debut is online!</a></li> <li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2009/11/watch-ninjamaica-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Watch Ninjamaica online!'>Watch Ninjamaica online!</a></li> <li><a href='http://marillawex.com/2009/09/watch-the-good-times-are-killing-me-online/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Watch &#8220;The Good Times Are Killing Me&#8221; online!'>Watch &#8220;The Good Times Are Killing Me&#8221; online!</a></li> </ol> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AlOAr3t3nihfnJi3nnQ-n_Uj2NE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AlOAr3t3nihfnJi3nnQ-n_Uj2NE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AlOAr3t3nihfnJi3nnQ-n_Uj2NE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/AlOAr3t3nihfnJi3nnQ-n_Uj2NE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> Rill http://www.marillawex.com http://marillawex.com/?p=1754 2010-08-10T18:01:40Z 2010-08-11T13:00:39Z 0 Facebook is a wonderful thing. 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