For most parents, a night away from the kids follows the same predictable arc: Call the babysitter, have a quick bite out and maybe squeeze in an early show before rushing home to put junior to bed

Not so for stand-up comic Kate Davis.

"I lived in Thornhill, Ont., and one night I just needed to get out and nothing was open except for a nearby comedy club," she says. "So I went there and as I was watching the other comics, I felt as if I had met a new boyfriend or had my first-kiss."

Chatelaine
Staging a riot - Watch some of the country's silliest, smartest, cheekiest comedians in action By Andrew Clark

Kate Davis
Hometown Toronto
To Davis, a mother of three, stand-up comedy has always been an escape. "I lived around the corner from a comedy club," she says of the first time she tried amateur night, "and needed to get out of the house." Davis is a regular on the Yuk Yuk's comedy circuit and is now doing public speaking, lecturing audiences on the importance of humour in parenting. "My material is just how I feel as a mother, as a woman. I'm just too tired to lie."

Line "We moved out of the city because of the kids – but they found us.... I'm not your average soccer mom. If my kid scores, I just honk from the car."

Center Stage
Most of us, when we think back about our mothers on Mother's Day, will remember her as a homemaker, a teacher, or something fairly "normal." But I doubt any of us remember our mothers doing stand-up. Kate Davis bills herself as.......click here

Decadent Dames Leave Them Laughing - 10th Annual March of Dames comedy festival a gut-busting affair. They say women have an extra rib, one more than a man does; maybe that extra rib is really the mythical funny bone the female persuasion possesses. Judging by the roaring laughter........click here

Comedy - Funny Mommy™
Following a litany of genital gags that came courtesy of the male comics preceding her, Davis, 34, nominated for Best Female Stand-up in this year's Canadian Comedy Awards, opened with: "I have a penis, too. It just happens.......click here

Art Week - Mothers I'd like to find funny
Davis, a native of Toronto, is one of the few comedian-mothers working in Canada. To wit: "We went to the Science Centre and some guy was talking about minerals, and he asked the kids what salt was for...My kids screamed out Tequila." When her son tries to tell her that dick is the French word for penis, she says........click here

Lifestyle - Funny Mommy™
She's a rare combo of mother and comedian
It's not the typical playground moms will find themselves in. In a few minutes, Kate Davis, one of the few professional comedian-moms in Canada, will get to play - hitting the stage with her stand-up routine. and within hours, she'll leave the booze-guziling club in north Toronto for a different......click here

Lifestyles - Mom on television
Moms in all their fascinating permutations will be suitably remembered and honoured on Canadian television this weekend. There will be a mom on strike, a mother spider, grandmothers who cook, sing and dance, mothers and daughters feuding and reconciling and, yes, mothers giving birth. But one of the most engaging.....click here

SceneandHeard.ca
Kate Davis is one Funny Mommy™
The Toronto comic is unapologetic about who she is. Armed with only five years experience as a stand-up, but with a wry sense of humour that can catch you off-guard, Davis told S&H her brand of comedy is based on keeping...............click here

The Canadian Comedy Awards
Pretty Funny Stand-Up Female Nomination 2002 & 2007

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Canadian Mental Health Association - August 8, 2007
"Your presentation certainly matched well with our Work/Life Balance theme of the AGM. As you could tell by the laughter, participants enjoyed your entertaining talk on "Balancing Life with Humour"."
- Christina Papadopoulos
Program Leader - Health Promotion, Education & Training
CMHA - Durham

The Junior League of Toronto - 2006
"Kate was truley a hit. She conveyed many important messages to a group of women under stress by reminding them to incorporate things they love into their lives..."
- Selby Kostuik
New Member Chair, 2006/07
the Junior League of Toronto

The Princess Margeret Hospital Foundation - June 1, 2004
"...thank you for your participaion and support of the 2nd Annual Laugh Lines, all female comdey show."
- Paul Alofs
President & CEO

 The night of stars gala - April 22, 2002
"...our sincere thanks to you for your generous support of the Toronto Association for Community Living."
-Mary MacDonald
Director, Public Relations & Fundraising