Q’d Up with Cathryn Naiker

Cathryn Naiker joins Jimmer Lowe for an Episode of Q’d Up.  A few years ago, Cathryn Naiker decided to leave her career in broadcasting to follow her dreams of becoming a comedy writer, comedian and according to the British Journal of Psychiatry, completely insane. But the risk has paid off.  In 2019 Cathryn became a writer for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Previously she was the writers room Script Coordinator for The Mr D Show season 8, writer for The Beaverton Season 2 and contributor for their website. She has also been a writing consultant for the popular YouTube Channel ASAPScience.
Currently she is writing for the video game Later Daters with Bloom Digital and is a bursary recipient with the Toronto Artscape Daniels Launchpad for developing independent projects.  Cathryn is also a proud alumni of The Writers Guild of Canada & Bell Media Diverse Screenwriters program. She also wrote and co-starred in the IPF funded web series Dhaliwal ‘15 with YouTube star Jus Reign.  As a comedian, she has been accepted to the Women In Comedy Festival (WICF Boston) and performed at top comedy festivals such as, JFL42, Just For Laughs Pitch at your own risk & JFLZoo fest, Gilda’s Club Laugh Fest, She Dot (Toronto 3 years in a row), Border City Comedy Fest, Brantford Comedy Fest, and NXNE to name a few.  She is an in demand performer in Canada's comedy scene and continues to pursue her goals of hilarious domination.