EXCLUSIVE: Shelved producer Counterfeit Footage has employed long-serving Simply For Laughs comedy skilled Zoe Rabnett.
She takes on the publish of Director of Expertise and Comedy Growth, efficient instantly, on the Toronto-based producer.
Rabnett not too long ago exited her publish as Simply For Laughs’ Director of Canadian and Worldwide Programming, having spent 14 years on the Montreal-based comedy home.
Nicely-known on the Canadian comedy circuit, Rabnett additionally labored at Diamondfield Leisure, the place she produced and booked the Rivoli’s famed caberet-style ALTdot COMedy Lounge present for 10 years.
Whereas at Simply For Laughs, she was answerable for discovering and reserving comedy expertise from Canada and around the globe for the competition, in addition to for the group’s excursions and TV specials. In that capability, she first collaborated with Counterfeit, performing as a producer on co-productions corresponding to CTV Comedy packages Roast Battle Canada and The Stand Up Present and several other stand-up specials for Crave.
“Zoe is a fierce champion of Canadian comedy with a deep and abiding curiosity in selling new expertise,” stated. Counterfeit accomplice Shane Corkery. “Her information and experience — coming from arguably an important comedy showcase on the planet — is an energizing addition to our firm as we proceed to construct upon our mission to develop screen-based initiatives with progressive Canadian comedian expertise.”
“I’m genuinely thrilled to be part of the Counterfeit staff and have been an admirer of their work and partnership for a very long time,” stated Rabnett. “As a supporter of Canadian comedy, and of the unbelievable expertise that exists on this nation, I’m excited to seek out and work with distinctive and humorous voices, and to create unique content material that showcases them at their greatest.”
Counterfeit was established in 2013 by Corkery, Anton Leo and Dan Bennett and its initiatives embody Sunnyside (CityTV/FX Canada), Darkish Cargo (YouTube Premium) and the mockumentary Decoys (CBC Gem). It’s additionally in post- manufacturing on scripted half-hour comedy Shelved for CTV, created by showrunner Anthony Q. Farrell (Overlord and the Underwoods, The Workplace) and slated to premiere in 2023.
