Derek Edwards: Oxy Moron at Kingston Grand Theatre

Derek Edwards can make a small certainty sound ridiculous if you give him a minute to worry it from every direction. His Oxy Moron tour comes to Kingston Grand Theatre on December 2. The show’s title gives you a clue to the kind of observation he can get a night’s work out of.

A comic who gives an ordinary sentence time to go wrong

Edwards works in the space between somebody explaining a thing confidently and the moment you realize how little of it holds up. A short pause can do as much as a punch line, especially after he’s given you just enough of a story to think you know where it’s going. If you like comics whose delivery is as important as their material, that’s the reason to hear him in a room.

Kingston’s Wednesday date is an excuse to gather the people who can still make you laugh by repeating the way somebody once said a perfectly ordinary thing. A theatre gives Edwards time to develop a thought before it lands, and gives the audience space to recognize the joke in waves. Check the Grand’s listing for available seats and what they cost.

Edwards has won Best Standup Comic at the Canadian Comedy Awards, and the Grand’s listing points to his years at Just for Laughs. What makes the veteran worth hearing in a theatre is the time he can give an ordinary story. Some comics get a laugh by rushing into the ridiculous part. Edwards can let you get comfortable with a detail before you notice it was the detail that set the whole joke in motion. The slow setup also makes hearing the laugh spread across the room part of the fun.

When and where

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. · Kingston Grand Theatre, 218 Princess Street, Kingston

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