Gord Paynter

(Canada)

Website: www.gordpaynter.ca

It wasn't until after he lost his eyesight because of diabetes, that Gord Paynter realized his dream of becoming a professional comic. Gord tours throughout North America performing as both a stand-up comic and a motivational speaker.

Drawing from his own life experiences, he talks about the new challenges blindness brought to his life and how he managed to overcome them. Paynter combines his original brand of humour with emotional, hard-hitting reality.

Gord has been featured at the international comedy festival Just For Laughs in Montreal, and has appeared on The Comedy Network's Open Mike With Mike Bullard, Club 54, and CBC's Fifth Estate and The Nature Of Things With David Suzuki.

As part of Abilities Arts Festival 2005, Gord Paynter was a featured performer in the festival's Matinee Series.