The Cates - Canadian Comedians and Entertainers

Welcome! Thanks for reading a bit further to find out who are and what makes us tick. I’m a professional comedy juggling and variety entertainer living in Cambridge Ontario. I could never have imagined I would be making a living on stage, having grown up on a pig farm near Forest Ontario. But I’ve been in show business full time since 1995, shortly after I won the Canadian Juggling Championships. My timing was perfect since they were discontinued after that year!

In high school, I was inspired by a juggling classmate and taught myself to juggle with tennis balls. I practiced hard, learning advanced juggling, unicycling, balancing skills and performance techniques. My passion for performing and the art of juggling continued to develop during my 5 years of post-secondary education, earning a diploma from the Baptist Leadership Education Centre in Toronto and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University. After university, I volunteered for seven months in Lithuania with IFES, the European version of Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship.

Following my return to Canada in 1995, I began performing full time. In the 1990s, I performed at many fairs, festivals and private events, as well as at every major Busking Festival in Canada. In 2000, I started performing on cruise ships 20 weeks a year for Holland America, Disney, Cunard, Royal Caribbean, Princess and Celebrity. I continue to make a living today in part with headline performances on cruise ships. But most of my performances now are for corporate, association and gala special events, as well as at church and ministry events.