Russell Peters has done the requisite Netflix stand-up specials (and a Prime Video one to boot), but he was making a point in 2016 when he called his second one “Almost Famous.” The Canadian ...

Peters: This is Russell in his happy place, so it’ll be good. It’s always nice to be in your happy place when you’re on stage. It’s not as in your face as you may expect it to be.

Peters was subject to racism from his early days growing up in Canada. Bullied in school and targeted with racial slurs such as “Paki,” he wrote in his autobiography “Call Me Russell,” he ...

Peters has, after all, been swift enough to have survived 35 years in a business that eats its old and often its young. AT A GLANCE Russell Peters performs Friday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. at the Bell Centre.

Canada’s own comedy rockstar, the unbelievably versatile and talented comedian Russel Peters hosts this stand-up comedy special. He is joined by Dave Merheje, Sophie Buddle, Dara Ó’Briain, James Davis ...

Russell Peters has done the requisite Netflix stand-up specials (and a Prime Video one to boot), but he was making a point in 2016 when he called his second one “Almost Famous.” The Canadian ...