Arts

Andrea Martin headlines 519 fundraiser

Canadian comic tells Xtra she might be related to Lady Gaga

By Xtra.ca staff • May 31, 2011 8:00 pm EDT

Comic Andrea Martin is bringing her hilarious one-woman show, Final Days! Everything Must Go!, to the 519 Church Street Community Centre on Sunday, June 5 and Monday, June 6.

Martin talks with xtra.ca’s Ryan Carter about the show and meeting Barbra Streisand, and she raises the possibility that she is Lady Gaga’s mother. The event is a gala fundraiser for the community centre. For more information go to: the519.org/events/andreamartin.

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