Kate Hammer is a fresh face and also entire person forged in the comedy, writing, and performance scenes, living it up in Scotland, U.K. They have performed internationally as an improviser, stand-up, sketch comedian, and actor.

Kate “the” Hammer studied Creative Writing at Concordia University, and has trained with Steve Kaplan, at UCB, specializing in any improv that has a full name (see: Harold, Armando, Janice Tremblay). She also studied French language, and utilizes this bilingualism frequently in cool bars and hot dates. Kate is now a Master in TV Fiction Writing from Glasgow Caledonian University.

Kate is the creator, producer, and host of the monthly comedy hour and production company called INFEMOUS. It creates space for fem and non-binary folk because, as it turns out, we still need that to happen. Featuring new and pro community members, the show brings sketch, improv, and a monologist together in a safe and empowering way. It has a revolving cast and always a full house because if you put up twinkle lights, they will come; and if you put on a diverse, positive show, they will stay.

Kate won Runner-Up Best Local Troupe at Montreal Sketchfest ‘19, as well as being nominated for three FRANKIE awards at the 2019 Montreal Fringe for the show she wrote, directed, produced, and acted in called The Peers (JFL Best Comedy, Segal Centre Best Theatre Company, and Freestanding Room’s Making Big Things Happen in Small Spaces). She was awarded the Excellence in Playwriting Award at the McGill Theatre Festival, and published a feminist anthology in 2018 that supremely upset one straight, white man (and maybe more!!)

She was invited to present her play, Waiting for Janice, at the 2020 Queer Reading Series, and currently works as a Comedy and Script Consultant for several projects, some of which are being funded by the CBC.

Kate Hammer “Head Shark” knows a lot about goats and their cheese, so please feel free to start up a conversation anytime you see fit, in any way safe and possible.

Photographs by David Morris, Mathieu Samson, and Jeremy Cabrera.