Catching up with Ron James

Ron James has been on the road almost non-stop since the lock downs have ended and people started going to live events again. And the road is where Ron James feels most alive. And at times a bit lonely. The author of the best-selling memoir All Over the Map has been taking his sold-out Back Where I Belong Tour back to the stages across Canada. And on July 16th, the comedy icon will be taking the stage to the Avon Theatre as part of the Stratford Festival. And they describe his two hour show as a "unique brand of poetically charged, affably subversive stand-up comedy". It's a fitting venue for an artist who is able to paint beautifully poignant images one minute, and then having you grabbing your sides from laughter the next. He sat down for a chat from his home in Toronto, just after wrapping a series of West Coast shows and driving alone back across the prairies. He is a Canadian treasure with hilarious stories that show his love of his maritime roots and his Nova Scotia getaway.