Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood: Asking for Trouble

Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, two older white men standing close together wearing black suits with dark ties. They are looking up into the camera with curious faces on display in front of a red background.

Friday, October 24

7pm

Capitol Theater

$48.23 - $70.73

Age Recommendation

May not be appropriate for young audiences due to content, length, or atmosphere.

Get ready for an evening of sidesplitting laughter as Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, the dynamic duo from TV's "Whose Line is it Anyway?," take the stage in a one-night-only uproarious live show.

Armed with their lightning-fast wits, Mochrie and Sherwood transform the audience’s suggestions into an unpredictable evening of non-stop comedy gold. No script? No problem! “Asking For Trouble” is a wild rollercoaster ride of hilarity, where two improv legends prove they are still the best in the business.

This is a facility rental event presented by an independent organization separate from Overture Center for the Arts.

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Meet the Artists

Hilaritycus smoothius

Scotland, that craggy, majestic, malt whiskeyed land has spawned many myths besides the Loch Ness Monster. One such legend is Colin Mochrie (Hilaritycus smoothius). A migratory creature that left his birthplace for the Great White North (Canada), Mochrie learned his theatrical craft through repeated behavioral rituals at Studio 58 located in the mountain nestled, sparkling jewel of the Northwest, Vancouver, British Columbia. 
 
A hard-working, imaginative mammal, Mochrie used his chameleon-like skills to blend in with others of his ilk, never being noticed until noted anthropologists Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson discovered him at the Toronto Second City. Moving him to the Whose Line is it Anyway Institute in historical and damp London, Patterson and Leveson slowly groomed Colin till he became an international sensation. Working with Drew Carey at the US based institute of the same name only increased interest in the reclusive beast.

Cranuis giganticum

As a young hatchling, Brad Sherwood (Cranius gigantum) fled the ice plains of Chicago for the arid expanse of the Rocky Mountains where he settled at the epicenter of art and coyote sculptures, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Weaned on green chiles and isolation, he became a savant of self-amusement. 

Years later he hopped a hobo train to the Pacific Ocean where he searched for people willing to employ someone with an abnormally large skull. Eventually he was plucked from the Venice Beach Freak Show by a band of improvising gypsies who passed him from troupe to troupe until he was sold into servitude to some British Choreographer/Pirates. They in turn sold him to a British improv TV show where he was hired to teach Canadians how to be funny. 

Now, he is ward and caretaker of his least successful pupil, Colin Mochrie. Sherwood is given a stipend from the Canadian government to keep Mochrie from hurting himself or livestock. As part of Mochrie’s therapy, Sherwood tours with him in an improvised stage performance that helps creatively channel Mochrie's delusions. 

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