About two years ago, "100% Canasian" Coquitlam comic Ed Hill - as he describes himself on his website - was working at a comedy festival in Oshawa when he met David Andrew Brent.
The pair clicked right away and, since then, they have appeared regularly at clubs around Canada.
Next week, the duo will bring their 19+ show to Port Coquitlam's Second Storey Theatre to give a humorous take of their lives so far.
"We're two comics who are pretty honest in our material," Hill said by phone from Calgary last week, where he was appearing at Yuk Yuk's. "The laughs are going to come from a place that you will connect with in some way because you may have gone through these situations yourself like with your family, job or bad diet."
Though comedy is only his part-time gig, the Pinetree secondary grad has been successful as a stand-up. He has appeared on Bite TV and XM Radio and, this summer, he has dates in Canada, the U.S., Hong Kong, Singapore and his native Taiwan (he emigrated 18 years ago).
Meanwhile, Brent, a voice actor/impressionist, has opened for comics Jim Jefferies, Anthony Jeslnik and The Trailer Park Boys and has been on MTV Canada, MuchMusic and Sirius XM.
After their PoCo performance, Brent will return home to Toronto to open a one-man show.
Tickets for The Unusual Suspects on Thursday, Aug. 8 are $10 at the door of Second Storey Theatre (2550 Shaughnessy St., PoCo). Email [email protected] for information.
