Two Girls One Trench Coat w/ Quinn Contini, Chris Borger

The Grindstone Comedy Fest presents a one hour performance of Improvised comedy featuring the headlining duo Two Girls One Trench Coat, with Quinn Contini and Chris Borger, hosted by Matt Ness!

Two Girls One Trench Coat

Two Girls One Trench Coat is a comedy duo based in Toronto comprised of Brennan Asbridge and Victoria Kucher. They are known for their grounded scene work with strong characters and zany ideas. This duo focuses on Long Form Improv with quick edits, stylized scene work and edgy content. The two have performed in Festivals around North America in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, New York, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and MORE! Brennan & Victoria have a long-running monthly duo show, "Seeing Double", hosted out of Comedy Bar Bloor, and have produced over 3 successful runs of the format "Close Quarters" at Bad Dog Theatre. You can see them on your screen in the digital series "Brennan & Victoria Make Rent"

FEATURING:

Quinn Contini

Quinn is an improviser, instructor, and arts administrator. He’s taught and performed from coast to coast in Canada and the US, he’s been around Europe twice, and as far as Dubai. He is the Co-founder of Tightrope Theatre (Vancouver), and lives in Edmonton where he performs with Marv n Berry Sketch Comedy, Off Book the Improvised Musical, Rapid Fire Theatre, Grindstone Theatre, DieNasty, and Atomic Improv. In his spare time, he officiates weddings in the mountains, and emcees the dog show at the Calgary Stampede.

Chris Borger

Chris Borger is an improv comedian based in Edmonton. He performs regularly with Atomic Improv, Rapid Fire Theatre, and the 11 O’clock Number. As well, he has produced online comedy content for Oilersnation and the CBC.

He is a founding member of sketch comedy troupe Marv n’ Berry, with whom he has toured North America’s comedy festival circuit, appearing recently at the Dallas Comedy Festival, San Fransico Sketchfest, and a fundraiser show in Mundare to raise money to buy the town mascot (who is actual pig) a new heart. The pig didn’t survive the surgery, but Chris went on to host the the main stage of the 2022 Calgary Folk Music Festival so that was also sweet for him.

Matt Ness of Sorry, Not Sorry

Actor/Improviser Matt Ness has lived in Edmonton his whole life and for 8 of those years he has been acting and improvising in theatres across the city. His most well known techniques are his impression of a deer, bad rapping and being able to improvise with drunk people. You can find Matt every other Saturday at the Grindstone or at the Fringe Festival in August his two shows: Agent Thunder: you only laugh twice & yegDND: an improv fantasy adventure.