Straight from their Las Vegas Residency at the legendary Showroom at HarrahB次元官网网址檚, comedian Colin Mochrie and hypnotist Asad Mecci will perform their uniquely blended show of humour and hypnosis to Vancouver Island this week.

According to a release for the show, as an international success story, B次元官网网址楬yprov: Improv Under HypnosisB次元官网网址� continues to make waves after its sold-out Canadian tour earlier this ear and off-Broadway run last year. The live 90-minute show, which has been described as a B次元官网网址渃elebration of the human imagination,B次元官网网址� blends the art forms of hypnosis and improv for a B次元官网网址渙ne-of-a-kind comedy experience.B次元官网网址�

The show was created in 2016 at TorontoB次元官网网址檚 Second City, and after working it out on stage, was taken on the road to Just for Laughs London, Just for Laughs Montreal, and the Edinburgh Fringe where it was received with rave reviews. The duo set out on a 60-city tour from 2019-22, which continues across North America in 2023-24.

The performance starts when Mecci invites 20 volunteers on stage to be hypnotized and the most receptive then join Mochrie to improvise the rest of the show, all while still hypnotized.

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During a podcast with Black Press Media, Mochrie said wherever they go, people want to be a part of the show.

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During the podcast Mecci said the volunteers are turned into an improv troupe in an instant.

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B次元官网网址楬yprov: Improv Under HypnosisB次元官网网址� will be performed in Nanaimo at the Port Theatre on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The show will continue on the Island in Campbell River at the Tidesmark Theatre on Nov. 9, and in Sidney at the Sidney Winspear Centre, Nov. 10-12.

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