Loading ...Colin Mochrie: improv master
Award-winning Canadian performer shares perspectives on life after 50
Colin Mochrie is an award-winning, multi-talented performer and writer, born in the 1950s in Kilmarnock, Scotland, setting foot on Canadian soil in 1964, where he has since remained. You may know him from 12 years on the successful TV show Whose Line is It Anyway?, and for the comedy series Getting Along Famously for which he was co-creator, executive producer, writer and star with his wife Debra McGrath.
He has appeared in many Canadian comedy series, is a sought-after featured performer in several films – and will host the Canadian version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Resident of Toronto’s Leaside, Colin performs more than 100 live improv shows per year with Brad Sherwood. In 2009 Colin and Brad performed at the National Press Correspondents Dinner for the US President and the executive branch. Recently seen performing live in Toronto at the Princess of Wales Theatre, at the Gilda’s Club benefit It’s Always Something, he spoke with Tempo Toronto about life beyond 50. (And, by the way, he is a really good person.)
Official launch of Tempo Toronto, and why
Tempo Toronto is the creation of Tina Rogers, former executive, journalist, photographer and consultant in business communications with an MBA and Masters in Management. When she retired from her role as senior executive in a Canadian software company, she gained peace, contentment and the opportunity to try new things in her life.
In the spirit of sharing, she had the vision to create a magazine that would inspire fellow third-agers living in and around Toronto to sometimes escape from their roles as parents, grandparents, employees, housekeepers, caregivers and adult children and try something different just for themselves. Tina’s third-age achievements include learning to ride and winning first prize in a novice dressage competition, getting a pilot’s license, piloting a helicopter, qualified in sailing, rescue SCUBA diver, cross-country and downhill skiing, canoeing and camping in Algonquin’s back-country, winter camping in a self-built quinzy, dragon boat racing for charity, tried on-line dating and met her dearly beloved of 7 years, discovered a talent for watercolour painting, became board member with several charity and not-for-profit organizations, graduated with an MBA and Masters in Management, and bought a Vespa. Now 56, she’s not even close to stopping!
“I come from a simple background. If I can push the envelope during my third age, then anyone can. I am motivated to explore all that life has to offer, and continue to embrace new opportunities.”
Tempo Toronto is only about encouragement and inspiration. It’s all positive. We want to open doors to persuade you to try something new, something that perhaps wasn’t even on your radar. And, most of all, Tempo Toronto is all about being positive and staying active in mind, body and spirit. We ask you to join our community by registering, and get connected to other inspirational people.
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