A lifelong lover of sketch comedy, Peter got his start with live sketch comedy group 'The Legend of Bonefish.' After five years of regular performances in some of Vancouver's best theatres (and dingiest dives), Peter's taste for the writing and performing of comedy was merely whetted. Two new groups sprung up: 'Long Hard Comedy Rocket' a duo with Sam Dulmage that specializes in Abbott and Costello ...  show all 

A lifelong lover of sketch comedy, Peter got his start with live sketch comedy group 'The Legend of Bonefish.' After five years of regular performances in some of Vancouver's best theatres (and dingiest dives), Peter's taste for the writing and performing of comedy was merely whetted. Two new groups sprung up: 'Long Hard Comedy Rocket' a duo with Sam Dulmage that specializes in Abbott and Costello-style wordplay with a cleverly ribald vernacular and 'Blackout Broadcast' a trio with Dylan Rhymer and Jackie Blackmore that satirizes modern media through a fake-o live radio news broadcast. This has led him nicely into a career writing and performing in film and television without robbing him of a strong will to create his own work. Last September, for example, he co-starred (with Sam Dulmage and Michael Coleman), in a six episode sitcom written by himself, Coleman, Dulmage, Rhymer and Tony Gronick entitled "The Triple Eight Happy Lucky Golden Dragon All-Nite Market Television Telecast" (or maybe just "The Triple Eight"). Peter teaches sketch comedy and sitcom writing at the Vancouver Film School. He's a Vancouver Canucks fan. He thinks 'They Might Be Giants' is still a wicked cool band. He's more a dog person than a cat person, but can respect both positions.
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