Brooke emerged from the sketch and improvisation clubs of Chicago, including Second City, iO Theatre, and The Annoyance. In 2019, he launched the London-based ‘Big Smoke Comedy’, a show combining stand-up comedy with an improvised finale, most recently featured in the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at BOXPARK Croydon. He has won the Blackout competition at Up-The-Creek in Greenwich, several improvisation ‘Cage Match’s at The Free Association Theatre, and been listed with one of ‘The 40 Funniest Jokes At The 2023 Edinburgh Fringe’ by The Telegraph. He has performed as far East as Belgrade (Ben Akiba) and as far West as Peoria (Jukebox).