tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53198983363257971702024-03-13T07:50:00.372-05:00Winnipeg ImprovThe Winnipeg Improv Festival was founded in 2000 and is produced by the Gas Station Arts Centre. We have showcased improvisation, comedy, theatre, more improv, stand-up, sketch comedy, and even more improv.
Next festival is in October 2017 at the Gas Station Arts Centre. Stay tuned.Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469264618217190760noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-45393629608323486962017-08-24T20:15:00.004-05:002017-09-05T17:45:19.432-05:00Improv Festival 2017<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns again. Bringing you the best of improv, comedy and theatre live on a stage. Players from across Canada and the USA collaborate with locals performers bringing you the the MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF THEATRE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Winnipeg if... Improv Festival is based out of the Gas Station Arts Centre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Improv suggestion app by Dave Morris</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Improv Encyclopedia (of games)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another Winnipeg if... Improv Festival comes to a close. We would like to send a HUGE thank you to everyone involved. The guests we brought in to be in the Festival Ensemble were incredible. Randy Dixon leading the workshops was a treat and Winnipeg will be inspired by his words for years. The festival created a new element in the Local Ensemble, bringing together 13 members of the improv community to work and perform. It was such a tremendous success. The Sketch Ensemble was the same, as it was a new element and was created to foster the growing sketch comedy scene. Kevin McDonald from The Kids in the Hall lead the ensemble in creating brand new sketch from improv tools. Thank you to all the volunteers and all the audiences and all of Winnipeg! </span></div>
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Kevin McDonald and the Sketch Ensemble<br />
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Stephen and Kevin about to do some early early morning TV<br />
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Randy Dixon working with the Local Ensemble<br />
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Stephen Sim (Artistic Director) and Caity Curtis (Associate Artistic Director) on the very last night after the secret awards ceremony. Thank you from both of us!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We will be flying in some amazing guests performers from <b>Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto, Port Coquitlam and Winnipeg</b> (well, the guests from Winnipeg will maybe take the bus).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We will showcasing <b>Improvisation</b> as well as collaboration with <b>Sketch Comedy</b> and <b>Stand-up Comedy</b>. Not only will we be showcasing some great out of town improv shows, we also also invent some improv shows of our own. We will be creating a <b>Festival Ensemble</b> of players, as well as a <b>Local Ensemble</b> of players and a <b>Sketch Ensemble</b> of players. What does this mean? It means we will be making up some amazing new improv and hilarious new sketch comedy. The improv ensembles will be directed by none other than <b>Randy Dixon (Seattle's Unexpected Productions)</b> and the Sketch ensemble will be directed by <b>Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall)</b>. You will also get to see some stand-up and sketch comedy from Mark Little and Andrew Bush (of <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/picnicface">Picnicface </a></b>fame!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The festival started in the year 2000 and has brought to Winnipeg the very best in the "made up arts". From some of the original gurus and creators of the modern improv movement to improvisers who have gone on to write and star in TV and movies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For years we've had amazing improv artists from around the world descend on Winnipeg and mix it up with the amazing local improvisers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Winnipeg Improv Festival is Sept 29th - Oct 3rd, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Gas Station Arts Centre produces the festival and is the main stage of the festival and the headquarters. Every night there will be a night of things being made up.</span><br />
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Improv Festival</b>. The very first Winnipeg if... Improv Festival
happened all the way back in the year 2000. It’s hard to believe
that the futuristic sounding year 2000 is now so far in the past. But
here we are in 2014 and we all have computers in our pockets. For
this year’s futuristic Winnipeg if… Improv Festival we will be
teleporting in performers from Germany, Vancouver, Edmonton and from
the other end of the our Galaxy (because we have the technology).
Tickets for the Winnipeg if… Improv Festival are available through
the Gas Station Arts Centre by calling <b>(204) 284-9477</b> or using that
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Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469264618217190760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-41827133292764201992013-10-09T15:25:00.000-05:002013-10-09T15:26:09.506-05:00The people who brought you the IF.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival wrapped October 5th and we've all been taking long, restorative naps since then.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Our outstanding performers:</span></b><br />
Joe Bill (Chicago)<br />
Alistair Cook (Vancouver)<br />
Kevin McDonald (Ontario/Winnipeg)<br />
Warren Bates (Vancouver)<br />
Lucy Hill (Regina)<br />
Daniel Maslany (Regina)<br />
Kory Mathewson (Edmonton)<br />
Shawn Norman (Vancouver)<br />
and Winnipeg's own: Crumbs (Stephen Sim and Lee White), DJ Hunnicutt, the whole Dungeons & Dragons crew, Mama Cutsworth, RobYn Slade, Toby Hughes, Andrea del Campo, Chadd Henderson, Leif Ingebrigtsen, Jane Testar, Alix Sobler, Gordon Tanner, Fraz Wiest<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Our dedicated volunteers:</span></b><br />
Alexis Martin (House Manager)<br />
Ava Julien (Stage Manager)<br />
Janet Shum (Photographer)<br />
Angelica Schwartz (Box Office)<br />
Erin Schwartz (Box Office)<br />
Steve Currie (Usher)<br />
Duncan McNairnay (Usher)<br />
Luke Cecelon (Usher)<br />
Dan Powell (Usher)<br />
Leah Borchert (Usher)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Our loveable staff:</span></b><br />
Stephen Sim (Artistic Director)<br />
Sarah Michaelson (Marketing Director and Volunteer Coordinator)<br />
Tyler Sneesby (Design and Creative Director)<br />
Nick Kowalchuk (GSAC Executive Director)<br />
Todd Drader (Technical Director)<br />
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Gas Station Arts Centre<br />
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Jonnie's Sticky BunsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-17834797229155532392013-09-23T17:48:00.002-05:002013-09-23T17:49:57.988-05:00Kevin McDonald to guest star at the Winnipeg Improv Festival October 3rd.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Kevin McDonald, used to have a TV show in the '90s; and not just any TV show, a good TV show. In fact, a seminal Canadian comedy sketch show. I'll stop beating around the bush and come right out and say that it was of course the much-loved "The Kids in the Hall."<br /></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-47404060531195292152013-09-09T01:07:00.002-05:002013-09-09T01:09:48.510-05:00Here we come! October 1-5, 2013<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy0cGH4ZYDHD38MKJiQZBth_PM_-DL5M6cY24Ns8KPLdeZHazyt0vOBH_B9rV9dMXZaRwN56DCO6ByNUrrrJY4HD0ENUr42l8-JHjPj5oNNkgWzsAPqNH9zJJ-5h2rlQGjyxV4a3I1_w/s1600/Stepheno+on+stage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy0cGH4ZYDHD38MKJiQZBth_PM_-DL5M6cY24Ns8KPLdeZHazyt0vOBH_B9rV9dMXZaRwN56DCO6ByNUrrrJY4HD0ENUr42l8-JHjPj5oNNkgWzsAPqNH9zJJ-5h2rlQGjyxV4a3I1_w/s1600/Stepheno+on+stage.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />We're absolutely thrilled to announce that this year's Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival is happening October 1-5, 2013!<br />
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We have majorly skilled guests coming in from Chicago, Vancouver, Edmonton and Regina.<br />
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Read all the IF details <a href="http://improvfestival.blogspot.ca/p/about.html">here</a>.<br />
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Winnipeg if... Improv Festival ends. The curtains close. The mimed
objects get packed up in the mime boxes. The D&D show hangs up their
swords. The lights go up on the Bat and the lights go down on stage.
The CRUMBS get swept up. Outside Joke goes inside. Everyone gets on a
plane and flies to their homes. And everything is good. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sarah Michaelson for holding the fort down while I was gone and for finding all typohs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Joe Bill for inspiring everyone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mark Little for taking a chance on improv again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kirsten for rocking the stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jules for not dying and for "killing it".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jessie for forcing Lee to hit him with a golf club.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hot Thespian Action for offending us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aisha Alfa, Mike Green and Matt Nightingale for representing Winnipeg Stand-up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Todd for making the lights look so good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you<span style="font-size: large;"> Winnipeg for getting off your asses <span style="font-size: large;">and coming<span style="font-size: large;"> out to see live theatre, live comedy and live art!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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The Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival starts tonight!<br />
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With a FREE show, no less. Join us at the King's Head Pub for a free sampling of what this year's festival has to offer: CRUMBS, Mark Little, Kirsten Rasmussen, and more! With music by DJ Hunnicutt and Mama Cutsworth!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: small;">"The Festival Sampler Platter"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #999999;">King's Head Pub, 120 King St. | </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9 p.m. | </span><span style="color: #999999;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999;">Free </span></span></span><br />
<br />Speaking of free, download the complimentary episode of "Joke's On You," CKUW's weekly comedy show. Stephen Sim of CRUMBS was a guest on the November 5th episode, which you can <a href="http://ckuw.ca/programs/detail/jokes-on-you/" target="_blank">download here</a>. Put some comedy in your headphones and warm yourself up for a week of hilarity at the IF.<br />
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The Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival runs from today to Sunday, November 11th. For a full festival line up, <a href="http://improvfestival.blogspot.ca/p/schedule.html">click here</a>.<br />
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You like hilarious things and I like hilarious things. And let me tell you, Mark Little is a hilarious thing/man with many, many talents.<br />
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Not only has he got the arts of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up in his arsenal, he's also done film (<a href="http://rollertownthemovie.com/" target="_blank"><i>Rollertown</i></a>), television (CBC's <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/mrd/#visit-the=entrance" target="_blank"><i>Mr. D</i></a>) and web video series (like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/picnicface?gl=CA" target="_blank"><i>Picnicface</i></a> and <a href="http://daddrives.com/" target="_blank"><i>Dad Drives</i></a>). <br />
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We are lucky enough to have Mark join us on stage next week for the Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival. Naturally, this is an IMRPOV festival, so you'll witness Mark's talent as an improviser. However, you'll also get to see his well-known brand of stand-up comedy at our Comedy Showcase on Thursday, November 8th at the Gas Station Arts Centre.<br />
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Here is just a tiny sampling of Mark Little's hilarity to both warm you up for the festival and to spend some quality time on the internet.<br />
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<a href="http://improvfestival.blogspot.ca/p/buy-tickets.html" target="_blank">Get your tickets now</a> for the Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival, November 6-11, 2012! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-35328665443636573592012-10-23T15:00:00.000-05:002012-10-31T21:22:58.245-05:00Meet Rapid Fire's Jessie and JulianNow I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I recently made a huge realization: Saturday Night Live may be mining topics from the comedians of the Great White North. Do you remember <a href="http://vimeo.com/41660261" target="_blank">last year's SNL digital short about the super deep V-neck for men</a>?<br />
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Well guess who came up with that idea TWO YEARS earlier? That's right, Jessie McPhee and Julian Faid, of Edmonton Alberta. You can watch these ahead-of-their-time performers live at the 2012 IF... Improv Festival. Check out THE original deep V sketch.<br />
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<br /><br />Less than a week until the Winnipeg if... Improv Festival! <a href="http://improvfestival.blogspot.ca/p/buy-tickets.html" target="_blank">Buy your tickets here.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-58072103454909137262012-10-19T06:30:00.000-05:002012-10-27T14:05:56.735-05:00Winnipeg, meet Joe Bill!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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approach to <i>Improvised Scene and Character</i> began to be
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He will be in the Friday Mainstage show at 8 p.m. as well as the late night show that night which will be the "Big Smart Improv Show". He will also be in the Saturday Mainstage show at 8 p.m. where we will be showing "The Bat" the improv format he developed. All thses shows will be at the Gas Station Arts Centre. Get your tickets NOW!</span></span></span></div>
Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469264618217190760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-66453705057244773772012-09-30T20:20:00.003-05:002012-09-30T20:55:08.141-05:00THE WINNIPEG IF... IMPROV FESTIVAL BECOMES A TEENAGER, THINKS IT'S NOW BETTER THAN EVERYBODY<div style="text-align: left;">
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November 6 to 11, 2012. This year's festival - while experiencing the
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So mark that down in your calendars. Guest performers, ticket information and more details on our 13th edition of the IF will be announced very shortly!<br />
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In the meantime, get a load of this:<br />
We have a VIDEO CONTEST.<br />
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Your video will be 13 seconds long (we know, that's incredibly short, but that's the challenge). Your suggestion is the
number 13. Your deadline to post your video to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WinnipegImprovFestival" target="_blank">Winnipeg Improv Festival facebook page </a>is October 31, 2012 at 1 pm (aka 1300 hours).
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2 front row tickets to all of the 2012 Winnipeg IF shows
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The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is almost here and to celebrate improvisation we have the longest running improv jam show in Winnipeg to help us out. The Big Stupid Improv Show is an improv jam show that runs in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver and anywhere else that cares to use the name and throw random comedic actors onstage with improvisers for a Big Stupid Show!</div>
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 @ 10:45 PM<br />
Friday, July 20, 2012 @ 3:45 PM<br />
Saturday, July 21, 2012 @ 5:30 PM<br />
Monday, July 23, 2012 @ 9:30 PM<br />
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 @ 2:00 PM<br />
Thursday, July 26th, 2012 @ 1:45 PM<br />
Saturday, July 28, 2012 @ 8:00 PM<br />
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After the Fringe Festival is over and you have all rested up and recovered, you will probably be just about ready to hear all about the Winnipeg iF... Improv Festival 2012 which will be Nov 6th - 11th all brought to you by the amazing <a href="http://www.gsac.ca/" target="_blank">Gas Station Arts Centre</a>.</div>
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The lights have gone down.<br />
The out-of-towners have flown home.<br />
The turkey gravy from Saturday night's show has been mopped up.<br />
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Thanks to our faithful staff, volunteers, performers and audience for another great IF. We couldn't have done it without you.<br />
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Special thanks to:<br />
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<ul><li>Nick, Todd and the folks at the Gas Station Arts Centre</li>
<li>The staff at the King's Head Pub</li>
<li> Jack and the crew at the Lo Pub</li>
<li>Our radio sponsors, UMFM and CKUW</li>
<li>Our Tuesday night Free Laughs peeps </li>
<li>Janet Shum: photographer</li>
<li>J.D. Renaud: videographer</li>
<li>Angela Wells: box office/chef</li>
<li>Duncan McNairnay, Dave Michaelson, Tristen Foy, Lukas Conway, Anna Currie, Steve Currie: ushers and door staff</li>
<li>Tim and Dan: party hosts</li>
<li>Stephen Sim: artistic director</li>
<li> Lee White: cruise ship captain</li>
<li>Sarah Michaelson: media, volunteer coordination</li>
<li>Tyler Sneesby: graphic design</li>
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ps: We'll be putting some photos from this year's IF up on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30624083002">facebook group</a> real soon, so join us and get ready!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5319898336325797170.post-6401492208809834032011-09-24T12:27:00.000-05:002011-09-24T12:27:52.039-05:00Let's end this fest in style... or at least with a stage full of messy insanity.Tonight's the last night of the 12th Winnipeg Improv Festival. Where did the time go?<br />
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The week has flown by with simply incredible performances from the festival ensemble. But tonight - this very evening - those same performers are taking their careers to a whole new level, with a sloppy, wild, high energy, prop-laden improvised game show! You must be here to see this happen!<br />
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Tickets will definitely sell out, so we recommend calling the Gas Station Arts Centre to reserve yours: (204) 284-9477.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Atlanta's Dad's Garage will amaze you and shock you with the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Samurai Davis Jr. & Dim Sum's Super Mega Happy Fun Time Improv Show. The show is inspired by the world of insane Japanese game shows. Two teams of improvisers compete for the audience's love...and to stay dry. The team that loses each round has to deal with crazy punishments like a Peanut Butter Lap Dance or a Cheeseburger Milkshake. Ew.<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i> </i></span> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Ave.</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span> | </span> </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span>8 p.m.</span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span> | </span> </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">$10</span></span></span></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com