Winnipeg Improv

Is at the 2011 Winnipeg Fringe Festival at the Planetarium Auditorium and will be featuring the very best in improv with the very best improv players from all across the wonderful world of ours (mostly from Canada though). Order tickets HERE Find out how to get to the theatre HERE

The Winnipeg iF... Improv Festival keeps experimenting with improvisation and with the calendar of when we even have a festival. This year's festival will be Nov 9th - 14th at the Gas Station Arts Centre right in Osborne Village. Soon we will be releasing who will be coming and what will be going on... exciting right? And while you wait for more festival information... how about a creepy picture of a giant baby.

With the Winnipeg iF... Improv Festival starting up next week. It is time to look back at festivals past (and passed) to name drop and share who has graced the stages here for this festival. In no particular order: David Shepherd from the Beginning of Modern Improv Unexpected Productions from Seattle (Randy Dixon, Amanda Roundtree, Paul Levy, John Faga and Greg Stackhouse) Rapid Fire Theatre from Edmonton (Kevin Gillese, Amy Shostak, Julian Faid, Ian Rowe, Chris Connelly, Marc Shulte) The General Fools from Regina (Mike Fly, Amy Matysio) Phil Van Hest from Los Angeles Kevin Tomlinson from England PROJECTproject from Toronto (Julie Dumais) Mike Grajewski from Toronto Iron Cobra from Toronto (Becky Johnson and Graham Wagner) Rene Dellefont from Atlanta Monster Theatre from Calgary/Vancouver (Ryan Gladstone and Bruce Horak) Instant Theatre from Vancouver (Alistair Cook, Dave Morris and Ryan Biel) Vancouver Theatresports League (Jason Bryden and Taz Van Rassel) Plus of course th...

The festival runs Feb 15th - 20th and will feature shows, shows and more shows! here are some details: Monday Feb 15th at the Park Theatre Soap Scum presents a live improvised soap opera 8pm $5 Tuesday Feb 16th at the King's Head Pub Free Laughs presents the Improv Festival Jam Platter 9pm and free Thursday Feb 18th at the Gas Station Theatre The Advanced D & D live improv serial 8pm $10 Friday Feb 19th at the Gas Station Theatre The Improv Festival Mainstage Show 8pm $10 Saturday Feb 20th at the Gas Station Theatre The Improv Festival Mainstage Show 8pm $10 For more information and tickets call 284-9477

Congrats to WESTWOOD! They will be representing Manitoba at the National tournament of the Canadian Improv Games. The Finals this year at MBCI was among the best ever, the teams all raised the "improv bar" up another notch, which means that next year all the teams have their work cut out for them. CIG info Every other team will be representing the future of Winnipeg improv and comedy at the CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival. Comedy Festival info