Winnipeg Improv

The Winnipeg Improv Festival is Sept 29th - Oct 3rd, 2015 BUY a Festival Pass and see every single show! BUY tickets online now and see the shows you want! 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. The opening show is of course the FREE sampler show at the King's Head Pub on Tuesday, Sept 29th and then the rest all happens at the Gas Station Theatre in the heart of Osborne Village. Official festival schedule is online!  See members of the amazing: North Coast (Live hip hop improv from NYC) They will be joined onstage by the 2015 Female beatboxing world champion Kaila Mullady! Dad’s Garage (from Atlanta) Rapid Fire Theatre (from Edmonton) Kevin McDonald (from The Kids in the Hall) Kal Barteski (Her  live scripted artwork)   CRUMBS (WPG) Outside Joke (WPG) ...

The Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival is proud to present the Big Stupid Improv Show. In association with The Probable Cast and CRUMBS and Mama Cutsworth and many many special guests. The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is coming and so that means that there will be many many shows and many many great performers in Winnipeg and many many emails in your inbox and many many event invitations in your notifications. The Big Stupid Improv Show Venue #21      MTYP - Mainstage 2 Forks Market Rd. (The Forks) Wed July 15 6:30pm Thu July 16 12pm Fri July 17 9pm Sat July 18 5:15pm Sun July 19 12pm Mon July 20 4:15pm Wed July 22 9:45pm Fri July 24 2:45pm Sat July 25 5:30pm Sun July 26 7:15pm LINK to buy your advanced tickets! This show has been a Fringe staple since 1999. It would be a classic move to state that this year the show will be BIGGER and STUPIDER than EVER! But that would be a lie, the sh...

The dates for the 2015 Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival have been announced.  Look for us from Sept 29th to Oct 4th at the Gas Station Arts Centre. GSAC LINK More details to be announced soon. Go improv!

The 15th Annual Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival Sept 30th to Oct 4th An improvised “Overdubbing” of a TV show, a “Cold Read” of an unseen script, an epic improvised battle of English vs. French and so much more... The Gas Station Arts Centre is proud to present the 2014 Winnipeg if... Improv Festival . 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 (204) 284-9477 or using that fancy internet and purchasing them online. It is the year 2014 — we shou...

 The 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. What a tremendously successful festival. Thank you to everyone who came to the shows, were in the shows and helped make the festival run smoother than ever. Thank you: Sarah Michaelson for holding the fort down while I was gone and for finding all typohs. Hunnicutt and Mama Cutsworth for Dj so well and so much. Angela for taking everyone's money with a smile. Tristan and Luke for curtains and projecting. Joe Bill for inspiring everyone. Mark Little for taking a chance on improv again. Kirsten for rocking the stage. Jules for not dying and for "killing it". Jessie for forcing Lee ...

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! The show was first formed in Edmonton as a last minute fundraiser and was named by Wes Borg (of Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie fame). The first one in the Winnipeg Fringe happened in 1998 and has been running practically every year since then. The idea is to bring all the great local improvisers and comedians and throw them onstage with all the great touring performers that are in town for the Fringe. The result is some of the best impromptu, ad-hoc, jams of comedy and theatre possible. Join the "Probable Cast" each night they do their show and see it turn out different each night. The shows ...

Well, soon. The Winnipeg iF... Improv Festival is going to be hitting Winnipeg September 20th - 24th. The festival is produced with generous help from the Gas Station Arts Centre and from the blood sweat and tears from the Winnipeg Improv community. Keep your ear to the wind as we keep out noses to the grindstone. We will be releasing information as it gets leaked to us from out spies... Well, as the information becomes confirmed, we will release it. Until then, enjoy the hell out of the Winnipeg Fringe Festival which runs July 13th until July 25th . Shows to check out: CRUMBS at the King's Head Pub The Big Stupid Improv Show at the Planetarium Auditorium Full Screen Ahead at the Pantages Playhouse The D&D Improv Show at the Gas Station Theatre More information that is useful... CLICK HERE for venues and maps. CLICK HERE for buying advanced tickets. Thank you, and keep improvising.

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.

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

The Winnipeg iF... Improv Festival (version 9) Nov 3rd - Nov 8th Monday Nov 3rd The special CRUMBS radio show on 101.5 umfm at 5pm Soap Scum at the Park theatre at 8pm the live improvised soap opera. The Park Theatre show is at 698 Osborne Street and costs $5 Tuesday Nov 4th The special King's Head Festival jam show featuring special guests and improv awesomes 9pm and free (yes FREE) The King's Head Pub is located at 120 King Street. Thursday Nov 6th The first main stage show of the Festival at the Gas Station Theatre Featuring special guests and OUTSIDE JOKE Friday Nov 7th The second main stage show of the Festival at the Gas Station Theatre Featuring special guests and CRUMBS Saturday Nov 8th The third and final night of the Festival at the Gas Station Theatre Featuring a live improv movie (yes live!) The Gas Station Theatre is great (and produces the Festival) The Gas Station Theatre is located in the heart of Osborne village at 445 River Ave (call 284-9477). The Gas Station...