Winnipeg Improv

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!   Kevin McDonald and the Sketch Ensemble  The Festival Ensemble enjoying some late night games after the first show  Stephen and Kevin about to do some early early morning TV  Randy Dixon onstage with t...

The 2016  Winnipeg if... Improv Festival is almost here! GET TICKETS ONLINE NOW We will be flying in some amazing guests performers from Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto, Port Coquitlam and Winnipeg (well, the guests from Winnipeg will maybe take the bus). WHAT'S THAT? YOU WANT THE FACEBOOK EVENT? We will showcasing Improvisation as well as collaboration with Sketch Comedy and Stand-up Comedy . 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 Festival Ensemble of players, as well as a Local Ensemble of players and a Sketch Ensemble 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 Randy Dixon (Seattle's Unexpected Productions) and the Sketch ensemble will be directed by Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) . You will ...

A huge thank you to everyone who came to the shows, who performed in the shows, who helped make the shows happen! The 15th annual Winnipeg IF... Improv Festival has gone to sleep, to dream of the 2015 festival, which will wake up in the Gas Station Arts Centre in October sometime. CRUMBS backstage with Kevin McDonald right before the very last show of the festival. If you saw it, you know how great it was. The end of the DnD Improv Sci-Fi show... lightsabres were had.  The stage is all set for the FRANGLAIS show (French vs English Improv)  The live overdub of an episode of 90210. It was oddly way more hilarious than any episode of 90210 ever was while on TV. The chairs and the mics and scripts all laid out for an improv show? What? This must be the "Cold Read" show. It was great! Finally, the poster stands in the wall looking down on a festival well done. Thank you Winnipeg.