Howdy there improv fans,

We had a fantastic last show of the season on Monday, April 14th at Wellington St. Theatre. We had a record 15 participants in our Jam! Thanks everyone! We even managed to record it all, and if you missed it, you can check it out in the media section (link above).

Summer plans are a little unsure right now, but there may or may not be secret plans in the works to challenge another improv troupe in a bloody theatresports tournament. Details to come!

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The title says it all. Except not really. Our next shows are:

Monday, March 10th
Monday, April 14th

Both the second Mondays of each month at Wellington St. Theatre. Doors at 7:30 pm and the show's at 8pm. Tickets are $9 students/$12 adults. If you stick around afterwards, there'll be a free improv jam where you (yes, I'm talking to you!) can get onstage with the cast. If you're confused the the location of the Wellington St. Theatre, click here

See you there, fans. We need your suggestions!

Also, check out our Media section (link at the top) to see pictures of us as we add them!

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The Improv Show has just established itself with a Facebook page. It is a good way to keep track of all its fans and to announce new shows. If you have Facebook account, you can become a fan here.

Speaking of new shows, we've got another one coming up at the Wellington St. Theatre on Monday, February 11th at 8 PM. Tickets are $9 students/$12 adults, and will be available at the door. Here's a pre-Valentines themed picture for you enjoyment:

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Stay tuned for this years Improv Reunion Show!! Date and time to be announced but will most likely be in late December again.






Also members of The Improv Show are glad to be part of next seasons "Improv Survivor" being held at the Time to Laugh comedy club, in Kingston, ON. Visit www.timetolaugh.ca for more details. First show date is in January!

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The Improv Show's next JAM will be this Thursday, November 1st from 8 pm - 10 pm. It's in the same location as last time, Mac-Brown Hall. For directions, check out the post below!

For those of you who don't know what a jam is, it's an open workshop for the public to come and learn about and participate in improvised theatre with some of the cast from the Show. Price of admission is zero, so come and enjoy.

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Hello Improv-goers!

The Improv Show is hosting its second "Improv Jam", an open workshop for the public to come and learn about and participate in improvised theatre with some of the cast from the Show. We're hosting it on Thursday, September 27th from 7 pm - 9 pm.

Like I already said, the price of admission is "there is no price of admission" and the location is Macgillivray-Brown Hall, a small theatre space at 218 Barrie St. The google map is below.


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You don't need to have any improv or theater experience to come out - we hope to see you there!

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Heads up audience members! The newest incarnation of The Improv Show opens at the Wellington St. Theatre this Saturday, September 29th at 8 pm.Come join us for a night overflowing with spontaneity, laughs and gourds! It will be a Horn of Plenty time!

Tickets will be sold at the door. General Admission is $ 10 , but STUDENTS GET IN FOR $ 5 if they show their School ID!

Here's directions to the location

We'll also be hosting an open-to-the-public IMPROV JAM late next week - keep an eye out on this site for the next few days for more details!

Pumpkin.

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Hello cyberspace!

Welcome the The Improv Show (dot com!)'s new website. We've just put it up, so there may be a few changes in the coming weeks.

Right now, you're in the "news" section. We'll be announcing our first show of the fall here soon, so keep checking back!

Meanwhile, have fun checking out the site!

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This summer, we've been at theatre 5, and experimenting with new format.

The first 45 minutes are regular improv show stuff, with some more emphasis on gimmicks.
Intermission
The second 45 minutes are our smokin' hot longform, a new experiment we are trying. Here's a summary of one courtesy of Mike.

It went brilliantly.

Anytime I wasn't on stage I was doubled over laughing at the characters the others had created. Somehow a story about a priest golfing progressed to include:
Two vietnam war veterans, one of whom had been a surgeon who hadn't finished med school and consequently reattached his friends body parts incorrectly and was harbouring deep guilt so many years later
A man who ran a red light and smoked a baby who turned out to be the illegitimate child of the golfing priest
The mangled vietnam veteran having an eating disorder for which he turned to the priest and god for solice.
An Irish caddy who could pray to Jesus to create hole in ones and thus became an apprentice to the priest and advised the vietnam surgeon to reunite with his friend.
The vietnam veteran surgeon eventually resucitating the baby (who'd been dead for 35 minutes of the scene) and ended up attaching himself, his friend, and the baby into one body thus allowing the priest to be reunited with 3 sons who became the holy trinity.

So yes... good times.

Michael

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Thursday June 8th was the last show at TTL for the summer - we werent getting enough audience, so we decided to close it out with a bang. Dustin (me) was the host.

This included a debut of Beastie Boys as an audience warm up, which went awesomely.

My dentist says I should really floss,
but I'd just rather eat apple SAUCE.

The theme of the beastie boys was food, but thanks to a slightly clever audience and scripting my lines to make it easier, they picked it up really quick



Here's some awesome quotes:

"fucking Olsen twin" - Kate
"And we have a dog" - Jim (you'd have to get the context for this, it was in the one-man scene.
"I am rather fit for my race!" - Thom (the race being tomatoes)
"I put a seed in your tea" - Andrew?
"twas the placebo that killed the babe" - Jim



Finally, in the RockOpera at the end, a hero titled "The Eavesdropper" appeared, capable of X-ray hearing, to save an alcoholic.

"You think you'll be in utopia, but you'll be suffering from alcohol myopia." - Jim

Thursday was Jim's last show with The Improv Show.

Our next show may be a little more artsy, and will appear at Theatre 5 July or August.

- Dustin, incoming Artistic Director/Head Director

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