march 11th-14th
Montreal
Bouncing off the walls, smashing funnybones, performing open-heart surgery on audience members and making it all up as they go along - fueled by audience suggestions, Uncalled For harnesses the awesome forces of improvised comedy to scintillate your comedy tastebuds. In addition to their work in improv comedy, Uncalled For has recently toured and won numerous awards for their scripted sketch comedy. Always experimenting, never resting on their laurels, Uncalled For will guide you into the darkest untested reaches of funny-making.
Ottawa
It’s a 90 minute roller-coaster through the collective imagination of 6 improvisors who use the audience to inspire them into hilarious and spontaneous skits, songs, and stories. Insensitivity Training will leave you breathless with non-stop improvised comedy
Toronto
Fueled by some of the best and brightest up–and–coming female improvisers in Toronto, this femme squad (pronounced "widowmaker") is anything but dainty. Based on a single suggestion at the top of the show, WDWMKR takes on subjects both racy and mundane, and straddles worlds both glaringly realistic and blatantly insane.
WDWMKR is a regular fixture in the Toronto comedy scene. and has travelled the improv festival circuit over the last two years. They performed to audiences in Chicago, North Carolina, New York and Vancouver.
Sex T-Rex
Torono
These boys are a storm of awesomeness with a chance of spontaneous combustions, and surely some of the most high paced improv in the scene. They are sharp, honest, and most importantly ridiculously hilarious!
Bottom line the boys of Sex T Rex will take you on a rollercoaster ride the rips right through the silver screen and leaves you with shrapnel of hilarity. With explosions.
Ottawa
Our Troupe blends a bit of every type of comedy into one brimming at the top blender performance; we hit purée and serve it up to the laugh hungry crowd. Classic Improv style games, warped and weird sketches and ridiculous song parodies make up an evening you won’t soon forget.
Montreal
Montreal Improv is an organization dedicated to the art of improvisational theatre or 'improv' founded by Marc Rowland and Francois Vincent. Our mission is to grow the improv community by teaching a new generation of improvisers. When they aren’t busy teaching improv, they’re busy doing improv, like at festivals, such as this one. They promise to enact an improvised Epic Fantasy. Think “Lord of the Rings” with less walking
LIEU
Montreal
La L.I.E.U. is the University of Ottawa French Improv league. These are high caliber improv shows done in the traditional Hockey Rink style. This is a great experience for those who understand french. At the Festival Lieu will be playing against the University of Sherbrooke.
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