The Winnipeg IMPROV FESTIVAL 2023
The Winnipeg Improv Festival is returning to the Gas Station Arts Centre! The festival is so excited to be back on a live stage!
Join us this Thursday, Oct 19th + Friday, Oct 20th + Saturday, Oct 21st for performances at the Gas Station Arts Centre as we continue to bring the highest quality of improv theatre, the funniest of improv comedy and the most interesting of improvised formats. We will also be offering improv workshops with some fabulous instructors on Sunday, October 22nd so you too can join in on the fun!
The Festival performances are on the main stage of the Gas Station Arts Centre:
Thu, Oct 19th, 8 PM – The Thursday Show
The Thursday Show on Oct 19th at 8 pm featuring White Rhino Improv (from Toronto) as well as the festival ensemble (with Ken Hall from The Umbrella Academy and more)!
The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns to the Gas Station Arts Centre from Thursday, Oct 19th to Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2023 for hilarious shows, improv classes and LIVE audiences! We have great guests coming to do shows. Kevin McDonald from the Kids in the Hall, Tim Blair from TallBoyz, Ken Hall from The Umbrella Academy, White Rhino Improv from Toronto, Susan Evans from Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton and Club Soda Improv from right here in Winnipeg!
Fri, Oct 20th, 8 PM – The Friday Show
The Friday Show on Oct 20th at 8 pm features Club Soda Improv (doing a spooky improv show) plus the festival ensemble (with Tim Blair from TallBoyz and more)!
The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns to the Gas Station Arts Centre from Thursday, Oct 19th to Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2023 for hilarious shows, improv classes and LIVE audiences! We have great guests coming to do shows. Kevin McDonald from the Kids in the Hall, Tim Blair from TallBoyz, Ken Hall from The Umbrella Academy, White Rhino Improv from Toronto, Susan Evans from Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton and Club Soda Improv from right here in Winnipeg!
Friday Show ONLINE ticket link
Sat, Oct 21st, 8 PM – The Saturday Show
The Saturday Show on Oct 21st at 8 pm featuring Kevin McDonald (from The Kids in the Hall) showcasing comedy sketches from his workshop! Plus another improv set from the festival ensemble!
The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns to the Gas Station Arts Centre from Thursday, Oct 19th to Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2023 for hilarious shows, improv classes and LIVE audiences! We have great guests coming to do shows. Kevin McDonald from the Kids in the Hall, Tim Blair from TallBoyz, Ken Hall from The Umbrella Academy, White Rhino Improv from Toronto, Susan Evans from Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton and Club Soda Improv from right here in Winnipeg!
Saturday Show ONLINE ticket link
Sat, Oct 21st, 10:30 PM – The Late Show!
It’s a late-night improv show that has the festival ensemble and local players mixing it up! Let’s all celebrate the end of the festival together with some spontaneous laughter and improvised theatre. The last night of the festival always creates something special on the stage.
The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns to the Gas Station Arts Centre from Thursday, Oct 19th to Sunday, Oct 22nd, 2023 for hilarious shows, improv classes and LIVE audiences!
Late Night Show ONLINE ticket link
The Workshops!
First
Squeezing Comedy from Improv workshop with Kevin McDonald on Saturday, October 21st from 1 – 5 pm.
Join Kevin McDonald of the Kids in the Hall for a 4 hour workshop to improve your acting and writing skills. In a group you will learn how to write comedy through performance, and use improv as a writing tool. By the end of the workshop you will be able to write sketches through improv. The workshop will warm up with improv games to help sharpen storytelling skills, and evolve until students are doing their own improvised scenes in small groups. You will then take these improvised scenes, work on them and make them into full comedy sketches. Kevin will go from group to group, helping and guiding with the “writing” of each scene. Each group will then have the opportunity to present their sketch. After getting notes, revising and presenting the scenes again, the workshop will end with the groups going away and actually finalizing their scenes. The now fully written scenes will be performed one last time for everyone. This workshop will improve your acting and writing skills, and will teach you how both skills work in unison to create great scenes and hilarious comedy. And if prompted, Kevin will tell lots of stories about the Kids in the Hall.
The Kevin McDonald workshop is SOLD OUT!
Second
We have an improv workshop during the day on Sunday, October 22nd with a member of the festival ensemble from 1 pm to 3 pm at the Gas Station Arts Centre.
Details TBA
Gas Station Arts Centre (corner of River and Osborne)
Here is the LINK to SIGN UP for WORKSHOPS!