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2012 Calgary International Improv Festival
September 17 - September 23, 2012
Making plans for September like a good, well-organized plebeian? Then whip out your daytimer and ink-in the 2012 CIIF from Monday, September 17 to Sunday, September 23. Since the showtimes are still being ironed out, just draw a line through your entire week, let your boss/teacher know you'll be sick, and hire a team of babysitters to guard your little ones as you irresponsibly laugh your week away. With top notch talent from around the globe, a world famous headliner and tonnes of homegrown talent, this year's festival is not one to be missed!
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 PREVIOUS FESTIVALS |
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2011 Calgary International Improv Festival
September 26 - Oct 2, 2011
The 2011 Calgary International Improv Festival was another wildly successful foray into the art of improvisation. Artists from the US, Australia, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Calgary came together to procreate one of the best festivals this city has ever seen. The week of comedy and creativity featured a Roman soap opera, some je ne sais quoi en français, the wonderful women of improv, musicality from Winnipeg, ingenuity from Bellingham and some expert storytelling from our neighbours to the north. To top it all off, returning stars Colin Mochrie and Roman Danylo played alongside other Improv All-Stars in a sold out gala show at the Jack Singer Conert Hall.
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2010 Calgary International Improv Festival
September 21 - October 3, 2010
The 2010 CIIF was like a double or nothing bet that Calgary won. This ambitious festival stretched the single weekend show into two full weeks of improv comedy, culminating with Calgary's largest ever locally produced improv show at the Jack Singer Concert Hall with guest star Colin Mochrie from Who's Line Is It Anyway! The first week of the festival was hosted by the hilarious Roman Danylo of CTV's Comedy Inc. featuring members and guests of The Improv Guild. For the second week of the festival we welcomed Impro Melbourne's Patti Stiles, Winnipeg's The Crumbs, Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre, VTSL's Science: The Musical, Norway's Teater Liksom, French improv troupe Theatre a Pic, Improv Brier winners Boy Meets Girl, Calgary Young People's Theatre and the host group, The Improv Guild.
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2010 Calgary Improv Brier
March 26 - March 27, 2010
The clock was running again as the second annual Calgary Improv Brier rolled back into the Engineered Air Theatre. Teams from Vancouver (BC Buds), Edmonton (Rapid Fire) and Calgary (Boy Meets Girl, Sizeable Men) converged on stage in a no-holds-barred competition to win the Improv Brier trophy, complete with rubber chicken and moustache glasses.
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2009 Calgary International Improv Festival
September 30 - October 3, 2009
The 2009 festival took everything that was amazing from 2008 and upped the ante by inviting international artists and adding a wildly entertaining "Women in Improv" show on Wedneday night to open the festival. Australian Patti Stiles brought all her talent and experience from 'down under' to the Engineered Air Theatre, while L.A. Impro came all the way from Hollywood to present the unparalled and extraordinary "Jane Austin Unscripted". These artists were joined by Vancouver Theatresports League, Edmonton's Rapid Fire and the host group, The Improv Guild for a hilariously fun festival.
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2009 Calgary Improv Brier
March 12 - March 14, 2009
One festival a year just wasn't enough for Calgary so The Improv Guild introduced a spring festival that showcased Western Canadian improv talent in a brand new improv format. The "Bonspiel" format originates from a curling term for tournament and has become the backbone of the Improv Brier. Invented by the Improv Guild, this competitive format squares two teams off against each other in a no-rules improv match where the only constraint is the clock. Our first Improv Brier happened, ironically enough, at the exact same time that the 2009 Tim Horton's (curling) Brier was in town. Needless to say, we had a few confused patrons on opening night! Guests of this festival included Roman Danylo from CTV's Comedy Inc, Regina's General Fools, Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre, and Calgary's Dirty Laundry, Loose Moose, and hosts The Improv Guild.
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2008 Calgary Improv Festival
October 2 - October 4, 2008
The inaugural Calgary Improv Festival took the city by storm in 2008. This three-day improv festival took over the Epcor Centre's Engineered Air Theatre and showcased some of the best in Canadian improv talent. Vancouver Theatre Sports, Winnipeg's musical improv troupe Outside Joke, and a host of extraordinary local groups including Loose Moose, Dirty Laundry, The Kinkonauts and The Improv Guild rocked the stage in the first of many improv festivals.
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