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Wanna Join the Improv Guild?
We're looking to expand our group and take in some new members eager to perform and spread the art of improv in Calgary. Auditions are open to everyone and you will be performing in groups with other improvisers. Also, please spread the word to anyone you know that has an interest in improv and theatre!
The auditions are one night only, September 13 at 7:30pm at the Green Fools Theatre inside the church at 2404 - Erlton Road SW.
2010 Calgary International Improv Festival
Calgary's premier improv festival returns this fall featuring performers from Norway, Australia, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Calgary. Guest hosts Roman Danylo from CTV's Comedy Inc. and improv veteran Patti Stiles join headliner Colin Mochrie to bring you the largest improv festival Calgary has ever seen!
For ticket, schedule and contact information, please check out the festival website which can be found at www.calgaryimprovfestival.com
Improv Guild returns to our studio Oct 8
If you're itching to see our classic Friday Night Improv, we're happy to announce we'll be returning to the stage Friday, October 8th. We'll be beginning the season in our studio right next door to the Impro Depot on Macleod Trail so stop in and share some laughs!
Improv Shuffle - Begins again in the fall!
What is fast becoming an Improv Guild mainstay, Improv Shuffle, the music-inspired play, enjoyed a very interesting launch! We've experimented with everything from balloons to deserted islands and had a lot of laughs along the way!
This fall, bring your iPods (or other unbranded music players) down to the Impro Depot and we'll randomly choose one to be our soundtrack for the night. We will perform a movie that has never been made based only on the first song off the iPod and a title given from the audience.
Level 1 Class with Rick Hilton (Fall 2010)
Due to popular demand, Rick Hilton is offering another Level 1 Improv Class which will take place this Fall. You will learn the building blocks of Improv from one of the foremost experts in the art. Classes run Sundays from 5pm to 7pm and class size is limited to 8 students. Cost is $100 for the entire series!
Contact Rick at info@improvguild.com to hold your spot!
Friday Night Improv - Begins again in the fall!
If you haven't been down to see Friday Night Improv this year, this week is your last chance! Our Season finale show happens this Friday, June 25 @ 8:00pm.
If you have been, we'd like to welcome you back for another hilarious hour of short form improv comedy followed by snacks, drinks and general merriment as we pay tribute to what has been an amazing season of Improv for the Guild.
As always, Friday Night Improv is pay what you can so bring a few friends for a fun, cheap night out at the Impro Depot (2405 Macleod Trail SW)!
The 2010 Calgary Improv Brier Rocked!
Improv teams from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver put on their competitive goggles and duked it out for laughs, dollars and a big rubber chicken trophy! Audiences were delighted as improvisers joined the super happy best friend's club, narrated stories with song,impersonated Calgary buildings and so much more.
This year's winner, posting a perfect 3-0 record after losing their first match of the competiton, is the Calgary team, Boy Meets Girl! Composed of members of The Improv Guild, this foursome brought high energy and big laughs to the stage en route to their first championship. Congratulations to Devin Bates, Ryan Hildebrandt, Mat Mailandt and team captain, Laura Hildebrandt!
Huge thanks to all who came out and supported this year's Improv Brier. Our audiences were so great and we're lucky to have people that are so passionate about improv in Calgary
We'd also like to say a major thank-you to our amazing volunteers who did everything from sound and lighting to box office and airport pickups. We couldn't have done it without you guys!
Cheers to a great festival!
Improv Helps Haiti
There's something wonderful about Calgary audiences! Our audience last night opened up their hearts and wallets and donated our biggest 'hat' ever -$350 - to the Canadian Red Cross for Hatian relief efforts.
Thanks to the government of Canada's generous donation-matching program, this donation will become a total of $700! Amazing for a completely unadvertised and spontaneous audience donation!
We're so proud of what our audience enabled us to do, and would like to offer a HUGE thanks to everyone that came out on the 29th! You're all amazing people
PHOTOS from the Calgary Improv Festial 09!
We've had hundreds of little elves working for the past few weeks to bring you these: the best photos of the 2009 Calgary International Improv Festival!
Huge thanks to our lovely photographer, LiShelle Putnam, for capturing these candid moments of improv awesomeness!
Comedy...in a Cave!
OK, not a real cave, the Comedy Cave on MacLeod Trail! The Improv Guild is pleased to announce that we are now the official opening act at all Comedy Cave shows this season!
So come down to the Comedy Cave, Tuesday thru Sunday to see some great Improv, standup, and laughyourfaceoff-funny comedy!
Wow! What an Event!
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could not have turned out better! Improvisers lit the stage on fire! Audiences roared with laughter! Everyone went home with a smile on their face! |
Photos and recaps will soon be released at: www.CalgaryImprovFestival.com so check back regularily for updates! In the mean time we'd like to offer our thanks to our wonderful guests:
- Patti Stiles from Impro Melbourne
- Impro Theatre from Los Angeles, U.S.A.
- Rapid Fire Theatre from Edmonton
- Vancouver Theatresports League from Vancouver
The Ugly Duckling Becomes a Swan
The Impro Depot wasn't always the charming theatre space it is now. In fact, it looked more like a refuge for everything broken and dirty in the world. However, there isn't much a team of dedicated improvisers can't do and in no time the place was cleaned up, painted, decorated and molded into the impressive Impro Depot you see today. Check out The Making of the Impro Depot!
2009 Calgary Improv Brier Wrapup
Calgary's first spring improv festival - The Calgary Improv Brier- was a smash hit! People from all over this fine city stopped in to see some of the finest improv in Western Canada.
With topics ranging from Russian zombies to wife-pleasing vacuum cleaners, there wasn't a moment of dullness to be found. We had musical numbers, mimed skits, audience members up on stage, rap battles, inter-team storylines, scenes run by the lighting & sound booth and so much more!
In the final on March 14, the two out-of-town sensations - Regina's General Fools and Edmonton's RapidFire - faced off in a winner takes all battle for the Brier trophy. In a bizzare turn of events, the two teams cooperated together for most of the show evoking cries of, "Tie! Tie! Tie!" from the sold-out crowd. However, in all competition there must be a winner and after two-minutes of impromptu overtime RapidFire narrowly edged out the team from Saskatchewan. Congratulations RapidFire! We'll see you at the fall festival!
Sunday Drop in Classes Resumes this Fall
Want to learn the ropes of improv? The barebones building blocks of an artform? The rules that govern all human life? If you answered 'yes' to any of those questions, we highly recommend you pay a visit to Rick Hilton's drop-in improv course this winter!
These 12pm-2pm Sunday afternoon classes encourage newcomers and journeymen alike to experience the joys of improv. Taking place in our own Impro Depot theatre, these classes will cover everything from the basics of saying "yes" to complex status games and character building. In a bit of insanity that can only be attributed to a former student of Keith Johnstone, Rick is offering these courses for only $5 each! That's $2.50 per hour of improv instruction. Holy Red Cartoon Beaver, that's cheap!
Rick's been in the improv game for over 30 years now and I can guarantee the man knows his stuff. And when it all comes down to it, what more do you really need than the guarantee of an anonymous web maintenance guy? So start going to Church early, or blow it off entirely, and get down to the Impro Depot every Sunday for a great time!
Drive, walk, run or take the LRT to the Impro Depot!
The Improv Guild is proud to announce Underground Improv every Friday night! We are located at 2405 Macleod Trail S.W. (the old recycle depot) directly accross the street from the Erlton/Stampede LRT station. Improv begins at 8pm!
We are now recession-proof with pay-what-you-can pricing! Seating is limited (especially the couches up front) so arrive early!
