The Impromaniacs face off! “Cage Match” pits actors against each other. And you decide who wins!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company, are facing off .

On Thursday, January 12, 2006, they will be performing Cage Match: two teams of improvisers will perform, and then the audience gets to choose the winner.

“There are no losers in this show,” emphasized Morgan “The Tactician” Cranny. “Except, of course if you don’t win, but of course, if it goes to a shootout, each team is guaranteed one point.”
The Victoria Event Centre will be the home for improv suplexes and comedy body slams as the cage match heats up.

“I have to remind everyone that this is an exhibition, not a competition, so please, no wagering,” explained Jonathan “The Diva” Argue. “However, if you do decide to lay down some coin on this – put it on my team – we’re going to kick butt.”

Showtime will be 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $10, and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be purchased at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.) And our regular special is in effect: if you buy your tickets in advance – we’ll give you 3 bucks off!

• What: Impromaniacs present Cage Match
• Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street
• When: Thursday, January 12, 2006 @ 8:00 pm
• How much: $10/ $8 for students/seniors.
• Tickets available at: Lyle’s Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

“Impromaniacs: The Musical” unleashes sound and fury on Victoria.

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company, will be filling your hearts with joyous festive glee this holiday season.

On December 15, they will be performing “Impromaniacs: The Musical”, which will feature the improv and vocal talents of the company.

“You know, I’ve been writing these press releases for months now, and I never get a quote,” noted frazzled Media Liaison Steve May. “Well, I’m performing in this one. I’ve been working my voice, and I plan on having fun. You will too, if you come.”

Music and Theatre both have a strong history of improvisation. And now they will be brought together at the Victoria Event Centre.

“The great thing about improv is that you never know where you are until you get there,” explained Master of Improvisation Alex Wlasenko. “And did I mention it’s a musical? That’s just, well, wack.”

Showtime will be 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $10, and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be purchased at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.) If you buy your tickets in advance – we’ll give you 3 bucks off!

• What: Impromaniacs present Impromaniacs: The Musical
• Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street
• When: Thursday, December 15 @ 8:00 pm
• How much: $10/ $8 for students/seniors.
• Tickets available at: Lyle’s Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

Found Objects - packed house!

Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the Impromaniac's presentation of Found Objects (created by Randy Dixon of Unexpected Productions, Seattle, WA)! Here are a few candid shots from early in the evening...

Clare and Neil getting the sound board ready... (in psychedelic colours)

The stage...

Funny blue lights...

Yoga before a show as demonstrated by Morgan and Brana...

The Impromaniacs open up - “Found Objects" lets improvisers be themselves.

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company, are going to share a little bit of themselves in their monthly Victoria Event Centre Show. Their November show will be “Found Objects”, created by Randy Dixon of Unexpected Productions in Seattle.

“Some folks will remember that Found Objects was our centrepiece of the Victoria International Improv Festival last year,” noted Performance Director Morgan Cranny. “We received such a great reaction to it, that we’re going to do it again.”

In Found Objects, each performing improviser will be bringing an item that they have a strong personal attachment to. “Whenever we are holding our own object, we have to be ourselves,” explained Production director Clare Jennings. “And there is nothing scarier to an actor than being themselves.”

Showtime will be 7:30 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $10, and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be purchased at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.) If you buy your tickets in advance – we’ll give you 3 bucks off!

The Impromaniacs gratefully acknowledge Randy Dixon of Unexpected Productions in Seattle for his creation of Found Objects, and letting us perform it.

• What: Impromaniacs present Found Objects
• Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street
• When: Thursday, November 10 @ 7:30 pm
• How much: $10/ $8 for students/seniors.

Tickets available at: Lyle’s Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

The Impromaniacs pour a stiff one - "The Maltese Pigeon" turns black and white into colour

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company are digging out their trenchcoats and bringing in some moody fog for two nights of improv on October 12 and 13 at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street).

“I’m looking forward to this show,” noted Managing Director Jonathan Argue. “I might get to wear a fedora. I like fedoras.”

The Impromaniacs have been performing feature improv pieces each month at the Victoria Event Centre.

“Our shows are filled with whimsy and wonder,” remarked seldom-quoted Impromaniac Briana Rayner. “And I never say whimsy.”

Showtime will be 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $10, and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be purchased at Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.) If you buy your tickets in advance – we’ll give you 3 bucks off!

What: Impromaniacs present The Maltese Pigeon

Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street

When: Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13 @ 8:00 pm

How much: $10/ $8 for students/seniors.

Tickets available at: Lyle’s Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

The Impromaniacs are “Keepin’ it Real”

Victoria Event Centre the venue for two nights of improv

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company are presenting two nights of improv on September 14 and 15 at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street).
“We like to find the extraordinary in the ordinary,” noted Managing Director Jonathan Argue. “Reality can be more fantastic than fantasy – so we’re ‘Keepin’ it Real’ for these performances.

The Impromaniacs are doing feature performances at the Victoria Event Centre – a tremendous venue for performance.

“As we’ve seen with all the great shows they have, especially ours, the Victoria Event Centre is a great venue for theatre,” said Production Director Clare Jennings. “Keepin’ it Real is going to be a great exploration of that space. You should go twice – both shows will be completely different.”

Showtime will be 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $10, and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be reserved by leaving a message at 388-3658. Reserved tickets must be picked up 15 minutes before the show.

If you purchase tickets in advance, we’ll give you $3 off each ticket!

What: Impromaniacs present Keepin’ it Real
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street
When: Wednesday, September 14 and Thursday, September 15 @ 8:00 pm
How much: $10/ $8 for students/seniors.
Advance Tickets available at: Lyle’s Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

Untold Story - It's a wrap!

Thanks to everyone who came out to experience the Untold Story July 20th performance! We'll be back at the Victoria Event Centre on September 14th & 15th - hope to see you then! In them meantime, you can keep an eye on our performances page, or sign up to our mailing list to stay in touch.

The Impromaniacs tell “The Untold Story”

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s premiere improvisational theatre company, are presenting a night of comedy and storytelling on Wednesday, July 20 at 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre.

“Storytelling is the one of the oldest forms of communication,” remarked Performance Director Morgan Cranny. “And that’s what we want to do with The Untold Story. Of course, we don’t know what the story is yet. But - like the best stories – we’ll make it up as we go along.”

The Impromaniacs, who have been entertaining the public since 1989, have recently moved to producing monthly improv features throughout Victoria.

“The first purpose of the Impromaniacs is to provide affordable improvisational comedy for the general public,” noted Production Director Clare Jennings. “We keep our ticket prices down, but provide high quality entertainment. And we’re cute.”

Showtime will be 8:00 pm at the Victoria Event Centre. Tickets will be $9, and $7 for students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. They also can be reserved by leaving a message at 388-3658. And, if you reserve before July 15, we’ll knock $2 off per ticket! Reserved tickets must be picked up 15 minutes before the show.

What: Impromaniacs present The Untold Story

Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street

When: Wednesday, July 20 @ 8:00 pm

How much: $9/ $7 for students/seniors.

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, media@impromaniacs.com, 388 3658.

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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

Impromaniacs present Six Degrees of Improvisation

VICTORIA - The Impromaniacs are proud to present a fun, affordable evening of improv on Saturday, June 25 at the Fernwood Community Association (1923 Fernwood Road).
“Improv is the perfect medium to explore connections,” said Impromaniacs Managing Director, Jonathan Argue. “Every show we do is about connections between the players, and with the audience.”

"We might not have been able to get Kevin Bacon,” added Performance Director, Morgan Cranny. "But this show won’t be any degrees removed from funny."

There will be two shows on June 25th, one at 7:30 pm and one at 9:30 pm. Tickets will be $9, and $7 for students and seniors (cash only). Tickets will be available at the door. They can also be reserved by leaving a message at 388-3658. Reserved tickets must be picked up 15 minutes before the show.

SPECIAL OFFER ! Up until 5pm PDT Friday, June 24, if you purchase your tickets in advance (leave us a message at 250-388-3658 and we'll get back to you), can can get 2 for the price of 1!

What: Impromaniacs present Six Degrees of Improvisation
Where: Fernwood Community Association, 1923 Fernwood Road
When: Saturday, June 25, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
How much: $9/ $7 for students/seniors.

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, (250) 388-3658 or media@impromaniacs.com.

The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

Interested in auditioning for the Impromaniacs?

VICTORIA - If you're interested in auditioning for the Impromaniacs and would like to let us know, please email us at auditions@impromaniacs.com.

This Improv is NOT Erotic - thanks to our special guests!

VICTORIA - The Impromaniacs would like to thank Dave Morris of Storytellers Improv Company (Vancouver) and Tatiana Maslany of the General Fools (Regina) for joining us for the run! See you next time!
"The spirit of teamwork, generosity and knowledge sharing that Dave and Tatiana brought to the table is exceptional! We look forward to working with either of them in the near future!" commented Managing Director, Jonathan Argue.

Impromaniacs and special guests present This Improv is NOT Erotic

VICTORIA - The Impromaniacs are proud to present two fun, affordable evenings of Improv, Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2, at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street).

"This Improv is NOT Erotic – well, the title really says it all" said Performance Director, Morgan Cranny. "It’s damn funny, though, and my granny always said humour was worth more than erotica any day."

"Unfortunately, the General Fools were not able to make it due to some oftheir members being cast in a movie shoot. However, our good friend, Dave Morris of Storytellers Improv Company, has joined us for both performances, and the Fools are sending Tatiana Maslany to join us for both nights as well. Hooray!" commented Managing Director, Jonathan Argue.

There will be two shows each evening: One at 7:30 pm and one at 9:30 pm. Tickets will be $9, and $7 for students and seniors (cash only). Tickets will be available at the door. They can also be reserved by leaving a message at 388-3658. Reserved tickets must be picked up 15 minutes before the show.

What: Impromaniacs present This Improv is NOT Erotic
Where: Victoria Events Centre, 1415 Broad Street
When: Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2, 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
How much: $9/ $7 for students/seniors.

For more information contact Media Liaison Clare Jennings, (250) 388-3658 or media@impromaniacs.com.

The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

May 17th is not only election night...!

...you will also find the Impromaniacs performing at the Old Bailey - 777 Courtney Street. The creativity begins at 8pm!

Emperor's New Script - a Hit!

Thanks to everyone who came out to enjoy the Impromaniacs' April 9th presentation of the Emperor's New Script! The 7:30pm performance was sold out and the 9:30pm was close to being sold out. We'd also like to thank Clayton Jevne, Artistic Director of Theatre Inconnu for the donation of the use of Inconnu's lighting board - very much appreciated! Be sure and catch the FaustFest, an international festival of Faustian performances that runs April 28 to May 8 2005 at various venues in Victoria. For more information, check out Theatre Inconnu's web site at http://www.islandnet.com/~tinconnu/.

ADVANCED LONGFORM IMPROV WORKSHOP with Dave Morris

ADVANCED LONGFORM IMPROV WORKSHOP - Just back from the Berlin Improv Festival, Dave Morris will be delivering an advanced long form improv workshop to a maximum of 15 people on Sunday, April 10 from 11am to 3pm (one hour lunch break in the middle - you provide your own lunch). The cost per person is $15 payable at the door. The workshop is targeted to improvisors who already have a good grounding in the basics of improvisational theatre and who are looking to expand their improv horizons. The workshop will take place in the conference room at the Pacific Forestry Centre, located at 506 West Burnside Road. Reservations are strongly encouraged - call the Impromaniacs Hotline at 388-3658 to reserve your spot.

He has been producing, directing and teaching Improvisational Theatre for the past seven years, and performing for longer. He has three Gold medals from BC and a bronze nationally from the Canada Improv Games (CIG). In addition, along with Ryan Beil, he leads the Storytellers Improv Co. who recently completed their first appearance at the Chicago Improv Festival. To add to this, he is also a member of Vancouver's !nstant Theatre Co. He was a founder and director of North Vancouver's No Rehearsal Necessary, and Theatresports North Vancouver. He's performed in approximately one million improv shows - but who's counting? Dave is excited to be part of the cast for Impromaniacs production of the Emperor's New Script and is looking forward to introducing others to his favourite subject - improvisational theatre!

The Impromaniacs hope to see you there!

Impromaniacs (featuring Dave Morris) present The Emperor's New Script

Special guest Dave Morris joins the Impromaniacs for improv event VICTORIA - The Impromaniacs are proud to present a fun, affordable event featuring improv guru Dave Morris, for two shows on Saturday, April 9, at the Fernwood Community Association (1923 Fernwood).

"Dave has been a mainstay of the Victoria International Improv Festival the last two years, and we are very happy to get him over here," said Impromaniacs Managing Director, Jonathan Argue. "His energy, spirit, humour and imagination are what improv is all about. And he plays well with others, especially us."

The Emperor's New Script will be completely improvised. Nothing will be pre-rehearsed. "That's the joy of improv," added Performance Director, Peter Abrahams. "We will create something from nothing, and be entertaining doing it."

There will be two shows: One at 7:30 pm and one at 9:30 pm. Tickets will be $7, and $5 for students and seniors (cash only). Tickets will be available at the door. They can be reserved by leaving a message at 388-3658. Reserved tickets must be picked up 15 minutes before the show.

What: Impromaniacs (featuring Dave Morris) present The Emperor's New Script
Where: Fernwood Community Association, 1923 Fernwood
When: Saturday, April 9. 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm
How much: $7/ $5 for students/seniors.

For more information contact Media Liaison Steve May, Media Liaison, 250 388 3658 or media@impromaniacs.com.

The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

Players' find Identities!

Click the Players link to view pictures and read about your favourite Impromaniac! New pictures have just been added.

The Venue Hunt Continues...

...and just when we thought was had secured a regular venue, it slipped away! Yes, Floyd's has decided to no longer stay open in the evenings... we are still waiting for word on the Mint... we'll keep you all up to date as we learn more.

Look out! General Fools coming to town...

Guess what?!? Our friends the General Fools are coming out west the end of May 2005. We are applying peer pressure to get them across the pond to Victoria June 1...

Impromaniacs go to Bellingham!

We have pictures from the Bellingham trip! Check out Adrian's photogallery and you'll see what I mean! But that's not all! Neil has also posted his pictures...!

WE HAVE A REGULAR TIME SLOT!

Yes indeed, we're very happy to announce that starting February 18, 2005 we will be performing Friday nights, 7pm at Floyd's Diner.

Floyd's is located at the corner of Yates and Quadra (866 Yates Street).

The Impromaniacs are back performing locally again... After a successful trip down south to perform at the Upfront Theatre in Bellingham, we're raring to go for our local audience!

You can find us this Friday, February 11th at 7pm at Floyd's Diner.

Floyd's is located at the corner of Yates and Quadra (866 Yates Street).

Hope to see you there!