The battle rages on!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you THEATRESPORTS Night 2 at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Sunday, NOVEMBER 30 at 8:00 pm.

It was a close match last time between Moustache Moustache Moustache Fiasco and Imaginary Friends but the Moustache's came out victorious. Come on out to our next TheatreSports show to see a new set of challengers pit themselves in the ring.

The gloves are off, this time it's personal, no holds barred...

What: Impromaniacs present TheatreSports Night #2!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from ‘A’ British Columbia (formerly the A-Channel)
When: Sunday, NOVEMBER 30th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Jonathan Argue, Managing Director, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388-3658.

The Impromaniacs would like to thank our sponsors: the Yellow Pages Group, the Province of British Columbia and Industry Images.

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

A night of musical improv!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you COVER BAND at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, NOVEMBER 20th at 8:00 pm.

The Impromaniacs have been practising their harmonies for their next main stage performance, "Cover Band", on Thursday, Nov 20th. The show will feature games and scenes exploring the use of music.
Be ready for some fresh beats and rhymes, a totally improvised musical, and even your iPod may be the star of a scene. Anything goes and you can be sure anything will.

What: Impromaniacs present COVER BAND!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from ‘A’ British Columbia (formerly the A-Channel)
When: Thursday, NOVEMBER 20th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Jonathan Argue, Managing Director, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388-3658.

The Impromaniacs would like to thank our sponsors: the Yellow Pages Group, the Province of British Columbia and Industry Images.

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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 perform at the Peninsula Comedy Night!

Come on out and have some fun at the Peninsula Comedy Night at Parkland Theatre in Sidney on Saturday Nov 29th. Two great stand up comedians from the Vancouver comedy circuit will tickle your funny bones in the first half. Jacquie O'keeffe, an ex-nun who has appeared at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival and CBC's "Madly off in all Directions" will start things off. Ivan Decker, our "Headliner" will step up next. He has performed at Just for Laughs in Montreal several times and was winner of the 2007 Just for Laughs Contest in Vancouver. In the 2nd half, the locally grown "Impromaniacs" will keep you entertained with their improvisational comedy.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by VISA or Mastercard by phoning 250 655-2700 or visiting Parkland School, Tanners Books or Deep Cove Market. Show starts at 7pm, doors open at 630pm.

Theatresports are coming to town!

VICTORIA - The Impromaniacs, Victoria's original improv troupe, are bringing Theatresports to Victoria's shores. In this popular, competitive improv format, two teams of trained improvisers will meet in a head to head matchup where only one team will impress the judges enough to be named the victor.

Theatresports was created by Keith Johnstone and the format has taken off in cities like Vancouver, Seattle, Edmonton and Calgary. The teams will challenge each other to create scenes on the spot with inpspiration from the audience.

"It's about time Victoria got a taste of traditional Theatresports," says Shawn Norman, the Impromaniacs Theatresports director, "we're very excited to put on the show and hope to see the program really take off here."

They have planned three evenings of Theatresports so far and we will definitely be seeing more of it in the new year.

What: Impromaniacs present Theatresports(TM)
Where: The Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street)
When: Sundays - Nov 9th, Nov 30th, Dec 14th @ 8:00pm
How much: $10 general, $8 students/seniors ($7/$5 advance)
Advance tickets available at: Lyle's Place (770 Yates Street)

For more information, please contact Shawn Norman at shawn@impromaniacs.com, 250.388.3658.

The Impromaniacs would like to thank our sponsors: the Yellow Pages Group, the Province of British Columbia and Industry Images.

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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 Auditions!

What: Impromaniacs Auditions
When: Tuesday, November 25, 6:30pm
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street

Are you 17 or older?
Do you think Improvisational Theatre is for you?
Are you interested in trying out for the Impromaniacs?

If so, give us a call at (250) 388-3658, or email us at auditions@impromaniacs.ca to let us know you're coming! (max 12 spots for the audition).

Come discover the formula for laughter!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you BAD MATH! at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, OCTOBER 16 at 8:00 pm.

Ever thought math could be entertaining? What do you get when you add actors and an audience to the Victoria Event Center and take away the script? You get Victoria’s own The Impromaniacs’ latest show, BAD MATH! Come join The Impromaniacs for a return to classic form, with an evening of exciting, hilarious and algebraically-correct short form improv games!

The evening will present an exciting variety of improvisational theatre styles as the Impromaniacs play all your favourite short form improv games. The entire show will be a rapid-fire procession of quick and quick-witted improv games that will offer plenty of chances for the audience to see their suggestions used on stage. Improv, like calculus is all about managing your variables, so The Impromaniacs have been studying hard to deliver one hilarious equation! When asked to comment, Impromaniacs media liaison Ryan Whyte said, “Well, I took calculus in university, so I think it’s going to be a fantastic show.”

The entire performance will be created before the audience’s eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestions and instantly weave them into games and stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present BAD MATH!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, OCTOBER 16th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

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

Victoria International Improv Festival 2008 ALMOST HERE!

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FESTIVAL ALMOST HERE

Scripts? This year’s Victoria International Improv Festival (VIIF) performers don’t need no stinkin’ scripts, and they’ll prove it from October 2nd – 4th, 2008, at the Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street).
Bringing the live, unscripted, improvised funny this year are, in no particular order:
!nstant Theatre (Vancouver, BC) – They hope Victorians will appreciate their magical eclecticism as much as the Germans do;
CRUMBS (Winnipeg, MB) – They’ve had a performance interrupted by the police, which is arguably far less demoralizing than performing in Winnipeg during the winter months;
Dad’s Garage (Atlanta, GA) – Intelligence reports their goal is to steal health care secrets from the Canadian government;
PROJECTproject (Toronto, ON) – Choosing to leave the centre of the universe was tough for them, but it only shows what risks this group will take;
Rosa Parks (Vancouver, BC) – Their pet peeve is “lady-prov”, of which this all-female improv troupe promises none;
SCRATCH (Edmonton,AB) – They’re bringing hospitalization worthy hilarity to our fair city;
Emmett Hall (Vancouver, BC) – An improvisational maestro, Emmett will be adding his musical styling’s to shows throughout the festival; and
The Impromaniacs (Victoria, BC) – They’re the hometown heroes and festival hosts – no pressure.

Full ticket and schedule information can be found on the VIIF website, www.viif.ca.

VIIF 2008 would like to thank our Improv God-level Sponsors: A Channel, the Yellow Pages Group, 100.3 The Q and The Zone @ 91.3 for their generous support.
We would also like to thank our Da Bomb-level sponsors: CRD Arts Development, Canadian Heritage, Downtown Victoria Business Association (DVBA) and the British Columbia Arts Council.
And finally, we'd like to thank our Rubber Chicken sponsors - Monday Magazine, Times Colonist, the City of Victoria and the Traveller's Inn.

Festival Inquiries: Jonathan Argue, Producer - info@viif.ca.
Sponsorship Inquiries: Robyn Hovorka, Sponsorship Coordinator - sponsorship@viif.ca.
Media Inquiries: Amanda Smith, Festival Administrator - amanda@viif.ca.

VIIF 2008 commercial goes live!

Big shout of THANKS to our TV sponsor, 'A' British Columbia for shooting and putting together a kick-ass commercial!

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FESTIVAL TICKETS ON SALE!

September 8, 2008

VICTORIA – Get ready to bust a gut!

Tickets for the 2008 Victoria International Improv Festival (VIIF) are now on sale. “This gaggle of laughter only shows up in Victoria once every two years,” says Jonathan Argue , VIIF Producer. “We’ve grown the festival a little but have reduced the number of seats available – down to 170 from 200. This means that audience members should try to not leave their ticket purchases to the last minute!”

Tickets are available at the following outlets: Lyle’s Place (located at 770 Yates Street) starting Monday, September 8 - Monday to Thursday 10am to 6pm, Friday 10am to 9pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, Sunday 12pm to 5pm; Victoria Event Centre Box Office (located at 1415 Broad Street) from October 2 – 4, starting at 6pm each day; and online at http://1415broad.ca. Tickets purchased online have a $1 CDN to $2 CDN service fee added to the cost of the ticket.

There are two different types of events: showcase events which feature one or more guest groups for 60 to 75 minutes; and ensemble events which mix individual members of the guest groups for 45 minutes. The showcase events are priced at $10 CDN for general admission and $8 CDN for students and seniors. The ensemble events (Thursday and Saturday evenings only) are priced at $7 CDN for general admission and $5 CDN for students and seniors.

Festival passes are available in limited quantities and provide access to all events over the entire length of the festival. In addition, evening passes for the Thursday and Saturday dates may be purchased for access to all performances for those evenings.

Festival passes are priced at $46 CDN for general admission and $34 CDN for students and seniors, while the Thursday & Saturday evening passes are priced at $23 CDN for general admission and $17 CDN for students and seniors.

VIIF 2008 would like to thank our Improv God-level Sponsors: A Channel, the Yellow Pages Group, 100.3 The Q and The Zone @ 91.3 for their generous support.

We would also like to thank our Da Bomb-level sponsors: CRD Arts Development, Canadian Heritage, Downtown Victoria Business Association (DVBA) and the British Columbia Arts Council.

And finally, we’d like to thank our Rubber Chicken sponsors - Monday Magazine, Times Colonist, the City of Victoria and the Traveller's Inn.

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Festival Inquiries: Jonathan Argue, Producer - info@viif.ca .

Sponsorship Inquiries: Robyn Hovorka, Sponsorship Coordinator - sponsorship@viif.ca .

Media Inquiries: Amanda Smith, Festival Administrator - amanda@viif.ca .

VIIF Needs YOU!!

The Victoria International Improv Festival is looking for a some awesome folks to lend us a hand during our busy festival!

Be a part of the action as we host 3 nights of purely improvised theatrical mayhem!!

Get a cool T-shirt, meet strange and wonderful people and check out Victoria's best improv! Whoo!

Contact Michelle Chowns, volunteer coordinator, at michelle@impromaniacs.ca

The Impromaniacs Present: AS THE LEAVES TURN

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you AS THE LEAVES TURN, FT. DAVE MORRIS IS A STORY TELLER!, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, September 18th at 8:00 pm.

The Impromaniacs are extremely excited to present a very special evening of improvised theatre featuring special guest DAVE MORRIS all the way from far-away Vancouver! As the Impromaniacs last show before the upcoming Victoria International Improv Festival 2008, The Impromaniacs will be presenting a special long form improvised piece, inspired by everyone’s favourite daytime soap operas entitled AS THE LEAVES TURN. The evening will also feature a long form improvised solo performance by DAVE MORRIS IS A STORYTELLER as he weaves his own special blend of folk spun storytelling magic.

AS THE LEAVES TURN, will feature acting so bad it’s good, as The Impromaniacs make live melodrama based on the audience’s suggestions. Come watch as the Impromaniacs expertly weave together the threads of seemingly separate stories in true to form Soap Opera style. Feuds, friendships and Love triangles, squares, pentagons and even possibly hexagons will be formed then shattered as twist after twist will leave the audience shocked and gasping for more. Veteran Vancouver virtuoso improviser Dave Morris will then bring things back down to reality, with a solo improvised performance steeped in the age-old traditions of storytelling that will feature a hearty helping of honesty as Dave Morris creates live improv magic as only he can.
The entire performance will be created before the audience’s eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestions and instantly weave them into improvised stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment featuring The Impromaniacs and special guest DAVE MORRIS IS A STORYTELLER.

What: Impromaniacs present AS THE LEAVES TURN, FT. DAVE MORRIS
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.
The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

The Impromaniacs Proudly Present: HEAT WAVE!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you HEAT WAVE! at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, AUGUST 14 at 8:00 pm.

Join us for an evening of exciting entertainment, short form improv games, and an improvised long form piece that is sure to be scorching-hot entertainment! Be sure not to miss all the spontaneous surprises at this night of improvised theatre.

The evening will present an exciting variety of improvisational theatre styles as the Impromaniacs start the evening with a selection of hilarious short form improv games and then finish the evening with an original long-form improvised piece titled “Heat Wave” that will use a theme suggested by the audience to create a series of scenes which at first appear completely disconnected, but as the piece moves forward, the players will work improv-magic to tie together the characters and story-lines to the amazement and delight of the audience!

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestions and instantly weave them into games and stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present HEAT WAVE!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, AUGUST 14th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.
The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.
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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: SCRATCH CAKE!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you SCRATCH CAKE! at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, JULY 17 at 8:00 pm.

Join us for an evening of exciting entertainment, short form improv games, and an improvised long form piece that puts the audience in the director’s chair! Be sure not to miss all the spontaneous surprises at this night of improvised theatre.

The evening will present an exciting variety of improvisational theatre styles as the Impromaniacs start the evening with a selection of hilarious short form improv games and then finish the evening with an entirely original long-form improvised piece entitled “Scratch Cake” that will allow the audience to make all the choices about the player’s characters and the scenes they will be performing. Do you ever wish you could rewrite your favourite TV shows or movies to fill in plot holes or fix a disappointing ending? Well, the Impromaniacs presentation of “Scratch Cake” will be the perfect opportunity to indulge those arm-chair director aspirations!

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into games and stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present SCRATCH CAKE!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.
The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.
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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 Presesent EUROPEAN VACATION Ft. NAROBOV!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you EUROPEAN VACATION Ft. NAROBOV, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, June 19 at 8:00 pm.

The Impromaniacs are extremely excited to present a very special evening of improvised theatre featuring the amazing Narobov all the way from Slovenia. As a special kickoff event for October’s upcoming Victoria International Improv Festival 2008, Narobov will be presenting their own unique, funny and touching piece entitled “Tok Tok.” The evening will also feature a long form improvised performance by the Impromaniacs as well as an improvised “Jam session” starring members of both Narobov and the Impromaniacs!

“Tok Tok” as presented by Narobov’s Alenka Marinič and Tomaž Lapajne is piece about how two people sometimes stick to each other too much and sometimes not enough. Utilizing elements of clowning, improv and physical theatre, “Tok Tok” is just strange enough to be laugh-out-loud funny, while still allowing the audience to recognize elements of themselves in the performance. Narobov will create a memorable improv experience that is affected by the space in which it is performed and the very audience who is watching it.

The entire performance will be created before the audience’s eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into improvised stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment featuring some fantastic improvisational talent from Narobov of Slovenia.

What: Impromaniacs present EUROPEAN VACATION Ft. NAROBOV
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

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

LOST IN TIME!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you LOST IN TIME!, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, May 15 at 8:00 pm.

Join us for an evening of exciting entertainment, short form improv games, and an improvised long form piece that takes a journey backwards into time! Be sure not to miss all the spontaneous surprises at this night of improvised theatre.

The evening will present an exciting variety of improvisational theatre styles as the Impromaniacs start the evening with a selection of hilarious short form improv games and then finish the evening with an entirely original long-form improvised piece that will weave scenes into a story that extends backwards into time. In a mind-bending twist on convention, the scenes will start at the end and end at the beginning!

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestions and instantly weave them into games and stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present LOST IN TIME!
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.
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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

MISSING IMPROV?

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv Company, are thrilled to bring you MISSING IMPROV?, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, April 24 at 8:00 pm.

Join us for an evening of exciting entertainment, short form improv games, and an improvised long form play based on items taken from the audience itself. Be sure not to miss all the spontaneous surprises at this night of improvised theatre.

The evening will present an exciting variety of improvisational theatre styles as the Impromaniacs start the evening with a selection of your favourite short form improv games and then finish the evening with an entirely original long-form improvised piece based off an everyday item provided by the audience. Watch as the story of an everyday object comes to live before your eyes!

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into games and stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present MISSING IMPROV?
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Ryan Whyte, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.507.4671.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.
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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

TWO WILD NIGHTS - A success!

Over 190 people came out to enjoy the Impromaniacs' presentation of TWO WILD NIGHTS OF IMPROV!

Featured where:

• The Impromaniacs & Tongues of Fire
• Remilio Sheen
• 3-2-1 with Ryan, Tim and D'Arcy
  
• Organic Chemistry with Shawn & Jeff
• Rosa Parks Improv (Vancouver, BC)
  

The Saturday performance was a benefit for the MS Society of Canada, for which the Impromaniacs are providing a donation of $602! This is in addition to the money raised from the raffle and the silent auction.

Join us next month for LOST & FOUND!

2 WILD NIGHTS OF IMPROV!!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv company, are thrilled to bring you Two WILD Nights of Improv! Thursday March 27^th features incredible Victoria talent with Tongues of Fire and the Impromaniacs and Remilio Sheen. Saturday March 29^th (a fundraiser for the MS Society) features Victoria’s The Scene Kids, Organic Chemistry with Shawn and Jeff and from Vancouver Rosa Parks. Both nights start at 8pm at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street.

Come out and join in the fun with 2 fabulously WILD nights of improvised theatre!! We are delighted to bring you 2 very special evenings of stories, poetry, wit and laughter featuring incredible talent from Victoria and Vancouver! The fun begins on Thursday March 27^th with a special presentation of slam poetry by Victoria’s Tongues of Fire, improvised games and short scenes by Victoria’s longest running improv troupe, the Impromaniacs, and a long form improvised play by the love of your life, Victoria’s Remlio Sheen!!

The craziness continues on Saturday March 29^th with a very special fundraiser for the MS Society. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to support a great cause! Victoria and Vancouver’s best are rallying together to bring you an unforgettable night of purely improvised entertainment in support of the MS Society. The evening features great performances by The Scene Kids, Organic Chemistry with Shawn and Jeff (both groups from Victoria) and Vancouver’s all female troupe; Rosa Parks. There will be a silent auction, raffle draws and, of course, great improv! Stick around after the show and dance the night away!

Don’t miss out on these exciting nights of incredible improvised theatre and poetry. Proceeds from Saturday March 29^th will go directly to the MS Society!

What: Impromaniacs present Two Wild Nights of Improv!

Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel

When: Thursday, March 27^th , 2008 AND Saturday, March 29^th, 2008

Doors open: 7:30pm

Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors (AWESOME PRICES!)

Tickets are ONLY available at the DOOR! Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis!

For more information, please contact Michelle Chowns, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388.3658.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

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

First Day of Spring

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv company, are thrilled to bring you First Day of Spring, featuring Andrew Chen and Kaitlin Fontana as directed by Dave Morris at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, March 20th at 8:00 pm.

Come out and join in celebrating the run of the sun with a fabulous night of improvised theatre!! We are delighted to bring you a very special evening of stories, wit and laughter featuring a special presentation of Within a Story, starring some of Vancouver’s best improvisers; Andrew Chen and Kaitlin Fontana and Directed by master storyteller Dave Morris!

The evening is not to be missed, as we present an exciting variety of theatrical styles. The Impromaniacs begin the evening with our favourite short form games and “3-2-1”, then sit back and be dazzled as Dave, Andrew and Kaitlin expertly weave together a long form story in the second half.

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into stories and scenes that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present FIRST DAY OF SPRING! Featuring WITHIN A STORY

Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel

When: Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Doors open: 7:30pm

Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Michelle Chowns, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388.3658.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

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

ESCAPADES

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv company, are thrilled to bring you ESCAPADES, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, February 21 at 8:00 pm.

Join us for an evening of exciting entertainment, short form silliness, and fanciful fairytale fun. Be sure not to miss all the spontaneous surprises at this night of improvised theatre.

The evening will present an exciting variety of theatrical styles as we and start with a smattering of short form game silliness and then finish the evening with the untold tale of your favourite fairy tale characters in “Happily Ever After”. Escapades are sure to ensue!

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present ESCAPADES
Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel
When: Thursday, February 21st, 2007
Doors open: 7:30pm
Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors
Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Michelle Chowns, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388.3658.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.
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The Impromaniacs are a registered non-profit society, and have been providing entertainment to Victoria and the world since 1989.

BRAIN PANIC!

VICTORIA – The Impromaniacs, Victoria’s original Improv company, are thrilled to bring you BRAIN PANIC, at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street on Thursday, January 17th at 8:00 pm.

Join us for a twisted night of mind warping, cerebellum scrambling improvised theatre! We are delighted to team up with the Upfront Theatre, of Bellingham WA, and bring them back to Victoria for this evening of crazy creativity.

The evening will present an exciting variety of theatrical styles as we explore the unexpected and unearth the past with “Memory Mash Up”, tinker with our thinkers with the avant-garde “3-2-1” and surprise with a smattering of short form game silliness. The Upfront Theatre will finish the evening with their own special brand of improv comedy.

The entire performance will be created before your eyes, as we take our inspiration from audience suggestion and instantly weave them into stories that are sure to delight! We've got something for everyone! Bring the whole family (and your best suggestions) out for this evening of great live entertainment.

What: Impromaniacs present BRAIN PANIC

Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street – right across from the A-Channel

When: Thursday, January 17th, 2007

Doors open: 7:30pm

Performance starts: 8:00 pm (100 minute run, includes one 20 minute intermission)

Tickets at door: $10 General, $8 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets: $7 General, $5 for Students/Seniors

Advance Tickets available at: Lyle's Place – 770 Yates Street

For more information, please contact Michelle Chowns, Media Liaison, at media@impromaniacs.com, 250.388.3658.

The Impromaniacs acknowledge the financial assistance of The Province of British Columbia.

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