Canadian Improv Games http://improv.ca Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:48:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kingston Improv Games Regional Tournament is Underway! The Kingston Regional Tournament is underway and will be happening all this week until Saturday the 27th where the tournament will culminate in a final night of play with the top five teams from the week competing to represent Kingston at the National tournament!

We’ve seen some incredible teams so far and there is still much more improv to come!

Prelims will be held from Tuesday, February 23 to Friday, February 26th at…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/02/kingston-improv-games-regional-tournament-is-underway/ One awesome Halifax Tournament, coming up!

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That’s right, this week is the 9th annual Nova Scotia Regional Improv Games!

This Thursday kicks off the 3 day tournament held at St. Matthew’s Church on beautiful downtown Barrington Street.

Preliminaries are Thursday & Friday at 7pm, and are only $5 for each night – tickets available at the door. On Saturday, the top 4 teams will compete at the Regional Finals for a chance to go to Ottawa for the National Festival. Finals…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/02/one-awesome-halifax-tournament-coming-up/ Sudbury Regionals – Begins WEDNESDAY! The 16th Annual Sudbury Regionals begins this Wednesday at Thorneloe Theatre!

Come out and enjoy teams from Sudbury and Northern Ontario compete over 4 days of competition!

For more information also checkout www.sudburyimprov.com

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/02/sudbury-regionals-begins-wednesday/ Hot Improvisation in the Coldest Place on Earth

As soon as I start feeling the weight on February starting to wear on me, and I feel like I will never get through another harsh prairie winter, I know its time for Improvisation in Saskatchewan!

The CIG Sask Tournament kicks off in 2 weeks. Teams are currently hard at work preparing, (and receiving the occaisonal visit from our finest trainers), Posters, tickets and Players Passes arrived on my desk bright…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/02/hot-improvisation-in-the-coldest-place-on-earth/ Island Regionals this weekend!

That’s right, the South Island Cup was a ton of fun and now we are down to the top ten senior teams from across the island, as well as the top 5 junior teams. This will be the first time the North and South Island teams have seen each other since last year. They are pulling out all the stops to be the one team that represents this amazing region…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/02/island-regionals-this-weekend/ Registration for National Festival Time! We’re ready and waiting for registrations for the National Festival!  It’s going to be an exciting line-up this year….Christian Capozzoli of the Magnet Theatre NYC has just confirmed he will be teaching for us!  Registration is only $80 per student ($60 if you are traveling from outside of Ontario) and gets you two workshops, open lectures, forums, jam sessions, and tickets to each night of play!  What a deal!  Not…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/01/registration-for-national-festival-time/ LM Finals are almost here!

Prelims are over and we are now down to the top 9 teams in the Lower Mainland Regional Tournament. Last year’s champs Prince of Wales got an early lead with fantastic Theme and Story events only to be trumped on the second to last night by New Westminster’s powerhouse team.

With finals already sold out and its spots filled with great teams, tonight’s WILDCARD round competitors will be hungry for that 5th place…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/01/lm-finals-are-almost-here/ North Island Cup a massive hit! We returned from Courtenay late last night still exchanging stories about our favorite moments from two amazing nights. The audiences were packed with enthusiastic fans showing the Comox Valley spirit. National champs Vanier showed they still got it, taking the North Island Cup and their juniors placing first the night before.

The standings were tight though, with Isfeld’s seniors and juniors not far behind Vanier. The Isfeld junior team will join…

]]> http://improv.ca/2010/01/north-island-cup-a-massive-hit/ Improv.ca has a fresh new face and great new features! Welcome, improv fans to the brand new Improv.ca website. Within these digital walls you’ll find several great new ways to keep up to date with us. Whether it’s a blog entry or Twitter update from one of our Regional Directors, or new training advice from our national staff, there is always something new to read at Improv.ca.

We’ve also added all of the materials found on our old training site to Improv.ca.…

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