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No Boring Ass Scenarios

registeredname — 2010-10-19T23:59:14-04:00

Break-ups: The Series -- Cate and Timmy from Ted Tremper on Vimeo.

MPROV: The 5th Montreal Improv Festival

Chronomorph — 2010-10-04T16:33:59-04:00

The Follow-Up

vinny9 — 2009-12-16T17:38:17-05:00

I made a little site with the full audio from all 3 episodes of The Follow-Up. Lemme know whatcha think.

http://followup.montrealimprov.com/

Big thanks to Marc and Andrew for their awesome help with these shows.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-09-24T23:25:58-04:00

The Bitter End is at Mainline for another two nights of its last two live improv shows. Sept. 25th and 26th at 9pm for $8. We have a great Mirror cover story and the first internet webisode.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2009-07-23T10:40:17-04:00

Only four more shows left of the Bitter End, an improvised sitcom starring Dan Beirne, Brent Skagford, Etan Muscat, Vanessa Matsui, Kirsten Rasmussen and Marc Rowland. Its at 8pm everyday until sunday at Le Gymnase (4177 St-Denis, corner Rachel) as part of Zoofest.

Montreal Improv Gives It All Away

vinny9 — 2009-07-11T01:03:37-04:00

We're having a little ticket giveaway over on our blog. If you're in town, feel free to participate.

Montreal Improv ticket contest

Bloggy Battle of Wits

vinny9 — 2009-03-13T17:02:23-04:00

So Mr. Marc and I are trying to come up with a good name for our brand new Montreal Improv blog. Your challenge is to come up with some decent names for us to choose from.

Now if it weren't illegal for us as a registered Quebec business to give away a prize without a lot of hassle, I totally would. So all you can legally get is our gratitude.

I leave it to goodladd to declare winners for the previous two battles.

Newsflash: I'm A Stud

vinny9 — 2009-01-16T08:46:03-05:00

Montreal Improv got a little write-up in the Mirror. Huzzah!

In other news, a new set of improv classes for beginners start at the end of January. Check out the site for all the details.

Old School

goodladd — 2008-11-07T08:37:25-05:00

I've convinced Emerson to let me run an "Improv For Writers" workshop, on the assumption that short story writers in particular can benefit from doing the sort of character- and plot-work that improv scenes require. I'm doing a pilot version over the next two Sundays, with the hope that I can expand it next semester if it goes well.

My goal is two spend the first week (two hours) getting people broken into improv basics, and the second week (three hours) focusing more on stuff like the aforementioned character and plot.

So, since this ostensibly started as a blog about improv, does anyone have any suggestions on good exercises for complete beginners?

I Kinda Like The Internet

vinny9 — 2008-11-06T07:32:10-05:00

Improv Gift Cards

Yeah, that's right. Give the gift of improv classes in Montreal this Christmas.

Improv site

vinny9 — 2008-09-26T09:42:01-04:00

I'm starting up improv classes of my own and made a site for them. I figured I'd ask you guys to do a quick check for me before advertising it around.

www.MONTREALimprov.com

If you guys notice any layout glitches or typos or wording or anything that could be improved, please let me know.

The Bitter End

Chronomorph — 2008-09-19T16:16:55-04:00

Dan Beirne (the one you know and love) put together a trailer for the improvised sitcom that we've been performing at Theatre Ste-Catherine on thursdays. You can check all the episodes on The Bitter End website.

The Bitter End - trailer from daniel beirne on Vimeo.

Some (more) Assembly Required

stretch — 2008-09-04T21:17:24-04:00

Does any know any good Ottawa improv connections? My web searching got me to a workshop that was a bit small, a lot old, and awfully amateur for my tastes.

On a side note, googling "ottawa improv workshop" brings up both Without Annette's blog and Sillytech in the first two pages.

Nostaligic?

registeredname — 2008-08-29T08:49:21-04:00

Was looking up something else and found this:
http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/34/02/campus/

Improv Classes

Chronomorph — 2008-08-03T20:55:51-04:00

Last month, Brent Skagford and I taught an intermediate class at the OFF space on St-Laurent and put on a showcase where our workshoppers dazzled the audience with their incredible improv skills. For late summer/early fall, I�m organizing a BEGINNERS class, so if you�re interested in getting on board the improv train, now would be a good time. You can check my website for more information.

Canadian Improv

Alex — 2008-05-12T14:41:19-04:00

http://improvisation.ca/

It's kind of sparse right now, but there are a couple of articles, interviews, and videos about Canadian Improv (which, methinks, some of you be interested in.) Maybe check back again in a couple of months to gauge how prolific the writing is.

Vaganza 8

Bryan — 2008-01-29T11:05:17-05:00

Calling all McAlumni!

Vaganza 8 is scheduled for February 16-17, Saturday to Sunday, noon to noon. (The noon to noon part is to be confirmed)

Who wants to come to Montreal?

Keith Johnstone full interview

Alex — 2007-08-08T15:39:35-04:00

http://www.comedycouch.com/interviews/kjohnstone.htm

It's Official: Improv is Stupid

Alex — 2007-07-24T16:01:19-04:00

http://www.straight.com/article-101999/improv-founder-keith-johnstone-recants

Aw-wight!

goodladd — 2007-07-01T06:03:38-04:00

Marc and I did a short fifteen minute improv set (with two other gentlemen from our London group) at a pub called The Bath House last night. Our final scene was a game of Detective with Marc as the detective and me as the deputy.

The murder weapon we got was tampax (key line later on: "Gosh! Look at all this blood everywhere!"), and the location was a pub. But when it came to selecting a celebrity murderer, the audience overwhelmingly began shouting out 'Michael Barrymore', an Eighties British TV presenter with whom I'm familiar but I knew Marc wouldn't be. Unfortunately the only other suggestion was 'Jim Davidson' (another, even more obscure Eighties British TV presenter) so I had to take it.

Marc got it, bless him, after some pretty cheap tactics ("Oh, my phone's ringing, let me just take MY CALL"; "Well, let's get this body to the cemetery and BURY MORE of him than is buried right now"), but, mostly for his benefit, I present these clips from the golden age of British entertainment. Please appreciate the undercurrents of racism and/or homophobia from the audience. I also love that all male British gameshow presenters wore tuxes at all times until well into the Nineties.

Improv in Movies

Gbrowdy — 2007-06-09T00:11:29-04:00

Crosstalk: Is Improvisation Ruining Film Comedy?
-from The Onion AV Club

Sillytech is a blog about improv, among other things. This is a long piece, but interesting.

Also, Seth Rogen was in Habonim. I like to boast that.

Free tix

Without_Annette — 2007-05-03T14:19:48-04:00

Hey y'all,

Our next show is tomorrow night. Check out our Montreal improv blog to get free entrance.

Improv Summit 2007

chrisdye — 2007-03-21T15:21:08-04:00

IMPROV SUMMIT 2007 is upon us. McGill, U of T, U of Ottawa, Carleton, U de Montr�al, Sherbrooke and UQAM battle for university improv comedy supremacy this Saturday, March 24, at Shatner University Centre, 3480 McTavish, Montreal.

1:15-3:00 FIRST ROUND: McGill-Ottawa- U de M
4:00-6:00 SECOND ROUND: UQAM-Carleton-Sherbrooke-U of T
8:00-9:00 Quebec-Ontario All-Star Game
9:15-10:45 Finals

See it all for $3. More info at www.improvsummit.com

Thank God You're Here

Gbrowdy — 2007-03-18T23:30:23-04:00

There is a new show coming to NBC called Thank God You're Here.

It seems to basically be a simple improv game where a player enters a scene and is greeted with that line and then has to improvise his or her way through the rest of the scene, not knowing what they've just entered. The hook is that the "players" are celebrity actors. There is also a judge (Dave Foley), who can honk a horn if the scene sucks, like in TheatreSports.

Apparently it was a hit in Australia and they are importing it over here. I always think improv on TV is tricky, but somehow this sounds fun and doable. It starts April 9th.

Check it out!

Vaganza 7

dustin — 2007-03-07T02:08:42-05:00

Here's the rest of my Vaganza pictures. Unfortunately I have no video of the late night song hour, which was my highlight of the marathon. Bryan should definitely record them all for his next hit album.

Andrew Hijacking Adrienne's Sillytech Account

Adrienne — 2007-02-27T10:04:48-05:00

vaganzare, Italian verb (intransitive): to perform improvised comedy for a ridiculously long time

eg. Bryan vaganza sempre (Bryan always performs improvised comedy for a ridiculously long time)

eg. gbrowdy non ha vaganzato per tanto tempo (gbrowdy has not performed improvised comedy for a ridiculously long time in a ridiculously long time)

eg. se non vaganzassimo, il mondo sarebbe bruto (if we weren't to perform improvised comedy for a ridiculously long time, the world would be a horrible place)

--

McGill Improv's Vaganza VII: 12 noon, Friday March 2nd - 12 noon, Saturday March 3rd. The Shatner Building (3480 McTavish), 2nd floor.

Come for the Italian grammar, stay for the improvised comedy.

This Made Me VERY Happy

Chronomorph — 2007-02-05T12:52:47-05:00

I found this article about Sunday Night Improv on the TSC website. So awesome!

Toronto Improv Competition Follow Up

registeredname — 2007-01-31T10:48:21-05:00

Eric Rosenhek, who used to be a CIA member, sent me this link:

http://www.andpop.com/article/8205?PHPSESSID=ab9bdd09e4458be0d760e47d442875f1

It's a short article talking about the U of T competition.

A question.

Maryam — 2006-12-10T00:45:36-05:00

hey guys,

you know those improv people who do those massive pranks? like the one where they all wore blue shirts and khaki pants in that store? who were those people? where is their website? i want to go check out their other pranks but i can't remember how to find them.

also, now that i wrote this post, i am pretty sure khaki comes from the persian word khaaki which means earthly or dirt color. ..you know since khaki pants are that color.
... You welcome!

To cheer up K-Fed fans

Bryan — 2006-11-09T02:00:17-05:00

Want some free tix to Without Annette's show this Friday? Check out the improv blog for deets!