Posts Filed Under: Improv

Celebrate 40 Years of Making It Up On The Spot

The Canadian Improv Games marks its 40th anniversary with a fundraiser featuring an exceptional line-up of professional comic alumni.

By Steve Fisher Apr. 15th, 3:30 pm

Catch Comedy From Toronto’s Newest Company

New improv company The Assembly launches tonight with showcases by resident troupes and some assembled all stars.

By Steve Fisher Apr. 13th, 2:45 pm

Laugh at Intergenerational Comedy for A Cause

Several of Comedy Bar's top acts are collaborating on a fundraiser for The Haven, a Toronto drop-in.

By Steve Fisher Mar. 28th, 2:30 pm

Make Your Friday Night Funny With Triplespeak

An eclectic line-up of activists, writers, and musicians appearing as guest monologists for their new all star show.

By Steve Fisher Mar. 24th, 2:00 pm

Catch This 24-Hour Entertainment Marathon For A Good Cause

24 hours of unscripted entertainment, including a musical, a seance, and a trilingual set, to support Bad Dog Theatre Company's diversity programming.

By Steve Fisher Mar. 10th, 5:45 pm

“Did That Really Happen?” In Slip And One Night Only, That’s Subjective

Two innovative indie theatre shows—Slip, a murder mystery, and One Night Only, an improvised musical—play with and subvert their genres.

By Steve Fisher Feb. 3rd, 3:00 pm

Learning to Love “the Actor’s Nightmare” in Wonderstruck Live and Mixed Company

These shows are bringing stage actors and improvisers closer together.

By Steve Fisher Aug. 31st, 3:30 pm

Combustion Festival 2015: Mixing & Matching Improv

Bad Dog Theatre's Combustion Festival brings improvisers from across the continent (and further) to try out new formats and cross-pollinate their art.

By Steve Fisher May. 29th, 3:31 pm

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2014 Hero: Julie Dumais Osborne, of Bad Dog Theatre

Nominated for: leading Bad Dog Theatre to its new home in Toronto's "comedy corridor."

By Steve Fisher • Illustration by Tonia CowanDec. 23rd, 12:55 pm

Toronto Comedy: We’re Here All Week

Every night in Toronto, there's a comedy show worth seeing. We went to a week's worth of long-running shows to see why they've lasted a decade or more.

By Steve Fisher Dec. 10th, 1:45 pm

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2012 Hero: Alice Moran

Nominated for: speaking up when she didn't need to.

By Steve Fisher • Illustration by Brian McLachlanDec. 14th, 8:45 am

Fifty Shades of Red(-Faced Laughter)

Alice Moran, co-star and co-writer of Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody, talks about her work on the comedic musical, women's rights, and other things.

By Steve Fisher Nov. 14th, 4:15 pm

Autumn Afternoon of the Living Dead

Improv in Toronto stages a zombie attack on the University of Toronto campus.

By Natalie Zina Walschots Oct. 15th, 9:00 am

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Dungeons and Dragons and Improv

Dungeons and Dragons Live brings tabletop role-playing out of the basement and into Comedy Bar.

By Natalie Zina Walschots Aug. 23rd, 4:00 pm

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Local Ladies Who Make Us Laugh (2012 Edition)

For the second time, we highlight Toronto-based female comedians who are among the best at what they do.

By Steve Fisher • Photos by Corbin SmithJun. 14th, 2:00 pm

A Play on Few Words

The National Theatre of the World takes two pages of a script and improvises them into an entire play.

By Kevin Scott May. 25th, 12:00 pm

Pro Wrestler Bret Hart Does Improv

Bret "The Hitman" Hart judged a Catch-23 improv show at Comedy Bar.

By Kevin Scott • Photos by Corbin SmithMar. 19th, 11:00 am

Urban Planner: February 3, 2012

In today's UP: two new exhibitions, Transmission Lines and People People, open at the Cooper Cole Gallery; COBA's new work Les Rythmes de la Forêt opens at the Fleck Dance Theatre; and improv show About an Hour returns to Toronto.

By Steve Fisher Feb. 3rd, 7:00 am