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Stir Q&A: Estonian comedy-improv artist Martin Junna weighs in on saunas, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and the art of not taking things too seriously

The member of Ruutu10 joins improv teams from Zimbabwe, New Zealand, and the Philippines for The Improv Centre’s THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, comedy, Homepage feature

The Improv Centre hosts THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase, January 28 to February 1

Troupes performing include SPIT Manila from the Philippines, New Zealand’s Second Breakfast, Estonia’s Ruutu10, and Zimbabwe’s The Impro Show

COMEDY, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 17, 2025Partner Content, The Improv Centre

Anvil Theatre stages Cheyenne Rouleau's Fat Joke, January 31 to February 2

Neworld Theatre’s one-woman production mixes stand-up comedy and storytelling in an unapologetic dissection of fatphobia

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverJanuary 7, 2025Partner Content, Anvil Theatre, Neworld Theatre

Spontaneous Shakespeare Company brings back hit show Breaking Bard, January 3

At the Little Mountain Gallery, improvisers draw on Shakespeare plays to craft an all-new tragedy

Kumail Nanjiani, Margaret Cho, and more as Just For Laughs VANCOUVER announces 2025 lineup

Sugar Sammy, Tim Dillon, and Roy Wood Jr. among names announced for festival running February 13 to 23

COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 10, 2024JFL Vancouver, Just For Laughs Vancouver

The Aunties Who Stole Christmas brings all-Indigenous, female, and two-spirited comedy to Vancouver, December 12 and 14

IndigE-girl Comedy focuses on voices that are often marginalized in mainstream comedy

WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYGail JohnsonDecember 9, 2024IndigE-girl Comedy

Jerry Seinfeld to perform at Just for Laughs VANCOUVER

Festival set to run February 13 to 23

COMEDYJanet SmithDecember 3, 2024Just for Laughs Vancouver

Rat Academy schools audiences on the history of Alberta’s anti-rat propaganda

Physical-comedy duo Katie Yoner and Dayna Lea Hoffmann of the Batrabbit Collective play the province’s last two rats on a mission for survival

THEATRE, COMEDYEmily LythNovember 28, 2024Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre, Batrabbit Collective

Merry/Happy/Jolly brings bundles of audience-directed holiday cheer to The Improv Centre

In festive new show created by Jalen Saip, the plot is propelled almost entirely by viewer suggestions

COMEDYJanet SmithNovember 22, 2024The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, Holiday 2024, Homepage feature

The Improv Centre doubles down on festive fun with two shows this holiday season from November 21 to December 31

Merry/Happy/Jolly is a choose-your-own-adventure holiday production that runs all season, while NYC at TIC on December 31 rings in 2025 with style

COMEDYStir VancouverNovember 17, 2024Partner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2024

Comedy review: In The Improv Centre's Betrayers, audience has fun separating the truthful from traitors

Spontaneous laughs meet heart-racing suspense in show that sends up TV phenomenon Traitors

COMEDYJanet SmithOctober 1, 2024The Improv Centre, improv

The Improv Centre dives into deception in Betrayers

New show created by Allen Morrison is based on the hit reality-TV series The Traitors

COMEDYGail JohnsonSeptember 17, 2024The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, Homepage feature

Teen Angst sees performers read from their old journals and diaries at the Shadbolt, September 21

The comedy revisits cast members’ hormone-fuelled puberty-era days

COMEDYGail JohnsonSeptember 15, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Ahead of his Unhinged visit to the Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald reflects on standup, the One Line Premise, and teaching funny

The ever-self-effacing Kids in the Hall star still finds his happy place onstage, whether he’s in a sketch, alone, or improvising with strangers

COMEDYJanet SmithAugust 15, 2024The Improv Centre, Summer 2024

The Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald hosts a laughter-filled weekend at The Improv Centre this August

Canadian comedy legend will perform a just-announced evening of improv and standup sets, plus teach two writing and performance workshops

COMEDYJanet SmithJuly 9, 2024The Improv Centre, Kevin McDonald, improv, Standup comedy

Stir Q&A: Alok talks about the meaning of beauty and the freedom of comedy

Hitting Indian Summer Festival, the poet, standup, and fashion and nonbinary icon strives to make the world “a little bit more magnificent”

Comedy review: The Improv Centre's Camp What’s-It-Called is a whacked-out nostalgia trip

Audience suggestions make for a fun night of cabin shenanigans, lake whales, and poison ivy

COMEDYJanet SmithMay 23, 2024The Improv Centre, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Homepage feature, SPRING 2024

At rEvolver Festival, absurdist physical comedy abounds in The Routine and tony wrestles a stranger

Theatre artists Tony Adams and Joylyn Secunda unpack the theme of transformation through self-acceptance in their respective shows

THEATRE, COMEDY, FESTSJanet SmithMay 16, 2024rEvolver Festival, the Cultch, Spring 2024

The Improv Centre revisits summer camp mayhem in Camp What's-It-Called

Artistic director and former avid summer camper Jalen Saip tapped into her experiences for a show about the wild world of canoeing, campfires, and crushes

COMEDY, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 10, 2024The Improv Centre, improv, comedy, Spring 2024, Homepage feature