CRUMBS at the Fringe

CRUMBS returns to the Winnipeg Fringe Festival. How many times is it now? 10? 20? 30? Who knows? 
*the first CRUMBS fringe was in 1998 so this would be number 20

CRUMBS is going to do the improv show they do with DJ Hunnicutt. People are going to go to the show and be entertained. The show is NOT going to be at the King's Head, don't go to the King's Head, that's not where we will be. Poor King's Head. 

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When:

Wed July 19 10pm

Fri July 21 3:30pm

Sat July 22 9pm

Mon July 24 1:30pm

Tue July 25 9:15pm

Thu July 27 12 noon

Fri July 28 5:15pm
Sat July 29 11pm

Where:

Venue #4 The Pantages Mainstage

What:

An improv show with a duo who has worked together for over two decades. Fully improvised comedy theatre with a live DJ.

Why:

Because it's a good show and it's the longest running show at the Winnipeg Fringe.

What else?

Is there another show I should you see? Well check out this link here:

HERE IS THE LINK I JUST MENTIONED

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The Winnipeg Fringe!

With summer in Winnipeg comes the hot hot heat. No it isn't just a time for escape to the cabin or the beach. No it's not just a time of fighting mosquitoes and other pests. No it's not just a time to remember that it isn't winter. It is also a time of great improv and comedy. Live shows are not only a winter sport.


The Winnipeg Fringe Festival? What fringe shows should you really be getting excited about? Is the Fringe happening in Winnipeg July 13th - 24th?

Winnipeg Fringe Website LINK!

CRUMBS
Every Night it's the same... It's Different!
(Every night at the King's Head pub at 8:45pm)

CRUMBS returns with the already sold-out run of already hilarious shows. It's crazy, the tickets aren't even on sale yet and they're sold out. It's ridiculous, the show hasn't even been created yet and it's already hilarious. A fully improvised show scored by DJ Hunnicutt and created by the power of imagination. All in the comfort of the King's Head Pub. Get your tickets early, because as we've already mentioned, they're already sold out.

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CRUMBS Facebook event LINK


The Big Stupid Improv Show
Asper Centre for Theatre (at the U of W)

The Big Stupid Improv Show returns in all it's Big and Stupid improv glory. This is the now legendary improv jam show that gathers improvisers, comedians, and fringe performers and throws them onstage together. The show has been running at the Fringe since 1999. Who will you see this year? What will you see this year?

July 13 6:30pm

July 15 1pm

July 17 2:45pm

July 19 4pm

July 21 10:15pm

July 23 12 noon

July 24 7:30pm

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Big Stupid Improv Facebook Event Link


Comedy Isn't Funny Anymore
Onstage at the Pantages Playhouse Theatre (Venue #4)

Comedy Isn't Funny Anymore is a post-modern take on 

the golden age of comedy.

Stephen Sim is funny. Caity Curtis is funny. They want you 

to laugh. More than that, they want you to laugh at the 

right parts of the show. How will you know when to 

laugh? How will you determine when the funny is 

happening? Is comedy even funny? Good luck, Audience 

People. 

These are two comedians. (CRUMBS, The Winnipeg 

Improv Festival, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival, The Big 

Stupid Improv Show, King’s Head Comedy Knights, The 

(Improvised) Bachelorette, Vancouver Sketchfest, TEDx 

Winnipeg, general international fame…)

july 14 11:30pm

july 16 3pm

july 17 5:45pm

july 19 1:45pm

july 20 7pm

july 22 12 noon

july 23 5pm

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Facebook Event Page






Are there more shows to see at the FRINGE? You bet. In fact, you should go see them all!

Next Act 2016 is coming to Winnipeg, Manitoba! 

From August 2 – 6 improvisers from all over Canada will be joining the Next Act ensemble for 5 days and 5 nights of intense improv training and performances.

Winnipeg is known internationally for its unique style of long form improv. The Next Act Ensemble can expect to be challenged and charmed by the ‘Prairie Style’ improv experience. The Ensemble will be directed by Winnipeg improv legends, Aaron Merke (BUCKO), Stephen Sim (CRUMBS) and Caity Curtis.

Euro Touro 2016 Part 1

CRUMBS are back on tour in Europe. It hasn't been since 2014 that CRUMBS have been together on European soil. Pretty exciting stuff right? And to think that it was way back in the spring of 2001 that CRUMBS first hopped over the pond from Canada to Europe so if I do the math correctly and crunch the numbers... it is the 15 year anniversary of CRUMBS on a Euro Touro. Wow, time does fly by. 

Here's what the little Euro Touro looks like:

Sat, May 7th - Hamburg

Thu, May 12th - Berlin 

Sat, May 14th - The Hague

Thu, May 19-May 21 - Leipzig

Sun, May 22nd - Baden (CH)

Sun, May 29th - Berlin

Improv & Comedy coming up in Winnipeg

Winnipeg shows are coming up. Yes, the world seems to end in February and it seems like nothing will ever be good again. But instead of being depressed, let the comedy and improv melt your heart and make you feel good.

Thank you to all the people in Berlin who came out to the Virtual CRUMBS show we had at the Ratibortheater in Berlin. Lee was live on the stage while Stephen was live in his living room using the magic internet.

What's that? Upcoming shows? Of course!

Tue, Feb 16th

The Comedy Double Date Show

The Comedy Double Date is a real live double date of 

comedy. Two of Winnipeg's power couples of comedy, spanning the world of stand-up, improv and sketch, unite. Tim Gray, Dana Smith, Caitlin Curtis and Stephen Sim combine forces and let you tag along like a fifth wheel on their comedy double date.

All happening at the King's Head Pub as part of the Comedy Knights comedy series that happens ever single Tuesday night.

FACEBOOK EVENT

Look for CRUMBS during the Winnipeg Comedy Festival as it gets closer and closer. Fri, April 8th at the Gas Station Arts Centre.

LINK

CRUMBS in December

December isn't just about Xmas parties and New Year's Eve parties... it's also about improv and comedy parties. CRUMBS a some shows coming up and you will want to see them because, really, you haven't seen a real CRUMBS show in months!



CRUMBS does the Wed, Dec 30th show at the Park Theatre with H.U.N.K.S. sketch comedy. You will see the "best of 2015" sketches from H.U.N.K.S. and the "best of 2015" improv scenes from CRUMBS. Music by none other than DJ Hunnicutt!

EVENT LINK


Of course you can also catch CRUMBS on the radio on 101.5 UMFM every Monday at 5pm


Of course you catch live comedy and improv at various venues in the city every week...

Sundays at the Cavern

Mondays at the HUB

Tuesdays at the King's Head Pub

Wednesdays at Jekyll & Hyde's

Thursdays at handsome Daughter



CRUMBS in the New Year!


CRUMBS at the King's Head Pub on Thursday, Jan 7th


Of course you'll be looking forward to seeing the amazing Virtual CRUMBS show happening in... well in Berlin on Feb 4th. Some of the show happens in Winnipeg and then it's stuffed into small tubes and the digital information is sent to Berlin and projected live onstage at the Ratibortheater. A CRUMBS show that happens with the help of technology.

Summer is coming!

 Summer is coming and that can mean only one thing... or several things... but mostly that the weather is going to start actually acting like summer.

It also means that Winnipeg forgets about hockey after a great a run. Winnipeg turns its sights on the arts and the culture (when we aren't escaping to the cabin and camping in the woods).

What's that? You are interested in some upcoming live shows? Okay, I'll tell you about some of them.

CRUMBS is going to be doing a strange and cool and strange experimental Skype show in Berlin. Lee will be live in Berlin and Stephen will be "live" via skype in Berlin while comfortably sitting in Winnipeg. The show will be at the Ratibortheater in Kruezberg on May 7th. It will be great, so get to Berlin.

Comedy Knights continues to offer you the FREE and GREAT comedy and improv shows at the King's Head Pub. Every single Tuesday at 9pm there is a show to enjoy.

Tue, May 5th is the next one!

FACEBOOK LINK


More shows?!?



How about Outside Joke with Hot Thespian Action at the Gas Station Arts Centre on May 2nd at 8pm?

OJ LINK

How about H.U.N.K.S. sketch comedy with Outside Joke at the Park Theatre on May 20th at 8pm?

How about H.U.N.K.S. sketch comedy with The Big Stupid Improv Show at the Park Theatre on June 24th at 8pm?

PARK THEATRE LINK


What else does summer mean? The Winnipeg Fringe Festival!

CRUMBS returns to the King's Head and The Big Stupid Improv Show returns to MTYP. Look for all the rest of your favourite Fringe super stars... but I'm sure I'll post more about the Fringe as we get closer because there's even more Fringe shows that I can't wait to tell you about.

Winnipeg Fringe Festival LINK

CRUMBS gets ready for FRINGE 2014

 CRUMBS

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Wed, July 16 10:45 PM

Thu, July 17 10:45 PM

Fri, July 18 7:00 PM

Sat, July 19 10:45 PM

Sun, July 20 10:45 PM

Mon, July 21 7:00 PM

Tue, July 22 10:45 PM

Wed, July 23 10:45 PM

Thu, July 24 10:45 PM

Fri, July 25 9:00 PM

Sat, July 26 10:45 PM

Every night at Venue #14 The King's Head Pub

CRUMBS is an improv duo based out of Winnipeg. Stephen Sim and Lee White formed the company in 1997 and have since toured the world. CRUMBS stripped down long form improv show of comedy meets theatre meets comedy again has gone on to become the toast of the international improvised theatre scene. CRUMBS performs a fully improvised story and their cinematic style is further enhanced by the improvised musical soundtrack provided by Dj Hunnicutt. The show has convinced more that a few people that improv can be theatre, that theatre can be hilarious, that comedy can be touching and that you can make up a show right in front of an audience and have it be good.

CRUMBS has performed in every Fringe festival in Winnipeg since their first show in 1998 and therefore has the record for the most Winnipeg Fringe Festival shows produced and performed by the same company. We've crunched the numbers for you:

Number of Fringe Seasons in a row = this will be 17

Number of Fringe shows in Winnipeg = this will be 141

Number of musicians we've worked with = 5

Number of countries we've performed in = 16

Number of stars our show is worth = 69 (accumulative)

Number of venues we've Fringed at in Winnipeg = 6

Number of Improv shows at this Fringe Festival = 15

Number of Improv shows at CRUMBS first Fringe = 3

Number of planes CRUMBS has flown on = 147

Number of World Tours = 20

CRUMBS has toured internationally, headlining festivals, winning improv tournaments and teaching improv masterclasses. CRUMBS been lucky enough to tour their show all over the world, and have been lucky enough to perform with many of the great improv companies around the world and been smart enough to steal everyone's good ideas and bring them right back to Winnipeg every year for the Fringe.

Be sure the check out the BIG STUPID IMPROV SHOW at the MTYP during the FRINGE.

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The Big Stupid Improv Show

Venue #21 MTYP 2 Forks Market Road

Thu,    July 17    3:15 PM

Fri,     July 18   10:45 PM

Sun,    July 20    1:45 PM

Mon,   July 21   5:00 PM

Wed,   July 23    7:00 PM

Thu,    July 24    8:30 PM

Sat,     July 26       NooN!

Sun,    July 27    7:45 PM

And just so you know, we have some pretty amazing guests lined up for you as well as some surprise improv formats too!

Expect to see:

CRUMBS, Outside Joke, DnD Improv, Fraz Wiest, Caitlin Curtis, Rumble Pak, Parking Lots, Peter & Chris (Toronto/Vancouver), Chris Gibbs (Toronto), Ryan Gladstone (Vancouver), DK Rheimer (LA)... and even more. 

Thank you for taking the time to actually read the very last thing written on this post.

CRUMBS in the Summer time

So, it's summer time, the weather is hot and it's time to relax. So what if the weather isn't exactly hot, it is still time to relax.

CRUMBS thanks all those many people who enjoyed our show this year at the Fringe. It was another sold out run of shows at the King's Head Pub. We certainly hope there weren't too many of you out there that stood in line only to be disappointed by the SOLD OUT sign being posted right before your turn to buy tickets. We are serious when we say "Get your advance tickets NOW!".

The CRUMBS show this year at the festival involved TRUTH, and truth be told, it worked out famously. Some of the stories that inspired the shows include:

-A woman who was picked up in Ireland at the airport by her professional wrestler fiancé... along with his pregnant girlfriend. (Yes, that's an actual picture of the actual guy)

-A married couple who had the husband tell the wife to be that they would never ever ever get married.



-A cook (just a cook) on a US military submarine who moved to Winnipeg for love.



-A rocket scientist (who insisted that he was just a technician) who travelled on a "bumpy" road in a short cut at the Grand Canyon.



-A drunken kiss at a Bomber game becomes love.



-A break up story... where friends of the ex-girlfriend were actually in the audience too... amazing!


We should also mention the amazing run of shows that the Big Stupid Improv Show had at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. We had so many great guests play some improv make'em ups with us. Lee also had the chance to again display his improv game show format (The Big Smart Improv Show) and Mama Cutsworth made the music sound even better than music should even sound. A thank you to all the players and people involved with making that show a success.

In fact, a huge shout out goes out to all the improv that happened at the Winnipeg Fringe this year. This was a record year for Fringe attendance, and a record year for the amount of improv there was. Over 11% of the total number of companies were listed as either improv or sketch comedy (as I've mentioned before). This is huge. And great.

Look for more CRUMBS in your future.

Perhaps on the Radio. We still do our long running live radio show every Monday at 5PM CST on 101.5 UMFM.

Perhaps at the King's Head. We continue our long running shows on Tuesday nights upstairs at the pub. The Free Laughs Comedy Show does a FREE show every Tuesday at 9PM. The show is sometimes IMPROV, sometimes STAND-UP, and sometimes SKETCH COMEDY, and is ALWAYS great!

Perhaps just walking down the street, sometimes we walk down the street.

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