The Winnipeg if... Improv Festival is almost here! It runs Oct 11th to Oct 15th and it is the best time in Winnipeg for Improv (plus sketch comedy and stand-up comedy and then even more improv).

The Winnipeg if... Improv Festival will be flying in some amazing guests performers from Seattle, Los Angeles, Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto, Port Coquitlam and Winnipeg (well, the guests from Winnipeg will maybe take the bus).

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We will showcasing Improvisation as well as collaboration withSketch Comedy and Stand-up Comedy. Not only will we be showcasing some great out of town improv shows, we also also invent some improv shows of our own. We will be creating a Festival Ensemble of players, as well as a Local Ensemble of players and aSketch Ensemble of players. What does this mean? It means we will be making up some amazing new improv and hilarious new sketch comedy. The improv ensembles will be directed by none other than Randy Dixon (Seattle's Unexpected Productions) and the Sketch ensemble will be directed by Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall). You will also get to see some stand-up and sketch comedy from Mark Little and Andrew Bush (of Picnicface fame!)

We will be kicking off the entire festival with our FREE SAMPLER SHOW on TUE, OCT 11th at 8PM where you can sample all the amazing improv and comedy that will be featured all week. The Sampler show will be at the Albert Street Cocktail Company (91 Albert Street) So you can sample great improv and fancy cocktails!

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.

CRUMB & Friends

Improv in Winnipeg is alive and well. Here's what shows you can look forward to.

The next show at the King's Head is

Tuesday, March 18th

CRUMB & Friends!

It will feature:

Stephen Sim and Dj Hunnicutt

as well as the special guests:

Gord Tanner

Alix Sobler

Toby Hughes

Caitlin Curtis

Fraz Wiest

The next next show at the King's Head is

Tuesday, April 1st

It will be a Bizarro Comedy Show!

What is that? Well, that is where the Stand-up Comics do the improv and the Improvisers do the Stand-up comedy. It's like Freaky Friday but on a Tuesday... and with Comedy.

The next next next show at the King's Head is

Tuesday, April 15th

It will again be a CRUMB & Friends show.

But you know that I'm just talking about the IMPROV right?

You do know that EVERY Tuesday there's a show? We rotate the show and bounce between IMPROV

and STAND-UP comedy. Every single Tuesday night

there's a show and every single Tuesday night is great.

What other shows do I need to know about?

#1
What other regular shows are out there?

Well, Wednesdays at the Cheer in Osborne Village hosted by Ben "OBC" Walker. You can also be a part of a new night happening on Thursdays at the Times Changed on Main Street hosted by Chantal Marostica. More? Are there more shows? Probably.

#2

The CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival

This wonderful festival is coming up in April and that means that Winnipeg becomes the funniest place on Earth for one week. There will be some amazing comedy converging in this city and you all need to be a part of it. There will also be some improv happening, Mark Meerfrom the Irrelevant Show on CBC radio will be doing some improv and YOU simply MUST experience the BRILLIANCE of this show.

Here is the show LINK for you to CLICK

#3

Friday, April 18th at the Park Theatre

The Winnipeg Comedy Showcase featuring the stand-up amazingness of:

John B Duff, Mike Green, Dan Verville, Ryan Ash, Dan Glasswick and Keener. Get your tickets and then get your laugh on.

Here is the LINK for this SHOW

Ford Nation? More like Spacey Nation. The asshole brothers just cannot compete with class and wit. Here's the LINK for context.

The CRUMBS radio show has been ongoing weekly for about a decade and just because Lee is away touring Europe doesn't mean the radio show is a no-go. No, in fact, Stephen has just decided to bring on special guests to fill the void. Here we see last week's guests John Wilson and Tim Grey from The Week Thus Far TV show. Great guests.

Now just a couple pictures of Winnipeg. Just nice pictures of Winnipeg. 

First a sunrise...

A cloud maker making clouds.

CRUMBS Improv Vs Stand-Up

CRUMBS would love love love to see you all at the Gas Station Theatre for the upcoming show/party that CRUMBS is putting together on Sat, Feb 22nd.

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The show will not only feature the improv you have grown to love and expect, we've also invited some of Winnipeg's stand-up comics to give you a taste of some comedy told standing up and into a mic. We're also going to have the musical wizardry of Leif (who is known for his musicianship with Outside Joke and The D&D Improv Show).

Wait, don't all the improvisers and the stand-up comics always feud about who is the better/best comedic art form?


Well, this upcoming show at the Gas Station Arts Centre is kind of like this small excerpt from a little skit:


Bill- "Hey, you got your stand-up in my improv!"

Bob- "Hey, you got your improv all over my stand-up!"

Bill & Bob- "This combo tastes HILARIOUS!!!"


The first half of the show will feature the stand-up comics telling jokes into a microphone. You'll enjoy the Stand-Up mic telling comedy stylings of such comics of:

 Ben "Old Ball Coach" Walker

John "B" Duff

Dan "Sciency" Robertson

Paul "Rabs" Rabliauskas

Enjoy!


Plus... as a bonus... a weekly bonus... an audio bonus for your ears... be sure to tune into the CRUMBS radio show every single Monday at 5pm CST on 101.5 UMFM.

LINK to tune in ONLINE


What else is going on #1

Well. CRUMBS also has a show this Tuesday at the King's Head as part of the weekly comedy shows that happen there FOR FREE!

This Tuesday we have a very special guest. Mr Stephen Eric McIntyre will be joining us onstage. He is one of the godfathers of improv in Winnipeg, practically having to invent improv himself because back when he started doing it, barely anyone knew how to do it.

He's also the star of TV and FILM! He's a real actor!

Here's the Facebook EVENT

Here's Stephen Eric McIntyre's IMDB page



What else is going on #2

Well, Well, Stephen Sim will be hosting an Oscar party as part of the Winnipeg Film Group's fundraiser. It will be on Sunday, March 2nd (the same time as the Oscars... duh!). The Oscars will be broadcast live on a big screen and there will be a red carpet and prizes and food and drink. All of your favourite things.

More details? Click HERE!




What else is going on #3

Well, Well Well. The Winnipeg Comedy Festival is coming up in April and while Lee is away touring the CRUMBS banner across Europe, Stephen will be representing. He'll not only be introducing all the shows at the Gas Station Theatre, he'll also be hosting and performing in the improv show being presented on Tuesday, April 8th. The show is called "Doctor Whom & and Lords of Improv" which is a nerd-a-rific send up celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Sci-Fi classic Dr Who. The show will feature players from the CBC radio show The Irrelevant Show, which means that Winnipeg will see Mark Meer (known globally not only for his amazing improv skills but as the voice of Commander Shepard of the Mass Effect video game... we did say nerd-a-rific).

Details about the Winnipeg Comedy Festival show HERE

Mark Meer on IMDB



Thanks for reading the internet... see you at the shows.