The Winnipeg Comedy Festival gets closer!

Check out the website for information about the 40+ shows featured in this year's festival.
We start featuring some FREE outreach comedy shows as we get closer to the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Thursday, March 17th
at the Handsome Daughter

Wednesday, March 23rd
at Jekyll & Hyde's

Thursday, March 24th
at McNally Bookstore at Grant Park Mall

Tuesday, March 29th
at the King's Head (Comedy Knights)

Wed, March 30th
at the Park Theatre (Comedy Amuse-Bouche)



Then we have the Winnipeg Comedy Festival actually start, which means that Winnipeg EXPLODES with comedy. So much comedy, so much stand-up, so much improv, so much sketch, so much funny and so many jokes.

Check out the website for information about the 40+ shows featured in this year's festival.



Some highlights?

 CRUMBS & Friends
Yes, you'll see CRUMBS with DJ Hunnicutt at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival with some very special guests.

The High School Improv Super Show
The return of this favourite show. Hand selected players from the Canadian Improv Games FINALS will be assembled into a Super Team. This show will be hosted by Caitlin Curtis and Stephen Sim.

Lost in Translation, Perdu en quoi? 
The French and English improv show all about miscommunication. A hit last year, sure to be a hit again. Get your tickets early for this one, the venue is small and the laughs are huge.

The Sketch Comedy Revue hosted by Kevin McDonald
A comedy festival must include sketch comedy. Here we have sketch comedy legend Kevin McDonald hosting this sketch comedy revue. The show will include Craig Lauzon (Royal Canadian Air Farce), Wes Borg (Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie), Hot Thespian Action, H.U.N.K.S., Stephen & Caity and Bucko.

But really... there are so many great shows to check out!


Thank you!

CRUMBS in 2016

CRUMBS makes up shows in the new year. The very first improv show of 2016 is always filled with prophecy and magic. Many of the story lines end up coming true.

CRUMBS does a show at the King's Head on Thursday, Jan 7th 2016. Now usually CRUMBS would perform at the King's Head on a Tuesday... but the pub isn't open on that Tuesday, so we've opted for the other day of the week that starts with a "T". We will be doing the show with DJ Hunnicutt.

The FACEBOOK EVENT


You can catch Lee White hosting a stand-up show at the King's Head on Tue, Jan 12th

You can catch Caitlin Curtis and Stephen Sim as they take they're double act Stephen & Caity on a little West Coast tour. They'll be in Victoria teaching some improv and then they'll be in Vancouver teaching some improv workshops and taking part in the Vancouver SketchFest.

Victoria improv workshops FACEBOOK LINK

Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival LINK

Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival FACEBOOK 

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.

Of course, you can also catch Lee White in Europe because he is in Europe in the new year.

LINK to CRUMBS in Europe site

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

Thank you

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

The Winnipeg Comedy Festival approaches!

Well hello there readers of websites, lovers of improv and seekers of the good comedy. You have come to the right place. I'll hook you up to the proper information that will reward you with comedy + comedy + comedy. While Lee White is touring the CRUMBS name across Europe (Here and Here and also Here), Stephen Sim is making the most of being in Winnipeg... helping out with the Winnipeg Comedy Festival!


The Winnipeg Comedy Festival returns for it's 14th year, produced by the Gas Station Arts Centre. The official festival runs from April 6th to April 12th and there are many, many events to enjoy.

Here are some of the shows that I suggest, and I suggest them because I have something to do with putting them together.

Tuesday, April 7th

Gas Station Arts Centre

The High School Super Improv Show

Hosts Stephen Sim and Caitlin Curtis have hand picked high school improv students involved in the Manitoba Improv League and will be showcasing the future of improv in Winnipeg.

7PM $5 

LINK TO BUY TICKETS

Thursday, April 9th

Metropolitan Entertainment Centre

T.V. Dinner A Multimedia Improv Show

Don't touch that dial! We turn down the sound and then turn up the Comedy on Classic Canadian TV. Plus you get to eat a delicious meal (inspired by TV Dinners) while the expert improv comedians weave the hilarity.

Who is in the show:

Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall)

Wes Borg (Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie)

Ryan Belleville (check out his credits)

Tricia Cooper (The Royal Lichtenstein Theatre Company)

Stephen Sim (Yes... me)

and music by DJ Hunnicutt

5PM cocktails

6PM Dinner

7PM Show

$40 Dinner and Show

$15 Just the show (Balcony and no dinner)

LINK FOR SHOW INFO

LINK FOR TICKETS

Thursday, April 9th

Gas Station Arts Centre

Hot Thespian Action UNCORKED

In the first ACT we will be showcasing some sketch comedy. Sketch comedy by Bucko and Wes Borg, as well as a presentation of some brand new sketches by a group of Winnipeg comedians under the direction of Kevin McDonald. The second ACT will feature Winnipeg's premiere sketch comedy troupe Hot Thespian Action.

9:30PM $18 (plus agency fees)

LINK FOR INFO

LINK FOR TICKETS

Friday, April 10th

Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain

Lost in Translation/Perdu En Quois?

The French and English improv show that was inspired by CRUMBS playing improv all over the world and in different languages (and how we don't understand what the hell everyone is saying). We've now done the show a couple times with our French improv friends. Come and see our latest bilingual creation.

8PM $10 (plus agency fees)

LINK FOR INFO

LINK FOR TICKETS

What other shows are cool?

Pre-Festival Outreach shows leading up to the festival will be a great way to get a free taste of some comedy, and to get you into the comedy mood. It will also be at these Outreach events that the Comedy Festival will be giving away free tickets to some amazing shows.

Mondays

HUB (at the U of M)

Host: Ben Walker

9PM FREE

Tuesdays

King's Head Pub (Comedy Knights stand-up show)

Host: Dan Verville

9PM FREE

Wednesdays

Jeckle & Hyde's stand-up comedy

Host: Ben Walker

9PM FREE

Thursdays

The Handsome Daughter stand-up comedy show

Host Mike Green

8PM FREE

Thursday, March 26th

McNally Bookstore

(Officially Winnipeg Comedy Festival Outreach Show)

Host: Al Rae

Improv with Stephen Sim & Caitlin Curtis
Sketch Comedy with Bucko
Stand-up comedy by Mike Green & Rachel Sommer

7PM FREE

Sunday, March 29th

The Purple Room

(Live Taping of The Supporting Act Podcast)

Host: Matt Moskal and JD Renaud

Guests: Al Rae (Artistic Director of the WCF)

Stephen Sim (Outreach Overlord of the WCF)

Melanie Dahling and Paul Rabliauskas

8PM FREE

Wednesday, April 1st (April Fool's Day!)

The Park Theatre 

(Officially Winnipeg Comedy Festival Outreach Show)

Host: Jared Story

John B Duff, Keener, Dana Smith, Tyler Penner, Matt Nightingale

8PM FREE     INFO LINK

And then... well... and then we have the rest of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival.

Lots and lots of shows and lots and lots of great local comedy, and lots of lots of great comedy and comedians coming into town to make the funniest city in Canada that much funnier. Now that's one hell of a sentence!

Friday, April 10th

Good Will Social Club

Portage Street Live

The comedy show that is "street" and "urban" that has "street smarts" and is filled with "hardcore hilarity". This show will be "off the hook". Am I in this show? No. Will I be there? Hell yes. Oh, and my good buddy DJ Hunnicutt will be there too.

9:30PM $15

LINK FOR INFO

LINK FOR TICKETS

What else should you do? Go see all the rest of the shows! There will be FREE shows every day at noon somewhere in the city. There will be huge Gala shows at the Pantages Playhouse that will be made into TV specials.

There will be shows at the Park Theatre. There will be shows at the King's Head Pub.

There will be comedic theatre shows at the Gas Station Theatre (like "HA!" starring my friend Wes Borg... which just happens to be THE BEST play ever written about being a stand-up comedian).

LINK FOR THE OFFICIAL WCF WEBSITE

LINK FOR THE WCF TWITTER

... Now go see all the shows, buy all the tickets and laugh at all the jokes!





Thanks Dad for the typo finding.

Bizarro Comedy and Star Wars

Tuesday, April 1st (April Fool's Day)

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 if Superman was Evil! 

It's like Freaky Friday but on a Tuesday... and with Comedy!

How amazing will this show be? You simply must come down to the King's Head and see the hilariousness of Bizarro.

And just when you thought that they're couldn't be more exciting show news...

Stephen Sim as Han Solo?

Toby Hughes as Luke Skywalker?

Stephen McIntyre as Obi Wan?


What does this all mean?

Well, it means that SiR (Shakespeare in the Ruins) is having a fundraiser show at it is a retelling of the original Star Wars done as Shakespeare. So very cool. You can see that at the King's Head on Thursday, March 27th at 8pm.

The only real shame is that Lee White is away on tour in Europe while this show is going on... Lee, who is probably the biggest Star Wars fan in Winnipeg. Oh well, we'll just have to tell him how amazing it was when he returns.


What else to go see upcoming?

#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

Oh yeah, don't forget about this deli... which makes me ask... WHAT ARE THE THINGS?