Advanced Improv: Next Class Is Tues-28-Feb

Attention Advanced Improvisers. There will be no class on Tue-14-Feb or Tue-21-Feb. Classes will return at 7pm on Tue-28-Feb. Go see How We First Met this Tuesday!

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Next Level Improv — Genres

Genres: This workshop will focus on using genres in improv, from the broad to the narrow. We will focus on how to use genres to turn good scenes into great scenes, with emphasis on handles that use genres to full effect. Bring your bad accents, your love of B-movies, and your cinema collection. This workshop runs from 1-4pm on Saturday February 4th, and is $20.

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improv comedy show Sundays 8pm $6

The Staircase is putting yet another unique twist on improvisational comedy theatre in the city. Every Sunday at 8 p.m. the simply named improv comedy show will bring a whole new level of improvisation to the Staircase stage. The improv comedy show will be based on much more than the usual “audience suggestion” approach. Not only will all scenes be improvised, but so will the format. At the beginning of each performance the audience will be able to determine the type of show they’d like to see. Will it be a high-speed romp similar to the short-form improvisational TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Or a performance of carefully crafted scenes based on highbrow audience suggestions?

improv comedy show runs until Sun-29-April-2012.

We will be located in Hamilton’s newest Improv Comedy Theatre, and The Elaine Mae Theatre, at 25 Dundurn St. North (Staircase). Park in any of the three Staircase parking lots. Call 905.529.3000 for more information.

Shows start at 8pm and last approximately 70 minutes (starting January 8th).

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Next Level Workshop Sat January 7th 2012

“This workshop will focus on the fundamental building block of all improv, the open scene. We’ll look at the building blocks of stories, and how to work with your fellow improvisers on-stage to create great scenes.  This workshop runs from 1-4pm, and is $20.”

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