The
Big Big
Improv Show
For decades, The Big Stupid Improv Show has entertained Fringe audiences with a cast of improvisers in a hilarious show. We are bringing back the Fringiest improv jam show! This show will feature the best improvisers, comedians, and performers here at the Fringe and local heroes.
Venue #16
Richardson Hall
(inside MTYP at the FORKS)
Thursday, July 16, 9:30 PM
Friday, July 17, 7:45 PM
Saturday, July 18, 5:00 PM
Sunday, July 19, 8:30 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 7:45 PM
Wednesday, July 22, 6:00 PM
Thursday, July 23, 9:30 PM
Friday, July 24, 7:45 PM
Saturday, July 25, 5:00 PM
This show is the return
of the Director's Cut Improv show!
What is the Director's Cut?
The Director’s Cut is an improv show where we have several directors in charge of guiding the improv performers through their storylines.
After each round, the audience votes by applause for their favourite storylines.
The least favourite story gets eliminated, and by the end of the show, we are left with only one storyline.
We only see the ending of the most favourite and most voted-for story!
(So vote responsibly)
The Cast of Special Guests
Scroll through our rotating cast! Some performers will only show up once, some will be at almost all of them! Come to every show and collect them all!
Thursday July 16 @ 9:30
Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Dave Morris, Kevin Ramberran, Kerri Woloszyn, Thomas Toles, Michal Grajewski, and members of Tectonic… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Friday July 17 @ 7:45
Stephen Sim, Caity Curtis, Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Dave Morris, Kevin Ramberran, Alli Perlov, and members of Improvision… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Saturday July 18 @ 5:00
Stephen Sim, Caity Curtis, Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer and special guests from The Improv Company classes… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Sunday July 19 @ 8:30
Stephen Sim, Kristen Einarson, Thomas Toles, Kim Florian, Alli Perlov, Cuinn Joseph, Moe Gauthier, Kevin Ramberran, Stéphanie Morin-Robert, Alastair Knowles… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Tuesday July 21 @ 7:45
Stephen, Caity, Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Luke Cecelon, Jesse Bergen, Cuinn Joseph, Tony Adams, Scott Angus… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Wednesday July 22 @ 6:00
Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Kevin Ramberran, Kerri Woloszyn, Thomas Toles, Kim Florian, Jesse Bergen, Kristen Eirnarson, Luke Cecelon, Jacob Brodovsky… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Thursday July 23 @ 9:30
Stephen Sim, Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Dave Morris, and special guests from The Improv Company classes… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Friday, July 24 @ 7:45
Stephen, Caity, Tony Beeman, Liz Brammer, Dave Morris, Kerri Woloszyn, Chris Gibbs, Penny Ashton… and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
Saturday July 25 @ 5:00
Stephen Sim, Thomas Toles, Kim Florian, Kristen Einarson, Luke Cecelon, Jesse Bergen … and who knows who else! Plus live music by Mike Turner
NOTE: Cast can change without notice!
Go see our other shows at the Fringe!
Reviews for the Big Big Improv Show:
I think probably the greatest compliment I could say about this show is that they had Colin Mochrie as a guest star, and the highlight was still a local performer.
Adopting the frame of 4 directors creating an improvised storyline, chapter by chapter, each chapter they’re weeded out by audience vote until only one story is left and able to actually reach its conclusion. Featuring a massive stable of improvisers in order to give each story the room to really breathe and fill out main characters without overlap. Extremely strong improvisers all, the last storyline featured Colin as a scientist and local performer Caity Curtis as his AI creation, Curtis stealing the show.
Absolutely solid as always and highly recommended.
- Jenny Review - Josh Fidelak
Why sit through one three-hour movie, when you can experience four never-to-be-seen-again flicks in an hour flat?
A revamp of the long-running Big Stupid Improv Show, this production from Stephen Sim features a rotating cast of well-known Winnipeg improvisers working with and competing against one another to create a compelling made-up narrative.
Four designated “directors” provide the genre — western, film noir, time travel or Fast and Furious , for example — and then poll the audience for people, places, things and plot points. The teams run through scenes and the crowd votes on which movie they’d like to watch to conclusion in a series of elimination rounds. A live musician and lighting techs are also forced to fly by the seat of their pants.
The format feels like a chaotic, but entertaining channel-surfing session. It’s a great way to catch some of the city’s top improvisers beyond their respective fringe shows.
FOUR STARS (or HEARTS!)
— Winnipeg Free Press - Eva Wasney