The Winnipeg Improv Festival
Oct 15th - 18th, 2025
The Winnipeg Improv Festival started back in the year 2000! We've been bringing in performers from around the country and around the world and connecting them with our local performers and local audiences. We run hilarious shows, inclusive workshops and fun fun times!
The Winnipeg Improv Festival
Oct 15th to Oct 18th
Gas Station Arts Centre
A zombie show, an improvised mime show, and classic short form improv: oh my!
The Winnipeg Improv Festival returns to the Gas Station Arts Centre from Oct 15th - 18th, 2025, with shows and workshops!
Click on the image to go to the official online ticket site of Improv Festival!
Thu, Oct 16th, 2025 7 PM
“A playful show of fast and funny improv”
Come to this show for all of your fast and funny entertainment! This performance debuts the Winnipeg Improv Festival’s short-form ensemble. Under the direction of Caity Curtis and Jesse Bergen, this group explores the good old-fashioned world of improvised games, made famous by TV shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
The second half features a set directed by Toronto’s Ken Hall (The Umbrella Academy, Second City, Conan) featuring the Winnipeg Improv Festival Ensemble.
Sat, Oct 18th, 2025 at 7 pm
“A celebration and culmination of everything improvisation can be!”
The very last show of the festival is sure to bend your perspective on improv. The first set features “Mouths Wide Shut” from Seattle’s Unexpected Productions. An entire improv set with no words, only physical comedy. We will wrap up the festival with our very own Festival Ensemble showcasing a new improv format, and then we will say goodbye until next year.
Wed, Oct 15th at 7 pm
“A sampler platter of mini-improv delights”
Start the festival off right with a good-old-fashioned improv smorgasbord. From short-form improv to nostalgic genre work, this show will truly have something for everyone. Featuring players from Tectonic Improv, the Winnipeg Improv Festival Ensemble, and others.
Fri, Oct 17th, 2025 at 7 PM
Turned (Zombies and spooky stories)
“Terrifying and Hila-rifying!”
This night will be an homage to all things scary in time for spooky season! Please use your best judgment, and then go ahead and get your tickets to this show. We will listen to scary short stories written by YA author Colin Deane to improvise never-before-seen theatre. The second act features Winnipeg’s own Club Soda Improv performing “Turned”, a zombie-themed romp exploring what may happen if there were a zombie virus infecting the world. Scary meets funny. In fact, terrifying meets hila-rifying!
Improv Classes and Workshops!
There will be a BIPOC Improv workshop at the Gas Station Arts Centre on Sun, Oct 19th.
12:15 to 1:45 PM with Obadiah Freeman (Seattle)
But improv classes and workshops are happening all year long! Click on the image for improv class details.
Improv Season!
After the Fest we will again be producing a season of improv shows!
The return of the Improv Festival Season of shows at the Gas Station Arts Centre. Last season, the shows were so much fun, and this coming season, we are looking to make them even more fun!
Our next Season Show is Sun, Jan 11th at the Gas Station Arts Centre!
Special guests Matt Baram and Naomi Sniekus!
