Vancouver’s home for live comedy, The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island has announced its upcoming Fall season. After an extensive open call audition process, TIC is also introducing its new Ensemble of performers. Returning to The Improv Centre are familiar faces Angela Galanopoulos (Interim General Manager), Jalen Saip (Artistic Director), Aida Viziru, Alex Parra,…
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3 Events to Celebrate International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is coming up this Sunday March 8, 2020. Putting women’s rights and gender equality centre stage, the UN has declared the 2020 theme “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. While marches, lectures and educational events happen all around, the day also welcomes some fun and entertainment to supplement the activities. Here’s…
Romance Week brings Love & Laughs to Vancouver Theatresports
In the lead-up to Valentine’s Day, Vancouver TheatreSports (VTS) is celebrating the way the way it does all things, with laughter. During Romance Week, until February 15th, VTS is squeezing out every drop of fun, comedy and spontaneity they can find in love and romance. Laugh it up with your loved one or grab a gaggle of your…
Vancouver TheatreSports Welcomes the World of Improv
A world of laughter is coming to Vancouver from October 14 to 20 as Vancouver TheatreSports (VTS) hosts the 2019 International Theatresports Institute Conference and Festival. The International Theatresports Institute (ITI) is the largest improv network in the world, representing 90 improv companies, schools and universities from 22 countries on six continents. Every two years, ITI convenes a conference…
Head Back To School with VTS
Those three words that every student dreads…Back To School…usually mean summer fun is coming to an end. However, this season Vancouver TheatreSports (VTS) is kick starting the fun with some back to school style laughter. Back to School Theatresports comes to The Improv Centre on Granville Island, Tuesdays to Saturdays from September 3 to October…
Queer Arts Festival celebrate rEvolution
The 11th Annual Queer Arts Festival (QAF) opens June 17th, celebrating Vancouver’s queer arts, culture and history. Themed rEvolution, QAF 2019 closes on June 28th, the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots which fittingly brought together the queer artists in New York’s Greenwich Village to push back against oppression. As it’s done for the…
Beat Back The Winter Blahs with Throwdown TheatreSports Festival
Vancouver TheatreSports (VTS) is getting ready to beat away the winter blahs with laughter during its annual improv celebration, Throwdown – International TheatreSports Festival. Taking place at The Improv Centre on Granville Island from January 2 to 27, 2019. The best antidote to those dreary January days is a good dose of hearty laughter and Vancouver…