2025 Festival Schedule
We have three amazing show nights that are jam-packed full of improv excellence. Whether you're looking for local talent, high-energy headliners, made-up musicals or mesmerizing mentalism, we've got you covered.
Last year‘s festival was a full house, so grab your tickets before they’re gone!
Are you proud of your corner of town? Come root for your neighbours as local improvisers compete in an “Ottawa’s Got Talent” style show!
Five groups representing five corners of the city will present their best improv for glory and bragging rights!
This festival opening night will be kicked off with a high-energy performance from the Improv Embassy, Ottawa’s only school dedicated to improv comedy.
Battle of the Neigbourhoods!
Don’t spend hours at home scrolling through your streaming service unable to pick something to watch… Come see LIVE entertainment made just for YOU and with your audience input.
A mainstay of the Montreal scene, Your Type weaves grounded stories that burst into absurd tangents, playful quirks, and unforgettable characters.
The Sibsons channel-surf through three wildly different made-up shows. With the audience in control of the clicker, you decide what's on!​
Known for unique points-of-view and fast-paced scenes, the fastest rising improv troupe in Toronto p​uts a twist on a classic improv format, the Harold! In this new show, Little Miss Normal gives you the power to will themes and ideas to life onstage.
Friday Show 1: Better than Streaming
What’s even more impressive than comedy made up right on the spot? Comedy and MUSIC improvised before your eyes and ears! This show features acts with musical elements you won’t want to miss.
Friday Show 2: Move to the Music
SHHH! Feat. Laura Nerenberg (Ottawa)
SHHH! is a non-verbal improv duo that tells rich stories through movement, physicality, and pure imagination! In this special festival performance, they’re joined by violinist Laura Nerenberg, improvising a live soundtrack to create a sonic playground for the performers and the audience.
Make Up! The Musical is an entirely improvised musical comedy, created on the spot with audience suggestions. In just one hour, Staccayto Staccato—the award-winning musical improv troupe—brings to life spontaneous characters, plots, places, and, of course, catchy tunes.
Don’t you just love inviting your besties to your party? We are Best Improv Friends Forever with our pals in Montreal and Toronto! And one day, we may even be connected by a high-speed train… But until then, we’ll get together on this night to show off our stuff and play together in the first Tri-City collaboration!
Saturday Show 1: First-ever Tri-City Show!
Questionable Decisions (Montreal)
Come along as one of Montreal's leading troupes builds an expansive, compelling world on the spot! Questionable Decisions explores the past, present and future through a rich tapestry of characters, well-crafted narratives and hilarious non-sequiturs.
Prepare to experience the depths of the collective unconscious as the Power of the Mind unleash their second sight. Be amazed by the mental ballet that unfolds as they weave together comedy, mentalism and improvisation before your very eyes.
Brüce pulls back the curtain on a chaotic film set, where everyone—from the star to the coffee runner—has a story. Think Behind the Actor’s Studio meets the satirical hilarity of The Franchise or The Studio—a love letter to the unsung heroes of film and TV.
We invited some cool people to town to showcase improv we don’t often get to see! Come power up with our headlining acts before they return back home!
Saturday Show 2: High Energy and Headliners
Is it Josh or Joshua? (Ottawa)
Is it Josh or Joshua? is a clown-ish improv duo with a focus on fluid, physical fun and audience play. In this high-energy act, your whims are their whims! Be part of the action from your seats as two friends try to find a new name to use for the night.