Focus UP

Paying Improv Gig!

Hello friends and improv colleagues,

Dwayne Mailman and I, at Focus UP, have booked a really exciting gig this summer. It is a one night showing of Improv Night in Canada in Brampton at the Rose Theatre.

Rather than making it a fully participatory show like it is in Toronto, we’re bringing a stellar cast with us and we’re looking for a few more improvisers to fill out this large cast (12).

Here are the particulars:
When: Saturday August 25, 2018, starting at 8pm (going to probably 9:30 or 10pm-ish). Call time is 7pm at the theatre.

Where: Rose Theatre Brampton. (Transport: if you’re in Toronto we’ll pick you up at Yorkdale at 6:00pm and drop you back there after the show.)

What does it Pay: $75 per person.

What the heck is this show?
If you haven’t seen Improv Night in Canada before it was an improv show started in Toronto’s Second City Training Centre by comedic gurus such as Paul Shoebridge, Dimetre Alexiou, Todd Charon and Barry Goldman. It had gone on hiatus a few years ago and then we started running it again in downtown Toronto a little over a year ago in conjunction with our successful 5-year+ run of WINProv.

The show is Hockey themed and involves two teams of 5 players each going head-to-head in 10-minute periods of long-form improv. We may throw in a few curve balls, but don’t worry we’ll explain it all.

If you are interested in performing with us and can commit to the date, then please send us an email with the subject heading: IMPROV NIGHT IN CANADA AT THE ROSE – to: [email protected] with your improv resume (or just acting resume which highlights your improv experience). If we don’t know you personally then please send along your headshot as well.

Please feel free to share this with your friends and colleagues.
We appreciate everyone who submits, but apologize that we will only be able to contact those who are chosen to perform with us.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at the email above or via our page on Facebook if you have any questions.