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The improvisational troupe Hello City is named after a song about how Halifax sucks. “The same people, the same drinks and the same music, the same quicksand / I think this harbour town is waist-deep and sinkin’ fast,” goes the first verse, taking a pause before rolling into the first line of the chorus: “Hello city, you’ve found an enemy in me.”

They had to be silly, serious — even slimy — and in the end, their creativity paid off.

A team of six teenagers — including four actors and two musicians — from Gulf Islands Secondary School (GISS) on Salt Spring Island, B.C., were crowned the big winners at the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa on April 4.

Canada’s biggest high school improv tournament is happening this week at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. It’s known as the Canadian Improv Games (CIG for short) and this year marks the 42nd season of the theatre festival.

The Canadian Improv Games (CIG) are often described as the Olympics of Improv. The national competition draws hundreds of high school students from across the country to participate in improv games that challenge the participants to think on their feet in front of a panel of judges at the National Arts Centre.

CBC sponsored the finals of the 42nd annual Canadian Improv Games, bringing together 250 high schools and 5,000 students nationwide for the love of the art. While it’s a natural place to start for budding actors and comedians, all children and teens can reap positive and productive benefits from improv, whether they’re theatrically inclined or not.

Hosted by Andrew Phung (Kim’s Convenience), a six-part docuseries following the 2019 Canadian Improv Games journey will premiere on the CBC Gem streaming service later this year.

Sandra Oh gave us a pretty awesome shout-out on Twitter and we needed to make sure it lived on forever in our archives!

One of G.P. Vanier’s senior improv teams claimed the top spot in Vancouver Island improv and is preparing to head to Ottawa for nationals.

The gold vest clad team, named Invested, scored a first place finish at the Canadian Improv Games Vancouver Island regional finals held at Esquimalt High School on Feb. 15, something the team members had never achieved before.