Vancouver TheatreSports™ Presents The Massacre TheatreSports™ Festival January 27 – February 14
Vancouver TheatreSports™ League (VTSL) has the perfect remedy for the winter blahs – its 28th annual TheatreSports™ Festival, The Massacre, which hits The Improv Centre stage on Granville Island from January 27 through February 14, promises to banish the blahs with loads of laughs and high stakes competition. “This festival is one of our best-attended events of the year. There is nothing like a little healthy competition to bring out the best in improv comedy and the winner gets bragging rights for a year!” comments VTSL Executive Director, Jay Ono.
The first two weeks (January 27 – February 6) sees your favourite VTSL improvisers square off in head-to-head round robin sets to determine who will be the best of the best. Will Margret Nyfors garner more laughs than Ken Lawson? Will the audience show some love to Graeme Duffy or will Denise Jones be the ‘shining star’ of the festival? All this and more will be decided by the audience as they determine the action through their suggestions and root for their favourite performers. While no one can predict the outcome, one thing is for certain – you’ll leave in a happier mood from having laughed so much.
The final week (February 9 – 14) is given over to international teams from as far afield as: Mumbai, India; Orlando, Florida; Austin, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Bellingham, Washington, featuring mixed play and individual city showcases in select time slots. Audiences will laugh away the blahs when they see Team Mumbai’s showcase send-up of Bollywood movies while Austin will amaze you with its lightning-fast draws, er, ripostes. Last year’s international winner Team Bellingham returns to defend its crown while Team Atlanta will do its very best to snatch it away. It all adds up to more than enough fun to chase away the winter blues.
The Neil Macrae Bar & Lounge, tucked in the back of The Improv Centre, has concocted two special cocktails in keeping with the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (which is where The Massacre originally took its name).
•Capone’s Kiss with Amaretto, Melon, and a touch of ‘blood red’ cranberry juice
•Holy Trinity with Baileys Irish Cream, Jameson Irish Whiskey, and Crème de Menthe
Both are available to theatre patrons for $8 and will be served only during the three-week run of The Massacre.
Heat up your winter and banish the blahs at the hottest improv comedy event of the year, VTSL’s The Massacre, January 27 through February 14, 2016, at The Improv Centre on Granville Island. Tickets, starting as low as $10/student and senior or $15/adult, are on sale now at vtsl.com.
About Vancouver TheatreSports™ League
Founded in 1980 Vancouver TheatreSports™ League is Vancouver’s #1 improv comedy company and a well-respected international leader in the art form. Alumni include improv super-stars Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles from Whose Line Is It Anyway. Boasting six International Improv Comedy Awards and having starred in several television specials, Vancouver TheatreSports™ League entertains more than 60,000 people per year through 11 shows a week, 52 weeks a year at its own theatre, The Improv Centre, located on Granville Island – Vancouver’s arts and culture hub.
Vancouver TheatreSports™ appreciates the support of season sponsors: City of Vancouver, CMHC Granville Island, The Georgia Straight and The Granville Island Hotel.
