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Improv 201: Improv for Novices

Wed, May 22

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Victoria

Improv 201 is for anyone with prior improv experience looking to take their improv to the next level.

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Improv 201: Improv for Novices
Improv 201: Improv for Novices

Time & Location

May 22, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – Jun 26, 2024, 9:00 p.m.

Victoria, 849 Fort St, Victoria, BC V8W 1H6, Canada

About

Improv 201 is the perfect class for anyone with prior improv experience looking to meet new people, have fun and take their improv to the next level! Second City veteran Kevin Matviw will teach you how to succeed at some of the hilarious improv performance games seen on Theatresports and Whose Line is it Anyways.

This 6 week course will run every Wednesday evening, from May 22nd to June 26th, 7-9pm.

At the end of this 6 week course, there will be an optional performance for invited family and friends, date TBD. Your instructor Kevin Matviw will host and students will have the chance to show off their new skills in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere!

Tickets will need to be purchased before the class begins.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Kevin Matviw has been performing improv comedy for 27 years. 15 of those years were spent in Toronto's highly competitive comedy scene, where he became a three-time Toronto Theatresports Champion. Past performance credits include: S#@t My Mayor Says, Best. Monday. Ever. and The Dysfunctional Holiday Revue for The Second City National Touring Company, Best of the Second City at JFL42 and The Best is Yet to Come Undone as an understudy for The Second City Mainstage. He has been featured in various commercials on TV and radio and can be seen improvising on the Food Network’s hidden camera show Giving You the Business. Kevin’s work has been featured in Canada’s National Post, the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons, Cracked.com and at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Kevin was the assistant director of the Dora Award Winning One Night Only, a fully improvised two-act musical. Kevin’s musical comedy duo Death Ray Cabaret was named Best of Fringe, Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance in the Toronto Fringe.

Kevin also taught at the legendary Second City Training Centre in Toronto for 12 years. He taught a range of workshops from specialty classes, Levels A-E, the Longform Conservatory Program, The Second City Conservatory Program and the Sketch Writing Program. Many of his former students are successful actors and writers in the Canadian entertainment industry.

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