Improv in Toronto

Thanks to everyone who came out! We had a fantastic time running the event, and we truly hope you enjoyed yourselves. Like all events, we had our share of problems (To name a few: running out of lists, no megaphone, long lines) but we worked through them and have learned our lesson. Be ready this time next year, for an even bigger, wilder and crazier scavenger hunt.

The event had an amazing turnout, with a huge range of ages participating. And more importantly, everyone competed with vigor and enthusiasm, which made it all the more exciting. It also helped having beautiful weather, awesome participants, and eager helpful store employees (The guy at the apple store must have handed out over 60 business cards!)

And a big congratulations to our top four teams:

1. Random People – 1375

2. Joes – 1340

3. Scram – 1320

3. International – 1320

The pressure is now on for them to keep their title next year.

Feel free to continue below, to check your own teams scores.
And please leave a comment at the bottom, about any fun exciting experience you may have had during the day!

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Everyone is invited to participate in an all out, team oriented, Toronto-wide Scavenger Hunt. The event will take place at 3:00 PM on Saturday, April 24. Everything you need to know is below. Please read it carefully!

Details:

When: Saturday, April 24 at 3:00 PM, Sharp! (Over by around 6:00)
Where: Meet at Nathan Phillips Square, the north side of the skating rink.
Bring: A backpack, a metropass/tokens, digital camera, and about $10 for certain tasks.
Wear: Durable and comfortable clothing, with running shoes.

Feel free to confirm your attendance on Facebook, here.

How it works:

We will be meeting up at Nathan Phillips Square at 3pm. Please be on time. Feel free to be early.

After going over the basics of the event, we will be creating teams (with team names!) Each team will be made up of between 6-8 people. If you come alone, we’ll be sure to find you a group, and if you come with friends, don’t worry you can stay with them!

Once everyone is divided into teams, the scavenger lists will be handed out. The list will contain tons of items found in the downtown core of Toronto. Some are physical items you will need to find, others will be pieces of information, and some might even involve tasks.

Depending on the difficulty of the items on the list, they will all have been awarded point totals. The harder they are to find, the more points they will be worth.

After two hours of searching, we will be meeting back up at Nathan Phillips Square to tally the points!

The teams with the best scores get prizes! So go all out to win this!

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Improv in Toronto heading a protest against protests, with petitions against petitions, and chants against chants. Lets change the world!

The video from our last protest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLY3wNaAiv8

This is protest is all in fun, and should not be taken seriously. We’re out to bring some smiles to some unsuspecting strangers. But that doesn’t mean we will be breaking character. As far as anyone is concerned, we are completely serious about this issue!

Details:
When: Saturday, April 3 at 3pm
Where: Queens Park in front of the giant horseman statue
Bring: A sign with a clever phrase written on it!

Requirements For Participation:
1) Willing to protest a cause in front of strangers
2) Able to use improv to pretend you are actually serious

We will be initially meeting in Queens Park to get ready, and go over the actual event. Hopefully we’ll be able to brainstorm some more chants, and anyone who doesn’t have a sign yet can get ready.

Once all equipped we’ll be walking over to the corner of the Royal Ontario Museum. This is one of the most popular locations in Toronto for protests, and we’ll be staking out the corner.

Be prepared to have all sorts of reactions. From disbelief to joy. It’s going to be blast though.

*Lets start brainstorming some phrases for signs and chants in the comments guys! Should we be representing some organization?

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Improv in Toronto has a good number of events planned over the next couple months. We hope you can make it out to as many as possible, they’re are going to be a blast!

April 3 – Protest Against Protests

April 24 – Toront0-wide Scavenger Hunt

June 5 – 4th Annual Subway Dance Party*

July 3 – 2nd Annual Free Hugs Day!*

*more details coming soon

Also we have a couple smaller events planned for in between these dates. One may or may not be a musical! Be sure to sign up for our mailing list so you will always be the first to hear the news!

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The Toronto No Pants Subway Ride took place on Sunday, January 10th for the 3rd year running. All 350 participants took of their own pants and got onto the subway in only their underwear. Check out the video of the event, and then continue below to read more about it.

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Toronto’s 3rd Annual No Pants Subway Ride was a huge success today. With approximately 350 participants, and more than a full train of pantless riders, it was our biggest no pants event yet. The temperature was a breezy -6 Celcius, cold but bearable.

If you were there, comment below with any experiences you may have had! We love hearing individual stories about the ride. From your own experiences, to conversations you may have overhead. We’re also looking for any links to pictures, video, or news stories about the event!

A mission report with all the best pictures, and a fantastic video will be up hopefully within a week, so keep checking back!

Thanks to everyone who came out, and we hope to see you again soon! If you are new to Improv in Toronto, be sure to sign up for our mailing list to stay up to date on all future missions. You can also help us out and subscribe to our youtube channel!

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