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Show Us Your Wits: Improv & Burlesque Extravaganza at Rio Theatre on February 11th

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It is scientifically proven that laughter, not distance, makes the heart grow fonder, so The Fictionals Comedy Co. are excited to present a special pre-Valentine’s Tease edition of Show Us Your Wits at the Rio Theatre! On Wednesday, February 11th, join The Fictionals for The Improv & Burlesque Extravaganza: we will perform a hot set of your favourite improv games, and two of Vancouver’s finest burlesque dancers will turn up the heat! Plus a chance to win some prizes in “Let’s Make A Date”!

Wednesday, February 11th
Doors at 7pm/Show @ 8pm.

Tickets: $9 in advance, $12 at the door
Advance tickets: https://riotheatretickets.ca/

More Info:
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Show Us Your Wits is proud to welcome:

~ Veronica Vex (Screaming Chicken Theatrical Society, Lost Girls Burlesque)

~ Just Call Her Heather (NSFW: Hip Hop Meets Striptease, This Ain’t Yo Mumma’s Bingo)

Singles, Duos, Triads and all of the above: come celebrate the season of love with Show Us Your Wits!

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Warning: may contain some strong language, sexual content and mature themes. Viewer discretion is advised.

Show Us Your Wits - Feb 2015

Now serving world-class comedy WEEKLY at Cafe Deux Soleils!

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Hey Vancouver, we heard you liked your entertainment “funny and fast-paced!” Well you’re in luck: you can now get your fix of The Fictionals’ improv comedy every Tuesday at Cafe Deux Soleils!

That’s right – every single Tuesday evening throughout the summer will feature one of our three hit shows: Pop-Up Comedy Jam, Vancouver Improv Fight Club, and Show Us Your Wits!

Below is the schedule of how each month will go:

1st Tuesday: Pop-Up Comedy Jam (Seven Improvisers, One Stage, One Night of Improv Insanity)

2nd Tuesday: Vancouver Improv Fight Club (Where improv troupes come to battle for comedy glory)

3rd Tuesday: Pop-Up Comedy Jam (Seven Improvisers, One Stage, One Night of Improv Insanity)

4th Tuesday: Show Us Your WIts (The Improv & Burlesque extravaganza)

(If there’s a 5th Tuesday): Pop-Up Comedy Jam (Seven Improvisers, One Stage, One Night of Improv Insanity)

As always, all shows are at Cafe Deux Soleils (unless noted), and start at 8pm, with doors opening at 730pm. Best of all, tickets are just $5 for your entry into world-class comedy!

For more up to date information, you can follow us on Facebook and on Twitter!

Much love!

~ The Fictionals

 

 

 

Show Us Your Wits: Our special guests this month (April 2012)!

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Tomorrow night is Show Us Your Wits: A Game for Two at Cafe Deux Soleils! This month we have a number of amazing talents joining the Fictionals for our improv and burlesque extravaganza. To get to know them a little better, we asked each of our guests for an interesting fact that our audience would not know about; here is what they had to say:

 


Ava Lure (burlesque guest): is a graduate of the Acting program at Douglas College, and is currently working towards a BFA in Theatre Performance at SFU. 

 

 

 

Goldie Monroe (comedy guest): As well as a burlesque dancer, Goldie is part of The Vancouver Soap Company’s SIN PEAKS – a weekly improvised soap-opera that runs every Monday at the Waldor.

 



Sweetpea Magee (burlesque guest): A dancing Cocoa Cup during her last visit to Show Us Your Wits (December 2011), Sweetpea is happy to be bringing her own form of improv, “Choose your own Adventure” burlesque to this month’s show.

 

 


Roger More (comedy guest): is currently working on his autobiography entitled “ROGER more, talk less”.

 

 



Allen Morrison (comedy guest): As a screenwriter his film “Kodiak” made it’s debut at the 2007 Vancouver International Film Festival.

 

 

 

For the complete bios of each of our guests, click here!

We all look forward to entertaining you tomorrow night at Cafe Deux Soleils! Doors @ 7pm, show @ 8pm. Tickets just $5 at the door.

Much love!

~ The Fictionals