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Today is 2009 July 2 Thursday
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Thursday, July 2 to Thursday, July 9
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PAD SET
On the first Thursday of every month, starting Feb 5th at 8pm at the Bad Dog Theatre, Pad Set rips a page out of improv history with a shredding new cast. In the 1950’s, improv casts wrote down audience suggestions before an intermission and came back to perform a set based on those suggestions. With Pad Set we cut out the planning.
4 categories, multiple audience suggestions, endless possibilities...this is Pad Set.
Admission: $5
Followed by The Jam at 9:15pm
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Calling all improvisers!
The Jam is Toronto's completely open improvisation jam session! And when we say open, we mean open: the stage is open for anyone in the audience who wants to get up on stage and howl: actors, singers, acting students, professionals or anyone with a pulse is invited.
The Jam takes place each and every Thursday night at 9:15pm.
Admission: $5...or free with ticket from 8pm show.
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Save the cheerleader, save the show.
Time-traveling nerds. Self-healing teenagers. Flying siblings. It’s all part of Weirdos, the Bad Dog’s newest and weirdest improvised show.
In the tradition of Harry Patter and the Improviser’s Stone and Lord of the Things comes a show about good, evil and the everyday pressures of having a superpower.
Follow geeky Wiro, nimble Blair, and other lovable freaks as they attempt to stop the evil Timex and a devious plan determined by you, the audience.
The cast consists of some of Toronto’s finest improvisers, including Ashley Botting (Second City), Alastair Forbes (Theatresports), James Gangl (Dreadwood), Rob Hawke (Fast and Dirty), Tim Daugulis (Ghost Jail Theatre) and more. Directed by Ralph MacLeod (Hot Doctors In Love).
It’s just like everyone’s favourite television show about heroes, minus the convoluted plot and high production values.
Weirdos
Friday at 8 p.m.
$10 general admission/ $8 for students
Suitable for the whole family
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That Friday Show consists of two 35-minute sets with five performers in each set. The first set is a high energy, short form set made up exclusively of classic improv games and open scenes. The second set is a fully improvised, directed one-act play or other longform set.
Admission: Pay What You Want As You Exit
Shows take place in Studio #2. Come early...there's limited seats.
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In 2008, Ralph MacLeod put together a crack commando team of improvisers consisting of favorite Bad Dog Players, Advanced Students and Invited Alumni. Every week, this rotating cast of players hijacks a suggestion from the audience, captures their heart and holds their laughs hostage (for 90 minutes). Today, wanted by the government, they only come out on Fridays at 10 to further their crusade in a covert operation called Macro Neato.
Fridays at 10 p.m.
Tickets $5 for Bad Dog students and $10 regular admission.
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It is midnight...the witching hour...and all the good little improvisers have gone to bed...
But in the depths of The Bad Dog Theatre Company lurks a power so wicked, so evil, it can only be witnessed by those who are strong of will and stomach! THE LATE LATE HORROR SHOW!!!!
Every Friday Night at midnight.
Admission: $5
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GEOSPORTS
The Toronto improv community is teeming with players from across the country. Every Saturday in July, join expats from the East coast, West coast, Prairies and even some homegrown Toronto talent, to see who will bring the best game and region-specific treats! Improvisers from across our great city will gather to defend their hometown pride! Join us each week to root root root for the home team!
Bad Dog Theatre-138 Danforth Ave (at Broadview)
Every Satruday at 8pm
Admission $10
Beginning July 4th 2009
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Directed by Bruce Hunter
Don't miss live improv performed by experienced pros and Toronto's favorite up-and-coming talent. The Workshop was a hugely successful directed improv show that Bruce Hunter ran late night Mondays in The Tim Sims Playhouse. It’s with great pleasure that the Bad Dog and Bruce bring back this popular format that mixes newbie and veteran improvisers and explores the nuances and possibilities of scenes through Bruce's expert and sometimes twisted direction.
Come watch improv at it's finest!
THE WORKSHOP
Directed by Bruce Hunter
Saturdays @ 10pm, starting in June
Admission $10 | $8 students/seniors
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Every Wednesday, the idea of teamwork becomes something to laugh at, at The Bad Dog Theatre's weekly Harold Night - a show featuring improvisers of all experience levels teaming up and tackling the most famous and influential improvisational format ever - the Harold.
Admission: $5
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