Schools from across Canada Head to Ottawa for Canadian Improv Games, Semi-Finals, Finals Canadian Improv Games 27th Annual Season
April 13, 2004 -
Ottawa -- Following their recent victory in the regional tournaments, twenty teams of students will travel to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa to participate in the National Semi-Finals and Finals of the Canadian Improv Games 27th Annual Season, during the week of April 13 to 17, 2004.
On Tuesday, April 13, teams will come together with high school students from across the country in the spirit of friendly competition to launch a week of Semi-Final tournaments, all of which will take place in the Theatre at the National Arts Centre at 19:30. The Semi-Finals will end on Saturday, April 17. The National Finals, in which the top 5 overall teams compete against one another, will take place in the NAC Theatre on Saturday, April 17 at 19:30.
The Canadian Improv Games
This year marks the 27th Season of the Canadian Improv Games (CIG), a performance-based "loving competition" played annually by thousands of high school students from St. John's, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia. It is a competition like no other because the "competitors" cheer for one another and form life-long friendships with players from across their cities and across the country. Marti Maraden, Artistic Director of the NAC English Theatre calls the Games, “thrilling, outrageous, hilarious, touching, inventive, original, and above all, about great sportsmanship.”
The Canadian Improv Games were created by Howard Jerome and Jamie Wyllie based on a concept created by David Shepherd and Howard Jerome.
The Ottawa Improv Games would like to thank
Capital Hill Hotel & Suites
First Choice Entertainment
And the many volunteers without whom the games would grind to a halt.
The 2004 Canadian Improv Games in association with the NAC English Theatre
National Semi–Finals • April 13-16 • NAC Theatre, 19:30
Students $9.00, adults $12.00
National Finals • April 17 • NAC Theatre, 19:30
Students $12.00, adults $15.00
Tickets are available in person at the NAC Box Office (no surcharges), through the Ticketmaster link on the NAC’s Web site (www.nac-cna.ca), and at all Ticketmaster outlets, or by telephone from Ticketmaster, 755–1111. (A service charge applies on all Ticketmaster purchases.)
For more information visit the Canadian Improv Games website at www.improv.ca or contact the National Director, Alistair Cook at (604) 727-3286; alistairsoffice@shaw.com
For more information and press passes, please contact:
Laura Denker
Publicity and Media Relations Coordinator
National Arts Centre English Theatre
(613) 947.7000 ext. 389;
ldenker@nac-cna.ca
Canadian Improv Games National Tournament Line-up 2004
SEMI-FINALS
Tuesday, April 13th:
Lisgar Collegiate Institute (Ottawa, ON)
Loyalist College and Vocational Institute (Kingston, ON)
Miller Comprehensive High School (Regina, SK)
Oakville Trafalgar Secondary School (Toronto, ON)
Penticton Secondary School (Penticton, BC)
Wednesday, April 14th:
Bishops College (St. John’s, NFLD and Labrador)
Georges P. Vanier Secondary School (Courtenay, BC)
Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Kanata, ON)
Rockridge Secondary School (West Vancouver, BC)
Sir John A. Macdonald High School (Hubley, NS)
Thursday, April 15th:
Canterbury High School (Ottawa, ON)
Grant Park High School (Winnipeg, MB)
Handsworth Secondary School (North Vancouver, BC)
Orangeville District Secondary School (Toronto, ON)
Westwood Community High School (Fort McMurray, AlB)
Friday, April 16th:
John Rennie High School (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School (Sudbury, ON)
Moncton High School (Moncton, NB)
Rockway Mennonite Collegiate (Kitchener, ON)
St. Mary Catholic Secondary School (Toronto, ON)
