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TIGHTROPE THEATRE

WE'VE MOVED!!

We've moved to a BRAND NEW location in East Van! As of April 1st, all classes and shows will be in our new space at 1330 Napier Street!

Schedule

Featuring a rotating cast of some of Canada’s best improvisers. Four Fridays of late-night shenanigans where anything can happen: comedy, tragedy, music, and mayhem!

Bard After Dark

Fridays

Embrace the supernatural with Tightrope’s sci-fi comedy The Yes Files!
Running September 12th - November 7th.

Have you ever had an encounter you just couldn’t explain? A UFO sighting, a ghostly visitor, or a mysterious experience that keeps you up at night? Tell us your story, and watch as our improvisers transform it into an entirely improvised episode of The Yes Files. Where investigators will open the cold case, follow the clues, question the witnesses, and dive deep into the unknown in search of the truth. Inspired by the long-running sci-fi classic The X-Files, The Yes Files combines paranormal investigation, conspiracy, and sexual tension that can be felt from space.

Come investigate with us. By the end of the show… you may just become a believer.

The Yes Files

Saturdays - 7:30

An elimination style improv show that brings twelve skilled performers together for a crash and burn competition to crown the best improvisor of the night! Known as Maestro Impro and created by Keith Johnstone, this show is played all over the world. Your vote determines which players are eliminated until only one remains victorious, the Maestro champion!

Vancouver's Next Top Improviser

Friday - 8:00

Improvisors come with ideas to direct fully improvised plays. The audience decides which ones they want to see play out in full!

Come see Tightrope Theatre's top improvisors take their stab at directing fully improvised plays. Five directors pitch their vision of what they think will be the next big hit and the audience decides which stories they want to see continue, and which to ditch. Theatrical hilarity guaranteed!

Director's Cut

Saturdays at 7:30PM

Looking for a fun night out? Doctor Hospital M.D. has the cure. Blending the drama of The Pitt, the steaminess of Grey’s Anatomy, and the mysteries of House M.D., this fully improvised medical comedy delivers high stakes and big laughs worthy of your next binge watch.

Each week, our performers will don their scrubs and face their toughest challenge yet: a real job. If laughter truly is the best medicine, there’s no better place to be than Tightrope Theatre.

Now… show us where it hurts.

Dr. Hospital M.D.

Fridays - 7:30

Age Restriction 18+

Every month, a different ensemble member takes over our late-night stage to host the naughty little show they’ve always wanted to make.

Like late night TV beamed in from another dimension it's bound to be unpredictable, experimental, and impossible to categorize. A Talk show with cryptids? Drag ball wrestling match spectacular? Improv with babies? Your guess is as good as ours.

The format changes. The host changes. The weirdness and laughs are guaranteed. Buy a ticket and find out!

Late Night Show

Last Friday of every month at 9:30PM

Improvise for your life! In this special edition of Queerstro the cast will feature all queer performers as we celebrate Pride at Tightrope. Your vote determines which players are eliminated until only one remains victorious, the Maestro champion!

Queerstro!

Friday July 31st 8:00pm

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