The summer is here and we’re gearing up for some exciting updates for the fall! For members of the community looking for more opportunities to perform the kind of longform improv we teach at the Embassy, we are auditioning on… Read More

The Improv Embassy is very excited to announce that after four outstanding years of showcasing the best local, national, and international improv talent to Ottawa audiences, we are looking for applications for the position of Festival Director to provide an… Read More

We are excited to announce that for the fourth year in a row, members of the Improv Embassy community will be performing in Mprov, Montreal’s amazing bilingual improv festival! This year we are sending two teams to the week-long fest:… Read More

This holiday season, give your loved ones the gift of laughter with an Improv Embassy gift certificate! These allow you to purchase a class for a special person in your life so they can have some fun in the new… Read More

We are so excited to unveil the lineup of the 2020 Ottawa Improv Festival, the most fun weekend all year. The festival runs Feb. 27 to 29 at Arts Court and features acts from all over: Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Guelph,… Read More

Words cannot describe what an awesome time we had this weekend. Thank you for the dozens of performers, volunteers and hundreds of audience members who made our little festival such a blast. We can’t wait to see you again next… Read More

Hello Improv Embassy community: Ottawa’s Medical Officer of Health announced this afternoon that the city has moved into the community transmission phase of COVID-19 and advised that residents only leave the house for essential reasons. So we are postponing all… Read More

The current pandemic crisis is unprecedented and is affecting all of us in different ways. At the Embassy, we’ve had to close our physical studio for the time being. But we’re improvisers — we go with the flow, right? That’s… Read More

Hey improv fans! We’re so excited to be offering a couple of weekend intensives at the end of May with Rob Norman and Adam Cawley of the Backline Podcast (for those who are uninitiated, check out their recent season premiere… Read More

Hello community, First of all, thank you to everyone who has stayed engaged with us since the beginning of this pandemic — to the students eager for online classes, jams and shows, and our team members who were able to… Read More