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Vic-GORE-ia, an Improvised Murder Mystery

Join us as members of the Vic High Improv Club present Vic-GORE-ia, an Improvised murder mystery. Also, come and meet our newest members as they kick off the evening with a short improv jam! Admission is by donation and all proceeds go towards funding club activities, which includes our upcoming trip to the Berlin Improv Festival in March 2016. When: Friday, November 6, 2015 Time : Show starts at 7:30pm, doors at 7pm Where : Victoria High School Auditorium 1260 Grant Street How Much: Admission by donation Suitable for all ages! Thanks to the Upfront Theatre for introducing us to this format!

Help Send Us to Berlin in March 2016!

We're going to the Berlin Improv Festival in March 2016! We have been invited back to the Berlin Improv Festival ! We leave March 11th and return on March 21st ! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students! While in Berlin, they will attend four days of improv workshops from two different instructors (not from the US or Canada), see festival performances, have a performance of our own on a festival stage and visit the historic sights of Berlin! Thank-You Card from our Berlin 2014 Audience No other high school has ever been invited to this festival - and we've been invited twice! We need your help ! It costs a lot to send nine students and the chaperons to Berlin, and for some of our students this is a barrier. Our hope is to raise enough to reduce the per student cost from $3,290 to $2,000 . Here's how the $29,668 that the trip costs  breaks down: $12,960 for return airfares for the students $4,630 for return airfares/trip cancella

2014-15: Another year of fun & adventures!

Cast of the Year End Performance (Mr. Penty - front) Well, in what seems like the blink of an eye, another year at the Improv Club has come and gone! We had a great time this year which makes it hard to cover absolutely everything in this post, so we'll just cover off the highlights. At the beginning of the year, we dusted off our "Vic High Event" (as the club members started calling it - the other name was the "Jonathan Event" named after one of our coaches, Jonathan Argue, who came up with the format. Stage picture from the "Vic High Event" We worked hard on our improv skills getting ready for both the Canadian Improv Games season and a last minute version of the annual Vic High Fine Arts Night. Club members Nick & Breyn "working hard" In November we attended the first event of the CIG season, the "Exhibition Rounds". This is non-competitive evening where all the South Island teams get to showcase at least on

Canadian Improv Games 2015 Senior Semi-Finals, Junior Finals & Senior Finals hosted by Vic High

Great things are happening this upcoming Family Day Weekend at the Victoria High School! We are playing host to the 2015 CIG Island Semi-Finals, Junior Cup and Island Finals! Teams from all over Vancouver Island are converging at this event starting Friday, February 6th, 2015. In addition to the performances, there will be workshops that are available to all participating school CIG teams, regardless of whether or not they are competing that weekend. Gulf Islands Secondary School receiving their suggestion Performance Schedule Event Participating Teams Semi-Finals Round #1 Friday, February 6th 7:30pm GP Vanier Secondary School (Courtenay), Highland Secondary School (Comox), Victoria High School (Victoria), Esquimalt Secondary School (Esquimalt) Island Junior Finals Saturday, February 7th 2:30pm Gulf Islands Secondary School (Salt Spring Island), Pacific Christian School (Victoria), Ladysmith Secondary School (Ladysmith),

Upcoming Improv & Drama Events at Vic High!

January and February are busy months here at the school! January 2015 Events Starting on January 22, 2015, we are presenting Disney's  High School Musical . The dates and times are: Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 7:30pm Friday, January 23, 2015 at 7:30pm Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 2pm Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 7:30pm All performances take place at the Victoria High School. Admission is $8 for students and $10 for adults. For more information, please contact Victoria High School at 250-388-5456 DISNEY's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL  is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com February 2015 Events Next up are the Vancouver Island Semi-Finals and Finals of the Canadian Improv Games (CIG) for the Vancouver Island Region . Vic High is host