Fantastic Voyage Improv

Upcoming Events

This is just a snippet of what’s going on around the community. Keep reading for more information! Do you have an event you want featured here? Email us the details!

• Fantastic Voyage Improv
  • Broken Clock – March 16
    • St. Pat’s Day Show!
  • Flying V – March 20
    • Rock & Roll Show!
  • Padraigs – April 1
    • April Fool’s Show!
      
• Jesters Comedy Improv
  • Cinema Grill – Mar 12
  • Torg Brewery – Mar 14
  • Rail Werks Brewing – Mar 14
  • Torg Brewery – Mar 27
  • 9-Mile Brewing – Mar 28
    
• Good Camel Comedy
  • Lush – Mar 19

• Cyn City Tours
  • Ghosts and Gables Tour
    • Friday March 13
  • Gangsterland Malarky
    • March 14
    • March 17
      
• ComedySportz Twin Cities
  • Improvised Rom Com
    • Strike Theater – Mar 13 & 27
  • ComedySportz Match
    • Strike Theater – Mar 14 & 28
      
• Clover Club Jazz
  • Troubadour Wine Bar
    • March 20
    • April 10
    • May 1
  • Finnish Bistro Coffe & Cafe
    • March 27
    • June 5

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Every year we find 16 of our funniest Facebook fans and have them compete to be declared this year’s funniest fan in a bracket-style competition.

This year’s contest is currently underway! Be sure to check our Facebook page every Tuesday and Friday to vote your favorite jokes… or to make a joke of your own!

To see the current bracket and to learn more about it HERE!

We’re excited to announce a new run of shows at a fun new venue!

Fantastic Voyage Improv will be bringing UnProv to their stage, which normally hosts rocking musical acts. We’re really excited about these shows, and hope to see you there!

$10 gets you 90 minutes of improvised comedy. Patreon discounts apply! Doors open at 6:30 for a 7pm show.

Please note the Flying V is a straight-edge venue, therefore no alcohol, drugs, smoking, or vaping is allowed on the premesis

Our next Flying V show is Friday March 20. Tickets available at the door, or in advance at Eventbrite.

Facebook event link

FVI at Broken Clock Brewing

Fantastic Voyage Improv brings UnProv to the B-Side Lounge at Broken Clock Brewing Cooperative in Minneapolis the third Monday of the month. Tickets are just $10 ($5 for our Patreon Supporters and Broken Clock members). Doors open at 6:30 for a 7pm show.

Our next Broken Clock show is Monday March 16. Tickets available at the door, or in advance at Eventbrite.

Look, we get it. Mondays are hard. Let’s make them less hard by laughing together!

FVI at Padraigs Brewing!

Our next show at Padraig’s Brewing is on Wednesday April 1 at 7pm!

Fantastic Voyage Improv brings UnProv to the Cellar Event Space at Padraig’s Brewing in Minneapolis the first Wednesday of the month. Tickets are just $10 ($5 for our Patreon Supporters). Doors open at 6:30 for a 7pm show.

Seating is limited so arrive early, or get tickets in advance at Eventbrite.

A great way to support our troupe, other than coming to see our shows, it to become a Patreon supporter.
Your monthly $5 contribution helps us keep our gear in shape, pay advertising and website maintenance costs, and pay our performers for their time and talents.

To say thanks to our supporters, they receive a $5 discount to all FVI ticketed shows! If you come to both shows in a month you’ll get $10 in benefits!
Broken Clock members also get $5 off of our shows there! And you can stack those discounts! That’s right! For those that are both Broken Clock members and Patreon supporters, your admission to Broken Clock shows is… ZERO DOLLARS! We’re just giving it away here!

Most of our shows (barring technical difficulties) get posted to our YouTube channel. However, the Uncensored part of UnProv isn’t always appreciated by YouTube. They like to demonetize channels that swear, but we’re not scared! We don’t have enough subscribers to be monetized in the first place!
Subscribe to our channel and help us get demonetized!

Spring is in the air, and ICE is melting

This spring has been tough on a lot of people. Local small businesses have been hit especially hard.

Our troupe, as well as most of our friends in the theater community, depend on local, independent, small businesses to survive. Many of these places are operating on razor-thin margins in the best of times.

Now that the weather is trending towards less face-bitey, we encourage you to find a local restaurant, coffee shop, brewery, theater, boutique clothing shop, antique shop, anything else you can think of!

The truth is, McDonald’s and Wal-Mart aren’t going to close if you don’t go, but so many places that support so many people will.

Jester’s spring schedule is already starting to heat up.

This month, as well as their usual zany comedy, they’ll be playing Jack Box games live at Torg Brewery! It’s sure to be a great time!

More upcoming shows:
March 12 – New Hope Cinema Grill
March 14 – Jack Box Games at Torg Brewery
March 14 – After Dark at Rail Werks Brewing Depot
March 27 – Torg Brewery
March 28 at 9 Mile Brewing

Check out their socials for more information!

ComedySportz is improvised comedy played like a sport. Two teams of actors create short games and scenes, based on audience suggestions, to earn points and laughs! This show is rated E for everyone!

​This year they’re expanding their schedule! Every 2nd & 4th Friday and Saturday of the month at Strike Theater. Shows start at 7:30. Get tickets and learn more on their website!

For their Friday shows February and March they’re doing a live improvised Romantic Comedy. These shows are recommended for adult audiences.

If E-for-everybody shows are more your speed, you can still catch their ComedySportz matches on Saturdays

“From gut-busting stand-up to fearless improv and boundary-pushing storytelling, Good Camel Comedy Theater curates events that speak truth to power—through laughter. We spotlight BIPOC artists, queer voices, and bold perspectives that don’t always get a mic in traditional spaces.”

On March 19th they’re hosting the Oasis Laugh Battle at Lush. Watch as some of the best BIPOC comedy minds in the Twin Cities “battle through lightning-fast games, building scenes from nothing and taking big swings in front of a live crowd that can feel the tension rising.”

Can’t make it that night? This unique show runs the 3rd Thursday of every month at Lush.

Learn more and and get tickets at their website.

Czech on Your Neighbor, their International Women’s Day Czech Dark Lager, is officially on tap and available in cans! Brewed with the help of the ladies of Broken Clock!

Swing by, grab a pint, pick up a 4-pack, and celebrate with them. And don’t forget to snag one of their limited “All Beer Is Girl Beer” glasses and merch while they last!

It’s a great reason to stop in, help out a great cause, maybe even become a member! Learn more at the Broken Clock website or in the taproom!

Live music and food trucks every Friday and Saturday night, and great beer every night of the week. Now serving food too!

They’re the only Irish brewery in Minneapolis. You think they’re NOT going to do St Patrick’s day in style?

This year they’re celebrating on Saturday March 14 with the Irish Fair Pub Crawl.

And on March 17 stop in the taproom for discounted pitchers of Paddy’s Premium.

Live Irish music, fun events, great people.

Visit their events page for more information about the great things going on in the taproom.

Want a great way to celebrate Friday the 13th this March? Cyn City Tours is offering a 90 minute, mostly indoor, accessible tour of the haunts of Rice Park.

So many great tours to choose from. Check descriptions and get tickets HERE.

Clover Club, the Minneapolis jazz duo featuring vocalist Victoria Temiz and guitarist Carl Johnson, brings a fresh yet authentically jazzy sound to the scene. Their repertoire, deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, echoes the intimate, laid-back style of Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, with a twist.

Where and when to see them:

• Troubadour Wine Bar
  • Friday March 20
  • Friday April 10
  • Friday May 1
• Finnish Bistro Coffee & Cafe
  • Friday March 27
  • Friday June 5

Men On Boats – March 12 – 15

The American government sends a crew of explorers down a river to name and claim things that aren’t theirs to own – and they soon hit rough waters.  Riffing on the history of an 1869 expedition through the Grand Canyon and played by a cast of people the first journey left out, Men on Boats is a raucous adventure that questions our mixed-up myths of masculinity and Manifest Destiny.

Suggested $40, Pay What You Can $15

Get tickets HERE

Tickets and more information at the 825 Arts website.

Here’s a video of Jimmy Carr interacting with an audience member.

The audience asks him “Were you funny as a kid?” which leads Jimmy to drop some truth on everyone:

“You don’t stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing.”

Our troupe loves playing. We do it on stage, yes, but we also continually find ways to play off-stage too.

Finding the game within the game of life is a great way to get through stressful times, and to find the joy in the world around you.

We hope you can find a way to play this month.