The 404s Improv Comedy Group Announces Auditions for Their 2010 Season

When: Saturday, February 27, 2010 – 12:00pm-2:00pm

Where: Private space in NE Calgary. E-mail for details.

“The 404s” improv comedy group will be holding an audition session to fill open spots in their Calgary-based cast. Successful performers will be invited to rehearse together with The 404s and perform improv comedy shows at several venues in Alberta through 2010.

Who are The 404s looking for?
Motivated, dynamic, funny and witty individuals who want to work in a team environment, to create good improv comedy. Interested persons should be at least 18 years of age, be familiar with improv, and be able to attend rehearsals ahead of a performance.

What experience do I need?
None is required, but a background in improv and/or theatre is certainly an asset. We perform short-form improv comedy not unlike the old “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” show on TV, and we like to follow the principles of improv as taught by Keith Johnstone.

What background knowledge would be useful?
The 404s cater to a variety of audiences, but we specialize in what could be called “geek-prov”. Many of our usual audiences are comic book, sci-fi, gaming, and anime fans, so a working knowledge of at least one of these genres doesn’t hurt.

What happens at the audition?
We will do several improv exercises together, and then some of the games we perform at shows. We’ll be looking at people’s abilities to create a variety of fun characters and perform well with others in the context of an improv show.

I want to audition. What do I do?
Send an e-mail to the404s @ gmail.com with your name, contact information and a picture of yourself (headshots are not necessary). If you have a resume of your theatre, acting or improv experience, feel free to send it. We’ll contact you back with location information.

Contact us if you have any questions as well. We hope to hear from you!

It’s a late addition, but a worthwhile one! The 404s have been entertaining the crowds at the Bellerose Student Anime Festival for several years now, and we’ve always been happy to return to their cavernous main events stage. Looking forward to this weekend – see you there!

Location: Bellerose Composite High School – 49 Giroux Road, St. Albert
Date: Saturday, October 24
Showtime: 4:00-5:00pm
Website: http://www.bellerosecon.com/

Next event : Naru 2 U / October 9th-11th 2009 / Ottawa ON

Schedule (subject to change) :

Saturday 1h00 PM – Regular Show
Saturday Midnight – Late night show
Sunday 3h00 PM – Show before Closing Ceremonies

The 404s have come and gone once more at Animethon, Edmonton’s annual celebration of Japanese Animation. We were there for three shows of anme-inspired improv madness, plus a performance of “The 99 Yen Challenge”, our comedy gameshow. Thanks to the divine power of YouTube, we’re posting a bunch of clips from the weekend. Enjoy!

A big fat THANK YOU to the hundreds of fans who came to our shows, we really loved having you with us!

We’ve been working hard at putting up two of the shows we did recently at AnimeNorth 2009 in their entirety. More stuff coming – enjoy the vids, the laughs, and the ridiculous acronyms!

The Saturday Night Improv Faceoff (SNIF!)

The Anime Improv Extreme Elimination Extravagganza (AIEEE)!

As we work out the kinks of the new format, be sure to re-bookmark the404s.com for lots of funky-phresh new content on the website, including:

- New Youtube videos embedded on the site
- Updated bios from our current and new performers
- Pics on the website that were taken LATER than 2003
- An easily-updated calendar of current and upcoming shows
- And more!

This is WAY easier to update than the old site, which was all hard-coded HTML which the webmaster had trouble remembering between major updates. Hooray for other people doing back-end stuff an distributing it for free!