Niagara's Home for Improv Comedy
April 25 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT
An improv comedy show that’s Artemis II good to be true!
Inspired by NASA’s recent trip to the moon, Improv Niagara are stretching the limits of earthly improv and we need you to take us out into the atmosphere!
Live improv comedy, inpsired by your suggestions, featuring a hilarious cast of improv performers including a visiting troupe all the way from Oakville Ontario: The Highway Bandits.
Don’t miss this lovely evening of laughter and out of this world fun!
May 12 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT
A COP is a group of people who share a passion for something they do, (improv) and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Our COP:
We share a dedication to the craft of improv, laughter and the joy of comedy, and hope you do too!
March 28 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT
As many laughs as there are clovers in Ireland, right here in downtown St. Catharines! Live. Improv. Comedy!
March brings with it the luck of the Irish, and we feel SO LUCKY to welome this extraordinary comedy troupe all the way from Guelph. It’s the The Phlegmies!
Join Improv Niagara & the Phlegmies as we share our particular styles of improv comedy; hilarious scenes, stories and games made-up completely on the spot!
Forget gold, we’re filling the pot with laughs and fun on Saturday March 28th, 2026 at 8:00 PM live at Mahtay Café, in the heart of downtown St. Catharines.
Featuring:
Dan Dingwall
Dina Senior
Brie Watson &
MORE!
& an epic performance from our visitors: THE PHLEGMIES!
Get your tickets TODAY before the luck runs out. 🍀
February 28 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST
We’re back for another hilarious night of improv comedy with Improv Niagara! Advance recommended.
The last day of February calls for a celebration… a celebration of LOVE!
Join us as we close out this Heart Month as stories of love inform our improvised scenes and games.
Who says just because Valentine’s Day is over we can’t still focus on LOVE… with this wonderful cast of improvisers, each one a lovely human through and through! Saturday, February 28th 2026 at 8:00 PM only at Mahtay Café , in the heart of downtown St. Catharines.
Featuring:
Natasha Bromfield
Dan Dingwall
Jonas McLean
Dina Senior &
Brie Watson
Get your tickets TODAY before the love is gone!
January 31 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST
Join us in celebration of National Zebra Day as we let this noble striped beast inform our scenes and games.
Celebrate National Zebra Day with this wonderful cast of improvisers, each’s style as unique as the striped pattern on each of these noble horse/donkey-type beasts. Saturday, January 31st 2026 at 8:00 PM only at Mahtay Café , in the heart of downtown St. Catharines.
Featuring:
Dan Dingwall
Dave Hietalahti
Sean Howard
Dina Senior
Kate Urquhart &
Brie Watson
Get your tickets TODAY before they’re extinct. UNLIKE the zebra!
December 27, 2025 @ 12:30 am – 9:30 pm EST
Live improv comedy to help our community.
Improv Niagara presents NICE CANS! A comedy show turned fundraiser / food drive to help our local food bank feed people in need.
This show is in that sweet spot between Christmas and New Years, so come on out in your comfies, grab a tasty drink or treat from Mahtay Café’s bar or bakery and let’s spend a bit of time this holiday season having some laughs.
Featuring:
Brie Watson
Dan Dingwall
Deanna Herbert
Dina Senior
Heather Eyman &
Jamie Roboz
Tickets cost $15 or show up with some canned goods or non-perishable food items, and let’s have some holiday cheer!
November 29, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EST
Live improv comedy for a good cause.
Live, lonform improv comedy in the heart of St Catharines.
Featuring:
Jo Anne Tacorda (Big Chick Energy)
Aaron Boyd
Simon Calaycay
Dan Dingwall
Dina Senior
Brie Watson
This month, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Movember Foundation. Wear your moustaches proud! (Or bring a fake one, if you’d like.)
September 27, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm EDT
It’s Back to School time at Improv Niagara!
Take a seat and have some laughs. Improv Niagara brings you hilarious comedy created on the spot, inspired by your suggestions.
Improv 1812 promises to make you laugh AND learn. (WHAT?) Let them take you back to a hugely important time in Niagara’ s history, but like… through improv!
The Substitute Teachers know when the teacher’s away the cats will play! So, sit back, relax, put down your books and get ready for some laughs.
Brock, Niagara College & University of Niagara Falls students get $5 off regular admission!
May 4 @ 3:15 pm
It’s time! Finally. Celebrate the holidays! Enjoy friends, drinks and live comedy. And rejoice. Spend time with your pals at Improv Niagara!
So, come on out! Have fun. It’s the “Improv Fallout End of Year Bash!”
Don’t miss out.
We’re happy to announce, in a time where happy announcements are few and far between, the welcoming of Aaron Boyd to our cast!
Being the new guy, I figured we could all get to know Aaron a little better. I asked the cast to put together a few questions for our new pal. Read on:
Q – Which/What archetype of “child” were you growing up? The cool, bad boy? The studious, quiet one?
This one was very specific, heading deep into Aaron’s backstory.
Aa – I was the nervous quiet kid, looking for approval, but never knowing how to get it. I was always picked last for teams, probably with good reason.
Q – What comedy movie best reflects your style of humour?
OK, now we’re getting on track. Comedy. Relevant. Here we go:
Aa – Airplane.
Honourable mentions: Shaun of the Dead, Sightseers.
Q – Do you have any interesting phobias?
OK great gang. Back to the weirdly personal stuff.
Aa – Arachibutyrophobia. (Fear of Peanut Butter) Probably due to my allergy. (Take note, fans. No Reeses for Aaron!) Also heights without safety equipment. I struggle to climb a ladder, but I have bungee jumped, enjoy air travel, and have done the CN Tower Skywalk!
Q – Can you tell us a little bit about your experience performing comedy?
Finally, the good stuff. (Although it is super good to know about the peanut butter!)
Aa – When I was a kid I wanted to be the funny one, but was too shy to go for it. As David Letterman used to say, “I wasn’t the class clown, but I wrote for him.”
After taking Drama class in High School I finally got the guts up to try some stand-up in my youth groups’s talent shows. The audience seemed to enjoy the jokes I “borrowed” from Robin Williams, but it was my Ronald Reagan impression that really killed.
At University I met a great group of guys, and after creating a sketch comedy show based on Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time”, we formed Cavalcade of Whimsy and produced several Summerworks and Fringe Festival shows.
We all participated in the writing, and I directed and stage managed. For the next (too many) years, I was a non-practicing comedian, with my performances limited to keeping my staff entertained during sales meetings, and the occasional karaoke night, until my friend Kate suggested we attend an Improv Niagara workshop. I caught the comedy bug once again, and look forward to playing with this awesome group of performers.
Q – Any weird piercings?
OK. This has gone too far. Thanks for reading folks. And don’t miss your chance to see Aaron in socially-distanced action at our “Laughs & Lattes” show Saturday, October 17th at the Queen Bean Café.
