Best of Improv in Manila Improv Festival this March 22 to 26

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Silly People's Improv Theater (SPIT)
Third World Improv and the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) present the Manila Improv Festival 2017 from March 22 to 26 at the PETA Theater Center in Quezon City. This year’s festival will feature performances by international improvisers from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Osaka, Tokyo, Mumbai and Brisbane, and showcase Filipino improvisers from Manila, Bacolod and Cagayan de Oro.

Created by Silly People’s Improv Theater (SPIT), the Manila Improv Festival (MIF) has earned an increasing following from improvisers, enthusiasts and fans from all over the world. Now on its fifth edition, the MIF has come a long way since its first run in 2004.

SPIT also started the Third World Improv school in 2015, and opened its doors to anyone who would like to experience the joy of improv. This year, 16 improv groups from the Philippines are participating at the festival. This is a definitive sign of our rapidly growing improv scene, further bolstered by TWI’s establishment as the first school in the country dedicated to teaching the art and craft of improvisational theater. Today, TWI is home to over 100 students, the population of which continues to grow.

The Manila Improv Festival is happy to have found a home with PETA, our partner for three festivals in a row. This year’s festival is poised to attract an estimated 150 delegates and 4,000 guests to the 38 shows and 5 workshops at PETA’s performance venues. Tickets and festival passes to performances and workshops are available through the PETA Theater Center.

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