Improv and comedy writing workshop
Yukon Writers' Festival 2026 Live Words event
Saturday, May 02
6:30pm - 7:30pm
A fun look at the way games and techniques from improv theatre can be used to produce written comedy. Approximately one hour.
Improv and comedy writing workshop: May 2 2026, 6:30 - 7:30 pm.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED, phone 867-821-3801 to register. Space limited to 12 registered people. Free.
If you register successfully but need to cancel your space at any time please contact 867-821-3801.
DESCRIPTION: A fun look at the way games and techniques from improv theatre can be used to produce written comedy.
Location: Isabelle Pringle Library
Optional potluck for public 5:30 – 6:30 pm (registration is not necessary for the potluck hour). Please bring something to share.
Author's books will be on sale at this event (thanks to Mac's Fireweed Books).
Bio: Yukon Public Libraries guest author Duncan McKenzie has a special interest in odd and funny events from the real world. He has written two books of quirky true-crime stories for HarperCollins: The World's Even Dumber Criminals, The World's Wildest Cons, and a book of true-life stories about strange inventions, What Could Possibly Go Wrong (available at Yukon Public Libraries).
McKenzie has worked as a writer and producer of TV comedy shows, including such award-winning series as History Bites, Baroness Von Sketch Show, and the youth sketch comedy series That's So Weird. He was showrunner for the comedy-drama series Train 48. He lives in Oakville, Ontario, where he is active in improv comedy and was one of the founders of the Oakville Improv Theatre Company.
Produced by Yukon Public Libraries in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts.
Isabelle Pringle Community Library (Carcross)
Isabelle Pringle Library offers books, magazines, DVDs, audio books, public computer stations, and free WiFi.