Montreal’s improv scene finds success on the spot

A young man nervously explains to his girlfriend that there’s somebody else in his life. His twin sister suddenly pops out from under his sweater: she’s been living there because it reminds her of the embryonic sac they once happily shared. The girlfriend (played by a middle-aged man) wails: “I can’t deal with this kind of thing again!”
It’s a scene that would have done absurdist playwright Ionesco proud. And yet, like most improvisation performance, as soon a