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Artscene Now you see it, now you don't · FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2009 29 New improv school coming to Oakville A group of Oakville television producers is starting a new comedy school in Oakville this summer, offering improvisational comedy workshops to local kids. Gary Pearson, Duncan McKenzie and Amy McKenzie have partnered with Toronto's Bad Dog Theatre to start the new program, named Bad Dog Oakville. The first workshops, which start in June, will be open to students from 8-17. They'll be followed by workshops for adults. Improvisation is a quirky mix of performing, writing, party games, and comedy. In a typical exercise, performers may try to tell a story in rhyme, or as a group, with each person contributing one word at a time. Or they may start with a simple suggestion ­ a fairy tale, an animal, a room in the house ­ and use it as the starting point for a short comedy scene. All three started their TV comedy careers in the 1980s doing improv at Toronto Theatresports, which changed its name to Bad Dog in 2003. MICHAEL IVANIN / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER MAGIC MAN: Young Oakville magician Mark Correia, known as Mystical Mark-O, thrills the audience during a recent performance at Joshua Creek Public School. Correia is in Grade 8 and attends Sunningdale Public School. See Veteran page 32