This is the photo that has been in papers all over the european press. Below is a CRUMBS blurb and press write ups: CRUMBS IMPROV THEATRE COMPANY WHO ARE CRUMBS? CRUMBS is an internationally renowned improvisational theatre company based out of Winnipeg, Canada. The company is made up of two actors and one musician. The actors are Stephen Sim and Lee White, they have been working together in theatre and comedy since 1990. Craig Bjerring and his guitar joined the group in 2000 coming from over a decade of musical performance in several bands. WHERE HAVE THEY PLAYED? CRUMBS has toured Canada and Europe playing such places as:
-Berlin International Improv Festival 2000-2005
-Edmonton International Improv Festival 2000-2005
-Vienna International Improv Festival 2002
-CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival 2003
-Winnipeg Fringe Festival 1998-2005
-Edmonton Fringe Festival 1998, 2000-2005
-Edmonton Comedy Arts Festival 2000
-Euro tour 2004 includes Munich, Berlin, Ljubjiana, Graz, Vienna, Luzern and Nuremburg.
-Euro tour 2005 includes Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Basel, Ljubjiana, Graz, Freiburg and Dortmund.
-Toronto International Catch23 Tournament 2005 WHAT IS IT THEY DO? CRUMBS performs a blend of several improv styles that they have stolen from all their travels and from all the groups and talented players they have worked with. This all mixes together with their own freeform style, that always makes for a wonderful experience. A CRUMBS show can be as short as a 5 minute set, or as long as a 3 hour show with intermission, usually with only one suggestion. CRUMBS focuses on telling a story using original characters rather then simply stringing together a series of one-liners. From comedy to tragedy, from realism to the absurd, a CRUMBS show is improvised theatre like you have never seen. CRUMBS IN THE PRESS
-Voted Winnipeg’s #1 theatre company four years in a row by Uptown Magazine’s readers’ poll.
-Crowned International Theatresports champions 2004
-Crowned International Catch23 tournament champions 2005
“-a masterful feat for improv.”
*****-GABRIELLE GIRODAY, WPG FREE PRESS 2005
“Stephen Sim and Lee White are at the height of their improv powers”
“Accompanist Craig Bjerring is perfectly tuned to their unspoken cues and heightens the drama and laughter with his subtle soundtrack and occasional musical interludes.”
“It’s hard to say what makes CRUMBS so good. Maybe it’s the zen-like concentration with which they juggle their multiple characters. Or maybe it’s their uncanny ability to build ridiculous metaphors on the fly. Or maybe it’s the way they make the audience complicit in the process of creating comedy, so even when they step out of character, hilarious things happen. Whatever the reason, the CRUMBS are on fire.”
*****-IRIS YUDAI, CBC 2005
“They’ve turned down the suck and turned the funny up to 11.”
A+ -BRENDON EHINGER, UPTOWN MAGAZINE 2004
“ If the banal "Who's Line is it Anyway" is Kenny G., The Crumbs are Charlie Parker.”
***** -AL REA, CBC RADIO 2003 CRUMBS IN THE PRESS CONTINUED “ I can honestly say, these guys know what their doing, they left me feeling as though I had wet myself..”
***** CBC WEBSITE 2003 “You never know what you ‘re going to get at an improv show, but over the years, a ticket to the CRUMBS has proven to be a wise investment.”
****-ANNA LAZOWSKI, WPG FREE PRESS 2004 “Hilarious and entertaining. Go see them twice, three times...”
****1/2 CBC WEBSITE 2003 “ These guys are the masters of long form improve. So see them, be astounded, and then see them again.”
**** -KEN GORDON, CBC WEBSITE 2003 “It takes uncommon talent to make up a story on the spot capable of amusing everyone from teens to grandparents but these pranksters do it better than anyone.”
**** -KEVIN PROKOSH, WPG FREE PRESS 2003 “This trio is incredibly talented and work so well together.”
**** -KEN GORDON, CBC WEBSITE 2002

CRUMBS IN THE PRESS CONTINUED “Watching improv is like eating a Japanese blowfish-really tasty if it’s done right, excruciatingly painful if the chef doesn’t know what he’s doing. Thank God the improv trio CRUMBS are master chefs.”
****1/2 -EDMONTON FRINGE 2001 “The first Crumbs show at this year's festival was brilliant, but who knows what the remaining performances will be like? All I can say is ... go twice! “
****-JOHN SCOLES, WPG SUN 2000 “... CRUMBS is top-notch, a skilful marriage of brain and brawn.”
**** -KEVIN WILLIAMSON, EDMONTON SUN 2000 “... CRUMBS is a first-rate act, an impressive mix of individually interesting actors and brainy humour...”
**** -RIVA HARRISON, WPG SUN 1999 “In a 50-minute skit advertised as improv but actually scripted (with a plot and everything), the Crumbs show signs of imminent wit.” -MORLEY WALKER, WPG FREE PRESS 1999 (The show was actually fully improvised) “With plenty of acting talent they show the art of IT: ...the show hangs like a football in the middle of the field...”
-Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 30.3.2001 “The three boys from Winnepeg had the fastest mouths and the most flexible limbs.”
-Financial Times Deutschland 30. März 2001 “The show of the three Canadian boys lived from the bizarre ideas and looked perfect, not like being invented in the moment, but more like a written grotesque. “
-Berliner Zeitung, 30.3.2001