Rapid Fire Theater rings in the holidays with a festive retelling of a classic Christmas movie, with an element of unscripted pandemonium.

The theater troupe’s annual holiday special, The White Man Who Stole Christmasis above all a scripted musical comedy. The show is made up of actors who have learned their lines, choreography and blocking – typical of any theater production.

However, since this is a Rapid Fire production, improv comedy is going to be introduced into the mix at some point.

Each night of the show, a guest improviser, who will play “The Blank,” will join the rest of the cast and perform the rest of the show cold – as in, without rehearsing and without knowing any of their lines.

The casting also does not know who will play The Blank.

Today’s special guest will get to choose their character and say every line they can think of while the rest of the cast will do what they do best to adapt and create in some way a coherent, but chaotic story.

The holiday special features three versions of the show to cater to different audiences, starting with the family show Nice, followed by the Naughty 14+ rated show and the adults-only show which has elements of foul language and questionable content – certainly not for the easily offended.

In recent years, guest improvisers have chosen to play characters such as Barbie, Darth Vader and Whoopi Goldberg to eyebrow-raising characters like Scarface and Austin Powers.

THE Blank who stole Christmas is a comprehensive homage to Dr. Seuss’ book and the art of improvisation while providing great laughs and entertainment for all ages.

Rapid Fire Theatre’s festive production will have performances every Thursday and Saturday from November 28 to December 22 at the Rapid Fire Exchange, 10437-83 Ave.

Tickets are available online.