SLAPDASH
LONDON
International Improv Festival
8th -16th JUNE 2013
doors 7.30 pm, show 8 pm
Grab Bag
Some of the UK's most experienced improvisers try out new formats, combinations and ideas for the first time in front of an audience. Some hilarious, and some downright weird. A smorgasboard of new improvisation, with:
The Improvised Greek tragedy (Michael Brunstrom)
Project Two (Sci-fi improv from London Improv)
Glitch improvised puppetry
(Mike Hutcherson)
And Others!
Mix Bag
Having met only hours before, members of the Slapdash Ensemble and other visiting groups leap into a curious mix of short and long form.
doors 7.30 pm, show 8 pm
Katy andRach
Katy and Rach is a totally improvised 1 hour show about real life performed by award-winning actresses Katy Schutte and Rachel Blackman. Unlike other improv shows, they don't play games or take suggestions from the audience, they just turn the lights on and start.
For more info: katyandrach.com
ROCKET SUGAR FACTORY is a Canadian/American Super Duo that delivers fast, sweet impro theater across Europe. Jacob Banigan and Jim Libby play orginal formats, drawing on their vast experience in long and short-form impro, to challenge the players and create engaging theatre.
doors 7.30 pm, show 8 pm
The One Man Harold
David Shore
Developed by Del Close at the I.O. Theatre in Chicago, The Harold is the most commonly known type of long-form improvisation. From an
audience suggestion, a Harold team consisting of five to ten people performs an opening that inspires a series of scenes and group games. As The Harold progresses, characters from different scenes begin to interact and story lines start to come together.
The Harold was designed to be performed by a minimum of five people. David Shore will perform it completely alone.
Take a handful of Maydays, one special guest star, one brilliant musician and BOOM! You've got Guest Who?. The guest star will reveal true stories from their own past, inspired by audience suggestions. Enter the Maydays to use these spontaneous stories to create improvised sketches and songs. Following on from one of the longest running improv show styles worldwide, this form has been a smash hit states-side for years.
Can you Guest Who?
For more information, go to:
doors 7.30 pm, show 8pm
New Works is the very latest in PGraph's catalog of improvised play formats. After over 6 years of intensely studying storytelling, play writing, character types, eras, and various genres of page and screen together, Parallelogramophonograph uses a Dramatists Play Service catalog to inspire their premier of a never-before-seen, fully-improvised one act play. PGraph's love for theatre and a hive-mind-like ensemble combine to produce some of the most unique improvised plays you’ll ever see.
They will also host an unmissable workshop on the 16th and 17th June.
For more information, go to:
www.pgraph.com
Bringing together local improvisers and international visitors, the Slapdash ensemble forms for only two gigs at the end of the festival. People who never work together, working together. An utterly unpredictable explosion of talent.
There will most likely be partying after. To celebrate and be merry and all that.
doors 7.30 pm, show 8 pm
Crazy little thing called love!
starring Kevin Tomlinson
A COMIC LOOK AT LOVE IN ALL ITS MANY FORMS
"Wonderfully inventive! Demand a ticket! See him when you can!"
Comedy Magazine *****
"Tomlinson creates magical comedy theatre!"
Edinburgh Herald *****
For more information, please visit:
Bringing together local improvisers and international visitors, the Slapdash ensemble forms for only two gigs at the end of the festival. People who never work together, working together. An utterly unpredictable explosion of talent.
Cast:
Valerie Ward (PGraph, Austin)
Rod Ben Zeev (Amsterdam)
Jim Libby (Rocket Sugar Factory, Vienna)
Ryan Millar (Marbles, London)
Mark Phoenix (Third Person, London)
Tom Salinsky (Horse Aquarium, London)
Jules Munns (The Maydays, Brighton)
And more to be announced
This improv extravaganza is followed by:
Live hip-hop and comedy with Marbles Improv and the Beats, Rhymes and Mirth band.
Why don't people come and see improvisation in the UK?
Is it not as good as theatre?
Is it 'just' comedy?
Who cares about short form?
Do we need a dedicated improvisation theatre or will that just ghettoise us further?
