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It’s the law of the jungle as a crew of WIT’s most seasoned improvisors direct unique songs, scenes and sagas. With added Gorilla.
Worth a banana? You judge!
“Delightful energy, alertness and vulnerability….. fresh and invigorating.” – Theatreview NZ
When: 7pm Wednesday 28th May
The Newtown Community Centre/Te Whare Hapori o , Corner Rintoul & Colombo Streets, Wellington
Cost: $12/$8
Tickets: via Eventfinda (or door sales)
It’s the law of the jungle as a crew of WIT’s most seasoned improvisors direct unique songs, scenes and sagas. With added Gorilla.
Worth a banana? You judge!
“Delightful energy, alertness and vulnerability….. fresh and invigorating.” – Theatreview NZ
When: 7pm Anzac Day, Friday 25th April
The Cavern Club Bar, 22 Allen St, Te Aro Wellington
Cost: Koha
Note that this is a licensed venue; if you look youthful bring your ID, and if you actually are an actual youth, be sure to bring your guardian.
WIT’s improv year comes to an end with a playful competition between some of our fiercest directors.
The fun kicks off with a showcase of WIT’s freshest new performers at 7pm, and continues with classic improv competition as some devoted auteurs strive to bring their unique improv visions to vivid life for your entertainment.
“Delightful energy, alertness and vulnerability….. fresh and invigorating.” – Theatreview NZ
When: from 7pm on December 14th
Where: The Cavern Club, 22 Allen St, Wellington
Cost: Koha, collected for the Wellington City Mission
THESE LOVELY SHOWS ARE DONE!! More shows soon . . .
The Ferris Wheel format was created and taught to WIT by Wade Jackson. Set on the classic fairground ride Ferris Wheel stars a rotating (ha!) cast , weaving stories from the lives of the characters spun more tightly than spun sugar.
“Delightful energy, alertness and vulnerability….. fresh and invigorating.” – Theatreview NZ
When: 6pm Friday 6th September BATS
Where: BATS 1 Kent Tce, Wellington
Tickets available now!
A crew of eager improvisers will again battle head to head using wit, spur-of-the-moment storytelling and risking everything for an the love of the audience. There’ll be songs! Drama! Pathos, bathos probably a bit of logos! A mix of seasoned improvisers and adorable newcomers and everyone in between will play their hearts out to decide who gets eliminated and who survives to be crowned ‘Micetro’.
When: 6.30pm Thursdays nights 11 April, 2 May and 6 June
Where: BATS 1 Kent Tce, Wellington
A community full of classic improv characters come together for an epic celebration show. What could possibly go wrong?
This show happened in the past! There were a lot of doorknobs (“Every conceivable, inconceivable and improbable connotation of doorknobs entertainingly explored“), and it was a delight to be part of the 2023 NZ Improv Festival in Wellington. Maybe we’ll bring it back one day.
Five Hundred Shows explores what happens when a small town of enthusiastic amateur dramatists build the most epic show that was ever built.
Where: The Stage, BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace Wellington
When: Friday October 6th, 8pm
Tickets: BATS Website or ticket office
Halloween is when the restless spirits of the uneasy undead walk the streets of the Windy City, and therefore exactly the right time for a gently haunted improv jam.
Dress up as you like, or even disguise yourself as someone Perfectly Normal. There may well be prizes, and certainly there’ll be candy. The Jam will organinsed in a directed ‘games from the hat’ style, with suggestions used to inspire games and open scenes.
If you’d like to play you’re in! If you feel a bit shy, you’re the audience!! Doors open at 6.30pm for a group warm up, sitting down for the full jaminess from 7pm. It’s simple and fun, with plenty of friendly people to support you if you haven’t done improv in a while, or even much ever at all.
Of course, as this is a licensed venue if you’re under 18 bring a parent or guardian, and if you look under 25 (as so many of the undead do) be sure to bring your id.
Where: The PowWow Room, 74 Courtenay Place Wellington (upstairs from the Dakota Bar)
When: 31st October, 6.30/7pm
Cost: $5 Concession / $10 General, buy tickets online or at the door
But, stay tuned for other WIT shows
Classic comedy theatre without a script from the Wellington Improvisation Troupe.
The show will feature Directors competing with other Directors to direct a talented troupe of bold improvisors in a series of unique scenes.
Some directors will ask for audience suggestions, others will use ideas drawn from the very depths of their tortured souls. Either way, You will choose which tale is told to it’s very end.
NB that The Pow Wow Room is a licensed venue. This means that delicious beverages of various kinds will be available, BUT if you look youthful bring legal ID, and if you *are* an actual youth you must bring your legal grownups.
When: 7pm Tuesday August 15th 2023
Where: The Powwow Room, 74 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Note that because it’s licensed premises if you’re not a grownup you’ll need to bring a parent, and if you are a grownup but look under 25 you’ll need to bring some ID.
Tickets: cash-only doorsales or Buy Online Now $10 / $5 Concession
Beloved improv elimination competition Micetro is back for another bite of the cheese. The magnificent Lorraine was once crowned the Greatest WIT in Wellington. This time . . . well, there will be challengers.
A crew of eager improvisers will again battle head to head using wit, spur-of-the-moment storytelling and risking everything for an the love of the audience. There’ll be songs! Drama! Pathos, bathos probably a bit of logos! A mix of seasoned improvisers and adorable newcomers and everyone in between will play their hearts out to decide who gets eliminated and who survives to be crowned ‘Micetro’.
When: 7pm Tuesday July 18th
Where: The Powwow Room, 74 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Note that because it’s licensed premises if you’re not a grownup you’ll need to bring a parent, and if you are a grownup but look under 25 you’ll need to bring some ID.
Tickets: cash-only doorsales or Buy Online Now $10 / $5 Concession