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The Long Weekend – NZIF 2011

show posterThe Long Weekend is an improvised story which will reveal the truth of the relationships between five old friends as they reunite for a long weekend away from home.

Each night the characters, relationships, and the New Zealand location will be different.
Each night we will find out more about the people onstage than they knew themselves.

Reuniting: Christine Brooks, Brandon Brooks, Nicola Hill, Merrilee McCoy, Paul Sullivan

Date/Time
Date(s) – 13/10/2011
9:30 pm – 10:30 pm

NZIF 2011 at BATS Theatre

There was also a Flint Podcast episode about the show.

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NZ Improv Festival, 2011

logo_NZIFposterOctober 11-15 2011 at Bats Theatre.

Familiar faces included The Court Jesters, The Improvisors and WIT, as well as new groups Up Against Improv, Chicken Legs Theatre, and representatives from Brisbane, Dunedin and Canberra. As well, two of Australia’s best improvisers Rebecca De Unamuno and Jason Geary visited with new and unique shows.

Thanks and cheers to all the people who made it happen … the producer, the musicians, the lighting guy, the players, the ticket takers, the setters-up-of-things, the leaflet hander-outerers, the lovely reviewers, the lovely sponsors, the lovely audiences. And Producer/Artistic director Merrilee!

The New Zealand Improv Festival now has its very own website

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The Young and the Witless V, 2011

Young and the Witless iconThere is an episode by episode summary on the show’s Facebook page.   Back for its fifth season in June and July 2011 Wellington’s best, and only, improvised soap opera turned its overly melodramatic eye to the highly competitive and scandalous world of indoor social netball. Team mates and lovers, friends and coaches, nemesis and referees – all ripe for soft lens over-acting and long dramatic pauses with a swelling musical score.

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Improvaganza, 2011

improvaganza_squarelogo Two WIT members were part of a team that completed Oxfam’s 100km Trailwalk – and a group of WIT volunteers put on charity show at The Waikanae Club.
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An evening of fun and entertainment in support of Oxfam.

The Wellington Improvisation Troupe, fresh from the Wellington Comedy festival, will be presenting a charity show in Waikanae… Scenes will be created right before your eyes! Songs! Laughter! Excitement! A show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again.

There will also be raffles and lucky door prizes. Get a group together for a great night out.

This show is on behalf of the Kapiti-based Oxfam Trailwalkers, Team Wine Not. All proceeds from the show will be donated to Oxfam to support development work in the South Pacific and beyond.