at BATS, Wellington, from 10 May 2007 to 12 May 2007
LISTEN TO THE GROUND, THERE IS IMPROV ALL AROUND, THERE IS SOMETHING GOIN’ DOWN AND YOU CAN FEEL
The foxy ladies of improv comedy are back in “Saturday Night Divas” – three funkadelic nights of stories, songs and scenes made up on the spot. As part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, BATS Theatre will play host to the Improv Divas as they shed their daggy daytime cardigans and reveal the dazzling divas within.
On March 17th and 18th WIT joined forces with BATS Theatre and the rest of the Wellington improv community to raise funds for World Vision. In total the whole event raised more than $2000.
The 11-strong cast will risk life and limb to act out scenes totally made up on the spot. They’ll attempt to outwit, outplay and outlast the other improvisers. You decide which scene wins, who receives immunity and who finally becomes Battle Of Wits champion!
February – March 2007, at Newtown Community Centre, Tararua Tramping Club, St Johns Hall, Karori, Linden Community Hall, Linden.
Everybody’s favourite improv comedy show, ‘Micetro’ (NZ Fringe Best Comedy Award ’03) returns to the Wellington stage for The Fringe Festival. Stories, songs and scenes are made up on the spot by seasoned professionals and gutsy newcomers alike – you decide the winner!
Feb 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th – 7:00pm, at Capital E
BATS Theatre, Wellington
From 12 Jan to 21 Jan 2006
Testflight show 18 December 2005
Classic comedy made up before your ears! The All-New Old-Time ‘Radio Show!’ is a totally improvised comedy show in the style of the golden age of radio, created and performed by leading improvisers from the Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) (winners of the New Zealand Fringe Festival Best Comedy Award 2003).
Using only the technology of the era, WIT’s radio players will take you back to a surreal summer of 1930 and a simpler time of stories, songs and standard King’s English. This kiwiana variety show will vary every evening, and be completely unscripted and based entirely on suggestions from the BATS ‘live studio’ audience.
Featuring:
Radio actors: Nicola Hill, Ryan Hartigan, Simon Smith, Peter Hodgson
Sound FX: Anton Van Helden and Richard Samaeli
Musician: James Burgess
Studio supervision: Paul Sullivan, Kirsten Price.
The show was the first theatre performance in Wellington captured as a podcast!
Radio Promo
ImprovRadioShow
Testflight show, 20 December 2005
The watchtower’s dark secrets
Health news – cricket – weather 2
Elephants have gone gone
Captain gravity goes to the dogs
Fri 13th Jan 2006 – Man From Mars
New-sport-weather – pt1
Potty about Nasturtiums
Pride and prejudice – digested
Bad hair jazz song
Man from Mars – pt1
Audience hum-along
Firearms sermon
New-sport-weather – pt2
Man from Mars – pt2
Rapunzel
Man from Mars – pt3
Aussie loosers song
Wed 18th Jan 2006 – The Locked Room
News-sport-weather
The tortured diver mime
Don Coyote – digested
The locked room – pt1
The butter churner of Krakow
bed wetting sermon
The locked room – pt2
News-sport-weather
Jack and the beanstalk
The locked room – pt3
Sat 21st Jan 2006 – The Missing Mole
Intro and news – pt1
One duck landing
The quackers song
The evils of nose picking
The missing mole – pt1
News-sport-weather – pt2
My summer piano poem
Pedal sewing machine adv
Red riding hood
The missing mole – pt2
Invercargill jazz
Technical details: All downloadable MP3s mono encoded using LAME 3.97b encoder with “-V 8 –vbr-new” parameters (avg 40Kbps).
Find true love at the International Comedy Festival…or not…
8pm, Tue 10 – Sat 14 May 2005
Not just another romantic comedy! ‘lovepossibly’ is a totally improvised ‘chick flick’ where the audience will call the shots.
“Love and long-form improvisation are high-stakes games for consenting adults only. Over the course of one hour, six of Wellington’s best improvisers are going to attempt to find true love without a script.” explains Improv Diva Nicola Hill. “There could well be broken hearts.”
lovepossibly is the first improv RomCom in the country. “We were inspired by movies like ‘Four Flops and a Turkey’, ‘Nothing Hill’ and ‘Bridget’s Dairy Intolerance’” says Hill, “But this show will appeal to all improv lovers. It represents a rare opportunity to see a long-form improv comedy show in New Zealand.”
The show is being brought to the stage by The Improv Divas, New Zealand’s first all-female improvisation act (“highly inventive”– National Business Review). Featuring Clare Kerrison, Danielle Hodgson, Kirstin Price, Nicola Hill, Barry Miskimmin, Nigel Chin, Paul Sullivan and Simon Smith.
PG Adult Themes, BATS Theatre
Part Theartre….Part- Gameshow…Part Human…It is….. The Improv Factor :The Improvised tribute to TV Gameshows!
7pm, 22-26 February.
The brand new improvised gameshow spectacular which mixesFail of the Century with the Weakest Link. Teams are pitted against each other night after night, in pulse-racing theatrical challenges set by the host of the show. Take a ride on our wheel of fortune where the contestant’s success means points on the board (Miss Ford?), and failure means jeaopardy where players must perform a “Forfeit”(which can be really nasty!). Songs, scenes and stunts performed live before your very eyes. Come on down and have your say, as you determine which team goes forward to the grand final where one team will show that they have….THE IMPROV FACTOR
Where: McKenzie Theatre, Capital E, Civic Square.
‘Battle of WITS!’ – an improvised comedy battle of sharp minds and rubber faces, where scenes, stories and songs are made up on the spot and YOU decide the winner!
7pm, 7th – 10th July 2004, Gryphon Theatre, Ghuznee St.
The director’s cut for improv fans that want more!
Gorilla is the heavyweight improvised comedy show that is bigger than King Kong! Devised by international improvising legend, Keith Johnstone, Gorilla features WIT’s leading improvisers directing scenes without a script. The winning director each night gets to take home the ultimate prize – the troupe’s resident Gorilla! You be the judge – do they deserve a banana or a lemon? It’s monkey business with zest and a peel… Continue reading
In June 2004, WIT hosted a 5-day masterclass by the great Keith Johnstone, bringing together twenty improvisers from around the country. With Keith directing, a show was staged on the night of the 27th of June, showcasing his approach to improv and the talents of the masterclass students.