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The All-New Old-Time Radio Show, 2006 – with podcasts!

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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
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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).

 

 

 

Love Possibly, May 2005


lov_Cover-338wFind 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

The Improv Factor, 2005

tif0502_poster-medPart 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.

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Gorilla, 2004

gorilla_BWportrait_medThe 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 →

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Secret Origin of Improv, 2004

Secret Origin of Improv

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.

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Keith Johnstone in Wellington

In June 2004, WIT hosted a 5-day masterclass by the world’s greatest authority on improvisation, Keith Johnstone, in Wellington. Bringing together twenty improvisers from around the country, the masterclass was the greatest event in the national improv calendar in 2004. Keith appeared on stage for the first time in New Zealand on Sunday 27th June in ‘The Secret Origin of Improv’. With Keith directing, the night showcased his approach to improv and the talents of the masterclass students. While he was in Wellington, Keith also delivered training for the New Zealand School of Drama, WIT’s Tuesday, and WIT’s militant youth wing, Joe Improv.

Battle of WITs, Fringe Festival 2004

BOW flyerAn epic clash of comedians where YOU decide the winner!
Wed 18th – Sun 22nd February
Battle of WITs is the all-new improvised comedy show from the Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT).

“‘Battle of WITs!’ will unleash comedy carnage on a scale never before seen in the capital! Well. at least not since our award-winning ‘micetro’ show in 2003.” says WIT’s co-creative director Julian Wilson, “Nine improvisers start the show, only one finishes. Blood will be spilt. Which is a shame because it’s really hard to get the stains out of my jumper.”

Scenes, songs and stories are made up on the spot by Wellington’s leading improvisers and gutsy newcomers alike, armed only with their wits! Split randomly into teams throughout the night, players must work together in order to sway the audience, whose vote, after each round, determines who gets to live on… or fall on the sword of death!

“The showdown in the final round has been known in the past to cause more than it’s fair share of heart failure amongst our audience”, explains Wilson.

Never…will so many…die laughing…at so little.

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Improv Divas in Diva Fever, 2004

Improv DivasFrom a BATS Theatre press release, 14 January 2004

Diva Fever! Season: Thursday 15 – Saturday 17 January Time: 8pm Tickets: $15 waged $10 concession

New Zealand’s all-female improvisation act the Improv Divas is back! The Improv Divas’ latest improvised comedy show Diva Fever! premieres at BATS on Thursday.

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