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WIT Newsletter – April 20, 2026

Click! Click!! WIT News – WIT News – No WIT Tuesday Improv on April 21st due to all the weather warnings, next week is Micetro training. Also, a song about a baby giraffe

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WIT Newsletter – April 12, 2026

Click! Click!! WIT News – Free improv taster session! Tuesday April 14th, enroll now for Joy of Improv or Improv for the Stage. Also, Micetro Tickets for May 1st onsale now, and an effort to summarise the first ever Elsewhere in the Building show


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Micetro! Friday 1st May 2026

Beloved improv elimination competition Micetro is back for another bite of the cheese.  Last December Steven was acclaimed as Greatest WIT of Wellington.  This time there will be bold new 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’.

Where:  Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington
When: 7pm, Friday 5th 1st May
Tickets: pay what you can (from $5) tickets via Eventfinda, also koha door sales


Steven, crowned Micetro and Greatest WIT of Wellington in December 2025

The Micetro format (also more formally known as Maestro Theatre) was created by Keith Johnstone, and is licenced to WIT by ITI, The International Theatresports Institute.

WIT Newsletter – April 6th, 2026

Click! Click!! WIT News – Elsewhere training 6pm Tue 7 April at Toi Poneke, The Joy Gradshow last Thursday was fab. Pay what you can (from $5) tickets for the Elsewhere show on April 10th are available via Eventfinda  


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WIT Newsletter – March 23th, 2026

Click! Click!! WIT News – Tue 24th March Improv Workout, play the “Elsewhere” format with Ali, 6pm at Toi Poneke. Tickets for the show on April 10th available now, also how is improv game story spine useful in real life?  


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Line drawing of an old building with people waving out of windows, text Elsewhere in the Building, WIT

Elsewhere in the Building! Friday 10th April 2026

THIS SHOW HAS ALREADY HAPPENED . . . but there’ll be more shows!
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Fresh new improv format where you set the place!

Elsewhere in the Building is a friendly improv format that happens in different places within an overarching location suggested by the audience, creating a world of multiple scenes.

This is the first of a series of monthly shows WIT will be holding at Thistle Hall, the next will be Friday 1 May (Micetro), then on 5 June and 3 July (shows tba).

The Wellington Improvisation Troupe, aka WIT, is a member-based community theatre group and registered charity, teaching and performing in Wellington since 2003. Our theatre is made up on the spot, usually inspired by suggestions from the audience and each other. WIT players share a love of storytelling and work together as a team to inspire the audience, we’re sometimes serious, often hilarious and always totally unpredictable.

Pay-what-you-can tickets from $5, and door sales. Entrance to the Upstairs Hall is in Arthur St, or through the exhibition space entrance in Cuba Street.

You’re also very welcome to download our show poster, perhaps to print for  your work noticeboard, or your fridge, or just to keep it for special.

show poster for Elsewhere in the Building, illustrated with a line drawing of an old building, with people waving out the windows

Where:  Thistle Hall, 293 Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington
When: 7pm, Friday 10th April
Tickets: are available via Eventfinda from $5, also door sales