The frame for this impro­vised show is: expe­ri­enced impro­vi­sors Jen­nifer O’Sul­li­van and Matt Pow­ell are joined on stage by a mys­tery guest. (They real­ly have no idea who the guest is.) Once the guest arrives (on open­ing night it was Jon­ny Paul)  the audi­ence will pro­vide a word which will be the inspi­ra­tion for the show.

It’s so enjoy­able to watch tal­ent­ed impro­vi­sors play on stage. Improv is about pick­ing up the offers that oth­er play­ers lay down which is why some­times a per­fect­ly reg­u­lar Antarc­ti­ca trav­el scene can sud­den­ly turn into a ter­ri­ble epi­dem­ic where peo­ple are first bit­ten by pen­guins and then turn into pen­guins them­selves only to bite oth­er peo­ple etc etc. Not every­thing is this fan­ci­ful. It can be poignant. Very often it’s fun­ny because impro­vi­sors like to make the audi­ence (and each oth­er) laugh. This group were attuned to each oth­ers entrances and exits mean­ing that the flow of the scenes seemed nat­ur­al and it was very rare that some­one talked over some­one else. Good fun.

Chris­tine Brooks selects the guest, Sam Tip­pett is in charge of keep­ing them mys­te­ri­ous, Matt Hut­ton pro­vides musi­cal accom­pa­ni­ment and Chris was on lights.

Maybe don’t be late to this one eh?

 

  • Awk­ward Three­some on at Scruffy Bun­ny Improv The­atre as part of the NZ Fringe Fes­ti­val to 16 March 2018