The Improvisors: Improv the Musical

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The Improvisers present

Improv the Musical

SOME BROADWAY CHEESE

After 17 years of professional Improv this is The Improvisors most daring show – the premiere of their first full-length totally improvised musical! Taking on greats like Lloyd-Webber, Rogers & Hammerstein and Gilbert & Sullivan a cast of courageous comedians improvise, sing and (possibly) dance their way through a new musical every night that has never been seen before and (thankfully) will never be seen again.

The show is the product of weeks of intensive training in song, perhaps dance and definitely Broadway cheese and The Improvisors hope to cram into the small space of Circa 2 the kind of spectacle that can normally only be produced by a cast of hundreds in a Broadway or West End Theatre. To make sure this happens The Improvisors has enlisted the help of their usual band of musical collaborators: Steve Gallagher – multiple Chapman Tripp Award winner and member of bands such as Rhombus, Stellar and Dead End Beat, John Kingston – the presiding genius behind Wellington’s favourite band The Hairy Lollies and Luke Di Somma, recently returned from acting as musical director for Christchurch Operatic’s production of “Rent”. So the musical credentials are top draw – will the cast be up to the mark?

Much of the answer to that question lies with the audience. They truly call the tune in Improv – The Musical. Suggestions from the audience will form the core of the story and provide the extra challenges to the actors – as if singing and dancing was not enough!

And the company has a bold plan to record the shows and release a cast recording album. After all its what they do with the big shows – so why not.

Get along to Improv – The Musical.

Dates: Thur 10 – Sat 12 & Mon 14 – Tue 15 May, 7.30pm
Venue: Circa 2, 1 Taranaki St, Wellington City
Tickets: Adults $18 Conc. $14
Bookings: Circa 04 801 7992
Show Duration: 2 hours

ENDS

www.theimprovisors.co.nz

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