improv gigs

Catch23 - Improv Comedy Showdown - Aug 5th

Catch 23 - the fastest twenty-three minutes of your life - three freaking times!

Three teams of improvisers fight the hell out of each other using God's intended weapons of wit and dick-jokes.

They each have twenty-three minutes to pull their best improv out of the bag and onto the stage, where it is voted on by you! The audience! Totally unfairly!

Toronto's favourite impro competition, created by the wonderful Kurt Smeaton - comes to London for the first time. Cast so far: Dylan Emery, Paul Foxcroft. More will come.

It's the three things that matter most to you - democracy, comedy, and beer, all in one night. What's not to like?

To reserve tickets, email tickets@grandtheftimpro.com

Location: Upstairs at the Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, nr Tottenham Court road tube
Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010
Time: 8:30pm-10:30pm

Show at the Ship tomorrow night...

Come along for a Friday eve of comedy impro fun. It's a weekend so you can have an extra half, and the Ship Inn (68 Borough Road) even has a garden where you can soak up the rain/sun/cloud before or after.

Doors are at 8:40pm and show starts at 9:00pm.

How much? £5

Who's in it?  Michael Brunstrom, Nicola Kidner, Rhiannon Vivian and Dave Waller. All being bossed around by Chris Werren.

See you there.

Slapdash - impro festival - tickets now online

Slapdash is a gathering of the best improvisers in the UK. It will take place in The Old Vic's brilliantly atmospheric subterranean venue The Tunnels on 21st, 22nd and 23rd July.

Each night two or three companies will show off their distinctive styles, from short-form comedy to improvised musicals, from classic forms like the Harold to improvised Shakespeare. Each night will finish with an impro jam, where all the improvisers work together to create something extraordinary.

To buy tickets online, click here and click Book Online - click on Read More (below) to see which groups are appearing on which day.

You can also get tickets on the door.

Where: The Old Vic Tunnels, underneath Waterloo Station
When: 7:30pm to 10:30pm, 21, 22, 23 July
How Much: £8

Click here for the Facebook page and the official web site

Multi-Story, final show of the season

The last show of Multi-Story's summer season is almost upon us—Thursday 22 July in the wonderful atmosphere of St Luke's Church, Hillmarton Road, Islington N7 9RE. As ever, we take audience suggestions to create a unique dramatic improvisation performance. Hope to see you there; if you miss this on, you'll have to wait until the Autumn!

Tickets are £7, and are available on the door or reserved via info@multi-story.com. Shows start 8pm. Nearest tube: Caledonian Road, one stop from King's Cross on the Piccadilly line (5 minutes' walk).

This season's Multi-Story are Alison Ward, Gareth Watkins, Genevieve Swallow, Jeanette Clark, Amy Cooke-Hodgson, Graham Dickson, Mark Phoenix, Philip Lunn, Sarita Eames and Tom Barnes.

The interpretation of dreams

A dream is a succession of thoughts, images, sounds or emotions which the mind experiences during sleep:

- There's a corridor that is growing longer and longer, and I'm running and running to arrive in class on time, but the corridor keeps growing...

- My cat is sleeping on my lap as I sit on the sofa, watching my brother's birthday celebration on Channel 5. Everyone is wearing fox masks so I can't see which one is my brother, and then I realise that my cat has turned into a fox...

The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history. The interpretation of dreams has always been a favourite for cranks, self-righteous alternative brigades and megalomaniacs. Friendly Fire (the people who bought you D.I.Y. Avant Garde) had to do something about it.

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