It’s improv fest time! And I’m NOT in charge and I’m not stressed out and I’m teaching tomorrow and I’m so excited to be there. I don’t have more to say right now but I look forward to building many new opinions and experiences over the next nine days…

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• Also happy birthday to my son Connor who is three today on festival opening, and happy birthday to my husband Joe who is 40 on closing night!

coming up…

shows NZ IMPROV FESTIVAL

Shout out to for collating this already, I am just going to paste their lists! I am going to shows EVERY NIGHT and I hope to see you there for a high five…

Local Showcase on this weekend:

• Fri 6 & Sat 7, 6:30pm - Making Up Grades | Various Wonderful Students @ BATS Theatre
• Fri 6, 8pm - Five Hundred Shows Later | Wellington Improvisation Troupe @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 7, 7pm - Tiny Dog @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 7, 8pm - Left Unsaid | Next Door Improv @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 7, 8:30pm - Late Night Knife Fight | Locomotive @ BATS Theatre

Performance Programme on next week:

• Tue 10, 6:30pm - Here’s a Thing! @ BATS Theatre
• Tue 10, 7pm - Mo and Ralph: Chaos Theory | Mamaeroa Munn & Ralph Hilaga @ BATS Theatre
• Tue 10, 8pm - Love. | Jason Geary @ BATS Theatre
• Tue 10-Fri 13, 8:30pm - The Made-Up Smackdown @ BATS Theatre
• Wed 11, 6:30pm - We’ll Still Be Friends After This | Katherine Weaver @ BATS Theatre
• Wed 11, 7pm - Double Dipping: Queen and Friend / The Mechanical | Imogen Behan-Willett, Mark Grimes, Rik Brown @ BATS Theatre
• Wed 11, 8pm - Dream Team | Brendon Bennetts & Criss Grueber @ BATS Theatre
• Thu 12, 6:30pm - A Bit Dramatic | Oh! Artemis @ BATS Theatre
• Thu 12, 7pm - The Game of Life | Matt Armstrong @ BATS Theatre
• Thu 12, 8pm - The Solarpunk Archives | Christine Brooks @ BATS Theatre
• Thu 12, 9:30pm - Grab Bag! @ BATS Theatre
• Fri 13, 6:30pm - Triptych | Liam Webber @ BATS Theatre
• Fri 13, 7pm - It Came from Beyond the Script | Malcolm Morrison @ BATS Theatre
• Fri 13, 8pm - Farce Onion: A Spoons Out Mystery | Ryan Knighton & Stevie Hancox-Monk @ BATS Theatre
• Fri 13, 9:30pm - No Sleep | Victoria Watson Sepejak & Chantal Lim @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 14, 6:30pm - La Catrina | Laenye Productions @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 14, 7pm - What Would the Gods | Cale Bain @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 14, 8pm - NZ vs the World @ BATS Theatre
• Sat 14, 8:30pm - Can I Get an Underground Location and a Mythical Creature? | Improverished @ BATS Theatre

workshops

NZIF: There are 30-something workshops at NZ Improv Fest and of these there are TWO with spaces still available. Claim your spot, get on a waitlist for something else, and join us for the joy.

Post festival offerings:

Scenework Intensive (Locomotive). 6 Mondays from 23 October, 7pm-9pm at Thistle Hall, registration from $85. A fun workout co-taught by Jennifer O’Sullivan and Matt Powell - continue the work you did during NZIF and get those improv skills toned for summer!

The Joy of Improv (Wellington Improv Troupe). 8 Thursdays from 12 October, 7:30pm - 9:30pm at Wellington High School, registration $185. “Suitable even if you have zero experience of drama or improv” - get your newbies into it!

Improv For The Stage (Wellington Improv Troupe). 8 Thursdays from 12 October, 7:30pm - 9:30pm at Wellington High School, registration $185. “Perfect if you've done an intro class or more with WIT or another troupe”.

WIT Tuesdays (Wellington Improv Troupe). 6-8pm, Te Auaha, various teachers. Drop in, koha. Check the most recent newsletter (at the link) for info on this week’s session.

Improv Movement Class (Java Dance). 9-10.30am Tuesdays, join the FB group to stay in the loop.

Help me collate all the upcoming improv and improv-adjacent events and useful news - tell me about yours!

ka kite anō

I’ll aim for a round up newsletter post festival, but in the mean time I’d love to hear from you about your experiences across the fest! Have a great week and see ya there x