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Comments: 0 - Date: October 28th, 2008 - Categories: gigs, news
Featuring awe-inspiring improvisers THE CREW, plus a heap of unanswered questions!
Supper included, drinks available at bar prices.
Bookings are essential and tickets limited…so hurry!!
Comments: 0 - Date: August 6th, 2008 - Categories: General, gigs
The horses of the world celebrated their birthday on Friday, and I have to wonder: is it like Christmas for them? Have horses assembled a body of lore to explain the additional affection and attention they receive from their human benefactors on this one day a year?
I don’t know the answer, but I do know that if someone wanted to find out, all they’d have to do is give us the right suggestion for this week’s Impro Sundae at the Bella Union! Ben McKenzie hosts this week, giving sugar cubes and salt licks to those thoroughbred impro stars Ian Messig, Vanessa Bennett, Matt Elsbury, Andy McClelland, Brian Hurley and Karin Muiznieks.
Tickets are $15/$10 at the door, or you want to make sure you get a seat you can buy them online at the Comedy @ Trades web site.
Comments: 0 - Date: July 23rd, 2008 - Categories: General, gigs
In the worlds before impro, primal order reigned…but elemental forces caused an egg to hatch, and…something about a phoenix… The point is, the nature of impro is…irrepressible!
Which is just another way of saying we have no way of knowing what will happen when we get up on that stage, but no doubt we will receive more sage wisdom on par with what we learned last time, wisdom that could have come from the mouth of Buddha himself… Did you know you can increase your street cred by playing parcheesi? Or that you shouldn’t travel to the seventh century if you don’t like being…well, let’s just say no-one should travel to the seventh century.
Only the chaos of improvisation could provide such nuggets of wisdom, and for our second show at the Bella Union, our pilgrims on the path to enlightenment are Evan Jones, Dan Walmsley, Matt Elsbury, Adam McKenzie, Benne Harrison and musician Karin Muiznieks, and their journey to the west will be guided by host Ben McKenzie.
Tickets $15/$10 at the door.
Comments: 0 - Date: July 10th, 2008 - Categories: General, gigs
Impro Sundae returns from a short break to rock out in style at our new venue, the Bella Union bar at Trades Hall! We’re going to blast your ears and faces with the best improvised comedy The Crew has to offer - including the return of our popular musical format, Instant Musical Odyssey!
Ben McKenzie hosts, while Rob Lloyd, Vanessa Bennett, Nigel Walton, Andy McClelland and Benne Harrison play - and of course Dan Walmsley will be on hand to play music and take control for the Odyssey!
Tickets $15/$10 at the door.
Comments: 0 - Date: June 23rd, 2008 - Categories: General, gigs, news
Thanks to everyone who came along to our last gig at Bar Open; we really rocked the place! But don’t be afraid, for this isn’t the end of Impro Sundae. As announced on Sunday, The Crew’s regular Sunday show is moving to a new home at the Bella Union Bar at Trades Hall! Melbourne’s hottest new venue, the Bella Union is the centrepiece of Comedy @ Trades and is also host to the monthly sketch comedy show The Anarchist Guild Social Committee.
Impro Sundae starts up at the Bella Union on July 13; expect a full line-up and further details in the coming week.
Comments: 0 - Date: June 16th, 2008 - Categories: gigs
Huntingtower School in Mount Waverley are hosting a huge charity event to support the Simunye Project, an initiative to aid schools in need in South Africa.
Hosted by the supremely talented Damian Callinan (The Wedge, Skithouse), this live, charity version of a certain television programme featuring contestants going through a blue door is sure to be a massively entertaining night out.
The contestants include a host of comedians and media personalities Phil Andrews, Catherine Deveny, Marty Fields, Geraldine Hickey, Nelly Thomas and Crew members Rob Lloyd, Adam McKenzie, Ben McKenzie and Dan Walmsley. If you’ve ever wondered how the Crew would do on Thank God You’re Here, now’s your chance to find out!
When: 7pm, Tuesday June 24th
Where: Huntingtower School, 77 Waimarie Drive, Mount Waverley
Melways 70 F1; near Mount Waverly station
Tickets: $7 pre-booked (03 9807 8888) or $10 at the door