Not everyone can improvise ~ Great little place called Bristol

Thursday 7 March 2013

Not everyone can improvise

Bristol has always been one of the most leading cities of new and innovative projects.

Starting 4th until 9th March, there is a celebration for the improvised comedy in The Bierkeller Theatre, a unique festival guaranteed to surprise everyone:

The Bristol Improv Festival 2013

Today, 7th March, a friend and I decided to go to there and check what it was all about.

The show started a little later than expected. It was scheduled to start at 7.30pm but they announced that the show would not start until 8pm. The first group was simply amazing. Spontaneous combustion. 4 people (apparently they are 5 but one of them couln'd be there) who totally engaged the audience with their very particular style. When asked, "heavy" and "retirement house" were the two words audience selected to inspire and guided the four comedians, who interpreted a one-hour long exceptional show.

"Last night in Bristol we learnt that in 1979: the lives of a shamed ventriloquist from Birmingham seeking a new life in London, an Irish-dancing Southern Belle striving to become an astronaut, a whale-watcher from Hull pondering the disappearance of her brother and a Neo-Nazi businessman sending subliminal messages to the young to vote for Thatcher (plus a potty-mouthed taxi driver and a NASA instructor with wandering hands) converged as David Bowie takes the stage in Hyde Park.... outrageous lies? Or were they True Confessions?"

Posted on Spontaneous Combustion's Facebook profile, 8th March.

After a short break, Bristol Improv Society was on stage with a medieval flavoured story. Kings, queens, wizards, curses and fights were the ingredients for a conventional story with a very original interpretation. Beyond all doubts, the funny storyteller dressed as "Robin Hood" was the best.