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May 23, 2018 / 0 Comments
“It’s all about the chaos”: Family-friendly comedy in Liverpool
THE Royal Court has seen some sights on stage and off over the years, but nothing quite like the recent debut of the It’s a Scream comedy club for parents and babies. Family-friendly comedy is on the rise across the city – providing children of all ages with a tailor-made first taste of live entertainment, […]
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December 30, 2017 / 0 Comments
MADEUP’s best of 2017
Here we are again at the end of another year, so without further ado, here’s a bit of a list – the best theatre and performance from Liverpool (and surrounds) of 2017. Here goes; click on link for full review: 1 Ramin Karimloo, Edge Hill Arts Centre(January) Starting the year off right (to coin a […]
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September 8, 2017 / 0 Comments
Liverpool’s improvised soap is back, back, BACK!
It’s been a few years, but Impropriety have announced the return of their improvised soap opera concept this month, with a Swinging Sixties theme. Their unscripted, ongoing story, The Happening, will run every Monday for six weeks, from September 18 until October 23. 81 Renshaw is the venue hosting this year’s show. They say: “Come […]
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May 18, 2017 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Liverpool Improvathon 2017, Invisible Wind Factory
Firing on all cylinders – and “setting phasers to fun” with the introduction of each episode – this year’s Improvathon saw Liverpool’s premier improv performers back to their very best. With an intergalactic theme – The Space Age – and a rejuvinated sense of ambition for the marathon 33-and-a-half hour, non-stop show, dozens of performers, […]
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April 4, 2017 / 0 Comments
Improv marathon starts crowdfunder with a difference
The Liverpool Improvathon is scheduled for May this year, and to cover increasing costs and support their amazing year-round community work, the company behind it have set up their first Crowdfunder. A rather standard way to fundraise these days, you might think – but not for Impropriety, who alongside the social media shout outs and […]
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June 18, 2016 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Improvathon 2016 – When in Rome
It was all change for the Improvathon this year – a new venue, a new time of year. This meant that many things had been caught off-kilter, and this was interesting as an audience member and critic, as a reminder that it’s not always about us, and that’s not always a bad thing. The Improvathon, […]
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June 10, 2016 / 0 Comments
Ten reasons to see the Improvathon (2016 style)
It’s Improvathon weekend! Yes, yes, yes, we’re talking 33 hour and 36 minutes (2016 minutes in all, geddit) of all the super-duper made up theatrical goodness you might ever need – in a brand new home and with a cast of…. well, we don’t know yet. We’ll have to see. But here’s ten reasons (mainly […]
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April 15, 2016 / 0 Comments
Improvathon lives!
Fantastic news today, in that we will get an improvathon this year after all! Following on from the demolition of the beloved Kazimier, Impropriety are setting up shop at the Kaz’s new space, the Invisible Wind Factory in the north docks, for their seventh 33+ hour non-stop improvised comedy/drama/everything inbetween shenannigans. The Invisible Wind Factory […]
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March 8, 2016 / 0 Comments
Impropriety – winning awards and hosting first ever schools contest
Congrats to the ladies of Impropriety – company manager Angie Waller and artistic director Rosie Wilkinson – who scooped the ‘best social enterprise’ trophy at last week’s Women in Business awards. Not only that, but this week they launch a brand new community improv event to showcase their winning ways. Very sadly, following on from […]
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January 28, 2016 / 0 Comments
MADEUP’s best of 2015
Okay, okay, it’s a bit late, and last year’s viewings were more about quality than quantity, as personal circumstances meant me totting up only about a third of the usual amount of shows. Still, at least I chose wisely; but instead of an epic end of year review I’m keeping it short and sweet this […]
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December 14, 2015 / 0 Comments
REVIEW: Kazablanca, the Kazimier
I’m still a little bereft thinking about Kazablanca, even though it’s taken yonks to get round to writing about. It was, after all, improv company Impropriety’s final ever show in the Kazimier venue before it shuts at the end of the year. And see the place off in style they surely did, with an evening […]
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November 11, 2015 / 0 Comments
Of all the bars in all the world… it’s Kazablanca!
City improv group Impropriety will be returning to their spiritual home of the Kazimier for the final time next month in what is sure to be a fitting tribute to the venue before it closes for good at the end of the year. It may have always been better known as a music venue but […]
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March 19, 2015 / 0 Comments
Ten reasons to see the 2015 Improvathon
It’s March, but don’t let that fool you – Improvathon weekend is upon us, a little earlier this year, but otherwise ready for business as usual… or unusual, as the case may be. The annual 33.5 hour event (or 2015 minutes), brought to you by those good folk at Impropriety, begins at 1pm on Saturday […]
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February 21, 2015 / 0 Comments
Interview: 300 Trevor Flemings
When it comes to improvisation, Liverpool-based actor Trevor Fleming never shies away from a challenge. A member of comedy collective Impropriety, he is no stranger to endurance off-the-hoof performances, and will be taking part in the group’s next Improvathon (a 33.5 hour – or 2015 minute – non-stop show) at the end of next month; […]
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December 31, 2014 / 1 Comment
MADEUP’s best of 2014
It’s the last day of the year, so here it is: MADEUP’s best of 2014, a top ten of some of the most memorable, touching, fun and impressive shows that graced the stages of the city over the last twelve months. 10. Animal Farm (The Arts Club, October) Community theatre company Tell Tale once again […]
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April 27, 2014 / 0 Comments
Improvaggedon!
They’ve improvathon-ed, and now they’re improvaggedon-ing – such is life when you’re a member of top comedy troupe Impropriety. The third annual Improvaggeddon competition takes place at the Unity this Wednesday (April 30). They say: “Four teams enter, only one team leaves in this epic improvised battle – improv duelling at its sharpest and you, […]
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April 7, 2014 / 0 Comments
Gallery: Improvathon day 2
It started as a tale of life in a genteel English village. Some 2014 minutes – or roughly 33-and-a-half hours later – sweet old granny Mother Bowman had been revealed as a regenerating demon, possessing the family for 400 years; and it all ended as 1950s Umbridge came together to celebrate the first gay wedding […]
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April 6, 2014 / 0 Comments
Improvathon 2014 – in pictures
Here’s a few pics from the first few episodes of the 2014 Liverpool improvathon. Set in the 1950s in the quintessential English country village of Umbridge, it didn’t take long for things to take a rather surreal turn. The show runs for 2014 minutes, which means it started at 1pm on Saturday and finishes at […]
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March 9, 2014 / 0 Comments
Improvathon 2014: Umbridge
It’s nearly April, which means only one thing for this blog – our city’s fearless improv champions Impropriety are getting ready for the annual 33-and-a-half hour non-stop on-the-spot comedy marathon that is THE IMPROVATHON. Yes, get ready to give over your weekend on April 5 and 6 to 2014 minutes of made up comedy madness, […]
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June 28, 2013 / 0 Comments
The ultimate comedy smackdown
If it’s nearly July, then Improvageddon is upon us. Improv dueling at its sharpest, totally inspired by audience suggestions, Improvageddon, at the Unity on July 3, is a show entirely made up in front of your eyes by an ensemble of performers, creating scenes, songs and silliness like never before. Four teams enter, but […]
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