By The Improvisors
During
the NZ International Comedy Festival come take an epic journey through time
with The Improvisors as they tackle OUR ENTIRE HISTORY*.
Past,
present and future – you set the scenes for a series of interwoven improvised
takes that travel through time, space and reason.
In this
fast-paced comedy romp through history, The Improvisors will make the
historical hysterical and the seemingly complex simple in a way you’ve never
seen before!
* OUR
ENTIRE HISTORY = the fun bits we like
Moments in History WE want
to see . . .
“1940,
a young man signs up for the NZ Army to fight in the War. He meets a gorgeous
but hard mouthed woman while training. They fall in love...when the war is over
they find each other again in Dunedin and make some babies...well there is more
to it then that....but Grandad never liked telling me stories about the war.
I'm sure there was much more to it then that....so...we will just have to make
up our own version of history...” - Daniel
Pengelly, Improvisor
“I’d
like to see the year 476AD - when the Roman Empire finished collapsing and left
their concurred territories to put themselves back together and do their own
thing.” – Sarah, Audience Member
“The
period of history I would have most like to have lived through would have been
Berlin from about 1921 to 1933 in the period known as Weimar Berlin. Creatively
and culturally it was astounding; German Expressionism in film, the Dadaist art
movement, the agitprop theatre of Berold Brecht, popularity of Mysticism,
alternate theories on health, radical left-wing thinking. Socially, it is known
as one of the most liberal and permissive societies ever. Hedonistic and decadent,
sexual liberation way before the 1960s, rampant drug use; people went at it
like the world was about to end. Considering the spectre of Nazism that hangs
over this time the world did end in many ways. There does remain something
truly sad about this period and the way this great social liberalism was soon
to be blown away by a scaremongering, racist, repressed madman and a deep,
unthinkable evil. Most of the people who made this period great fled, or
awaited a much worse fate at home.” -
Nic Gorman, Improvisor
“The
period from history I want to see is all things prehistoric . . . I think
watching monkey men and dinosaurs would be very amusing!” – Brianne Kerr, Improvisor Publicist
"For me history
Means someone else's present
'When?' means less than 'who?'" - Deana Elvins, Improvisor
Means someone else's present
'When?' means less than 'who?'" - Deana Elvins, Improvisor
"I would like to visit the 18th century and see Marie Antoinette utter the famous phrase, 'Let them eat cake!' Well ... she actually said something along the lines of, 'Let them eat brioche!' but it doesn't have quite the same ring, so let's see the popular version!" - Cara Hill, Circa Theatre's Audience Development Director
“I would like to go back
to 30AD and see Jesus walking on water, so I know if it really happened.” - Bridget Kidd, Circa Theatre's Marketing Manager
History Never Repeats
1-5 May, 7.30pm
Circa Two, 1 Taranaki St
TICKETS: $18/15
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