For all you fans out there who have been to a show and have marvelled at the brilliance of what it is we do and have thought " I can do that!" Well  here is your chance. TheatreSports is running another Course on 10 & 11 December from 10-4pm each day. The cost is R500. To reserve your place email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Wow. The 30^th was one crazy night. Ghosts, ghouls and zombies flooded into the Little Theatre for TheatreSports’s 17^th birthday show. That’s right – 17 years of 2 shows a week. Big numbers scare me but I’m pretty sure if you do the maths you’ll get a whopping great big number of shows. Break that up even more with an average of 7 games a show and you have… well, a lot of crazy skits, stories and songs. Each one completely original. Blows my tiny mind right out the window.

In line with the monstrous Halloween theme, the show featured 3 horrortastic teams of 4 actors each and was emceed by the amazing Jessica Taylor with Hannelore Olivier tickling the ivories pink. We played 9 scenes and to spice up the format we included several 1 minute challenge games (expect to see these fun tie-breakers popping up more and more in the shows).

The audience howled with hilarious horror at the antics on stage – the show had more highlights than Percy Montgomery. OK, maybe that joke has dated a bit. Brett whipped out some sublime sign language interpretation, Anne wrestled with the proper use of rhyme, Ryan became an item of high fashion and Kim took the hits as the most dramatic stunt double ever.

Since this was a birthday party there was also free cake and wine for our guests, many of whom kept haunting the theatre foyer until late into the night.

The birthday show is to celebrate all the love we’ve gotten over the years that’s kept us going and that’s why it was just magical to have so many enthusiastic fans there to party with.

That’s all from me for now,

Jon

Do you think you have what it takes to improvise on stage?

We run both Introductory courses for brave beginners and an intermediate follow up course for those who are bitten by the impro bug!. The course is open to anyone over the age of 18, whether you're a professional actor or a keen amateur.

In the introduction course we teach the basic concepts of improvisation, including the art of saying yes, spontaneity and creating narratives through a variety of TheatreSports exercises and games. You’ll learn how to develop trust, work as a team, and have a lot of fun doing it.

The intermediate course is a follow up to the introduction course and includes musical improvisation, characterisation, status and style.

The intensive 2 part course allows candidates to learn through practical experience, and decide whether they are up to the challenge. It also allows the teachers to evaluate the participants, and give them invaluable feedback.

For many past participants it has been a life changing experience, so why delay? Find out more about the next 2 courses coming up.

6 & 7 Nov- Introduction to TheatreSports – Beginners

27 & 28 Nov- TheatreSports course – Intermediate

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