by Emily Elise
Theatre Sports, Enmore Theatre 24th November 2012.
Improvisation is a scary beast. To face it, one might have great triumph and be heralded as the improv- slayer, on the other hand the beast could devour you whole in front of a packed theatre. This is why I love going to watch the best of the best battle it out.
I had butterflies for what I was about to witness. I wanted it to be amazing, I wanted to watch and celebrate success and I hoped that I was not about to witness embarrassing failure… now I want everyone to breathe a sigh of relief. The Cranston Cup Final at the Enmore Theatre on Saturday night will probably be responsible for a few more smile wrinkles in my old age.
Choosing the theatre sport games they wished to play such as an ‘epic’ scene, a poetry rollercoaster or just “a scene with canned goods” , each team was also given another stimulus ranging from an exotic location to free reign with an audience member’s text messages. The audience was taken on a journey through an alphabetic gondola ride, the ‘best day ever’, a Catholic confession and quite a few man snogs, whilst scores from five judges accumulated to decide the winner. Big congratulations to the winners of the Cranston Cup ‘Mother Father’, but with only a couple of points between the rest, all the players deserved the rumbling applause they received throughout the whole show.
If you have never seen theatre sports and don’t know what I am going on about, check out http://www.improaustralia.com.au which has all the upcoming shows and workshops etc. I cannot recommend getting out to one of their shows more. Bring your friends, your Mum, your neighbour, your Partner or anyone! You’re guaranteed a laugh a minute (at least).
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