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improvathon SChEDULE

timE DUration aCtivitY Format partiCipantS

11:00 1 hr

SpEEChLESS; an improviSED powErpoint - Spin the wheel of destiny and watch (or join in?) at improvising: a Best man’s Speech, a product or app

Launch or even giving an improvised tED talk, all with random slides and completely made up on the spot.! Terrifying: yes; fun: loads.!

worKShop

aLL wELComE ! Drop in and get involved or come and watch! Maximum 10 participants !Sign Up to guarantee your

place.

12:00 1 hr impro’ BaSiCS - an introduction to improvisation for all levels focussing on the key tenets of improvisation through a host of exercises and games. worKShop

aLL wELComE Drop in and get involved or come and watch! Maximum 10 participants

!Sign Up to guarantee your place.

13:00 1 hr

mUSiCaL impro - an introduction to musical improv’: this session introduces some key concepts of musical improvisation and gives you the chance to

practice singing the blues, or performing a love-duet. this is always a fun and popular session for those with a voice that only a mother can love!- With

our impro’ pianist Katrina Kun.

worKShopaLL wELComE ! Drop in and get involved or come and watch! Maximum 10 participants !

Sign Up to guarantee your place.

14:00 1 HRTen TiTles - ‘impro’ Anonymous’ arrives with no script and not the faintest

idea what will happen. A selection of scenes, games and songs ensue, all inspired by audience suggestions.

sHOW The Courtyard Playhouse’s improv’ team: imPRO AnOnymOus

15:00 2 HRmegA mAesTRO - Players, old and new meet in a mid-afternoon maestro

match-up: they go head to head in a series of scenes and challenges scored by our audience - when the dust settles there can be only one: Maestro.!

sHOWAll imPROviseRs from the community are welcome and encouraged to sign up. max’ 15

participants.

17:00 1 HR gRAssROOTs COmedy HOuR - salman Qureshi headlines a selection of stand-up comedians from the local community. sHOW sTAnd-uP COmediAns from the local

community

18:00 1 HR7 dAys - ‘impro’ Anonymous’ are back with a selection of scenes, games and songs, all inspired by current affairs, audience secrets and suggestions and!

the last 7 Days in Dubai.!sHOW The Courtyard Playhouse’s improv’ team:

imPRO AnOnymOus

19:00 1 HR TheaTresporTs: Back2school!- Featuring the Playhouse’s Teenagers vs a team of dubai schoolteachers. deadlines will be missed, detentions will be

given and sparks will fly before the bell goes.!sHOW TeenAge THeATResPORTs sTudenTs and

members of the playhouse community!

20:00 1 HR

sPeeCHless - spin the wheel of destiny and watch (or join in?) at improvising: a Best man’s speech, A product or App launch or even giving an improvised Ted talk, all with random slides and completely made up on the

spot.! Terrifying: yes; fun: loads.!

sHOW

All WelCOme ! Drop in and get involved or come and watch! Maximum 10 participants ! sign up to guarantee your

place.

21:00 2 HR

CHARiTy CHRisTmAs mAesTRO: 12 of dubai’s virtuoso actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. you score

the players on a scale of 1 to 5. When only one remains they are crowned the Maestro.!

sHOWAll imPROviseRs from the community are

welcome and encouraged to sign up. max’ 12 participants.