Feb 20- An Evening with Mischler & More at easylaughs, sponsored by allimprov

Photo by Robin Straaijer

On Feb. 20 at easylaughs, Peter More and Nicole Mischler debutted their new sketch comedy show. A mix of written, scripted and improvised scenes in the style of Elaine May and Mike Nichols. The show opened with a vaudeville act, included some art-house theater, scenes about social media and dating and a couple of classic sketches from May & Nichols, a scene about the guilt of adultery and lust over the operation table. The show was a big hit and great fun. M&M will certainly be showing their sketch show again in the near future!

Photo by Robin Straaijer

TVA Top Module and Pina Bausch

February 21st, 2014:
The Top Module from TVA (Theatersports Vereniging Amsterdam) played at easylaughs in a show sponsored by allimprov.  The Top Module is TVA's most experienced players. Each year they choose a theme and have the freedom to experiment with different ways of using improvisation as performance. This year Pina Bausch, a German choreographer was the inspiration for movement-based improvisation. They take suggestions at the begin of the scene from the audience and then blend dance and ensemble work into the scenes for a heightened emotional and dramatic state. The show at easylaughs was a great success, The Top Module was excited to show their unique form to a new audience, and the form showed that improvisation mixed with dance is an exciting blend of two disciplines. The Top Module would like to thank easylaughs for hosting and thank allimprov for the sponsorship.

– Nicole, TVA Top Module

Help us improve the reach of improvisation

All Improv has done lots over the last few years to help improve the quality of improv in Amsterdam, supporting shows, festivals, workshops and other initiatives. We are very pleased with everything we have helped to achieve.

We would now like to give more emphasis to another of our goals – to increase the reach of improv. This means bringing improv to a wider audience – more than just the family, friends and other improvisers that make up a lot of improv audiences. We will be giving special attention to initiatives that help to achieve that goal.

Examples of projects we consider to have definitely increased the reach include Impro Battle and IMPRO Amsterdam festival.

We are still considering ad-hoc projects for this year; and projects for next year will be considered in February 2014.

Help ons het bereik van impro te vergroten

All Improv heeft de laatste jaren veel gedaan om de kwaliteit van impro in Amsterdam te helpen verbeteren. We ondersteunen shows, festivals, workshops en andere projecten. We zijn zeer tevreden met de bijdrage die we de afgelopen jaren hebben kunnen leveren.

We willen vanaf nu ook meer de nadruk leggen op één van onze andere doelstellingen - het vergroten van het bereik van impro. Dat houdt in dat we met impro een groter publiek willen bereiken - meer dan de familie, vrienden en andere improspelers die nu vaak naar voorstellingen komen. We zullen daarom vanaf nu extra aandacht schenken aan projecten die dit doel helpen bereiken.

Voorbeelden van projecten die een ander, breder publiek trekken zijn bijvoorbeeld Impro Battle en IMPRO Amsterdam.

Voor 2013 is er nog ruimte om een klein aantal projecten te ondersteunen, dus als je een plan hebt, mail ons dan. Projecten voor 2014 zullen in Februari 2014 in behandeling worden genomen