Hand Signs “You bring the suggestions, we bring the funny!” Amsterdam-based improv group Pointing at Fingers presents Hand Signs, a fully improvised show! The first half is all about long form improv and will open with a guest act, followed by us - Pointing at Fingers. After a drink (or two) at the bar, the second half will feature a short form jam where anyone who wants to give improv a go can jump on stage (yes, you!). Don’t worry, we’ll have your back and help you shine. And after? Celebration time at the bar (we like to drink…)!
Doors open 7:30pm, show starts 8pm Tickets €9
We bring you the unique combination of standup comedy and improv theatre. Which form of art will give you the best humour? Or the magic is to join the forces?
ImproNation is the largest English speaking improv theater community in South Holland. We are not random strangers, we are social, inviting and supportive. Everyone can find their space. For those who are curious about improv theater: it's a magical way to make you creative and be true to yourself. For those with improv experiences, get ready to join the jam! We typically have audience joining the last game.
Tickets = 5 Euros!! All tickets are charged at the door or via tikkie.
From the 25th of February to the 4th of March, IMPRO Amsterdam 2023 will rock Amsterdam Noord with eight days of high-quality international Improvisational Theatre.
"Bee Swarm" directed by Dan Seyfried
(19:30 - 20:30 - Theaterzaal)
Every bee's nest there has a queen and workers who work for her, for the community. There seems to be chaos, but each individual has a very specific and important role to play in the hive. Together they form a super-organism, where ego is put aside and everything is done to make the whole perfect. In this format, the stories will be the nests in which the main characters will be the queens and all other elements (music, secondary characters, setting) will act as the workers. Despite the chaos that seems to reign, it will form a coherent whole. You will see the improvisers constantly playing together, miming an element of the scenery, illustrating a simple leaf blowing in the wind, a beating heart, a princess dress or sometimes playing the main character living 1000 adventures. But each one will be important for the coherence, poetry and beauty of the spontaneously created story. They will play together as a superorganism!
"Stacejam" by Stacey Smith
(20:45 - 21:15 - Theaterzaal)
STACEJAM is a solo musical improv show created and performed by Stacey Smith. With one suggestion, Stacey will create a world with dozens of characters and tell their stories through scenes and songs.
"Neverfolk" directed by Chris Mead
(21:30 - 22:15 - Theaterzaal)
We eat. We sleep. We desire. We tell stories. Every culture, every society. We tell stories to try and understand who we were and who we might yet become. These are the folktales that never were. That might still be. Improvised stories of the ordinary and the extraordinary. Of everyday lives and the magic that bleeds from their edges. NeverFolk creates improvised theatre that is funny and heart-breaking, wise and foolish. Stories that live for a glorious moment and then never again.
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From the 25th of February to the 4th of March, IMPRO Amsterdam 2023 will rock Amsterdam Noord with eight days of high-quality international Improvisational Theatre.
"On the Floor" directed by Laura Doorneweerd-Perry
(19:30 - 22:00 - Theaterzaal)
Did you know that for 20 years the Netherlands had an improv show on television? The tv format 'De Vloer Op' showed improvised scenes set up by a theatre director and has inspired the Dutch improv landscape ever since. For one night only, 12 talented players from the Netherlands will perform poignant, funny, and heartwarming scenes led by director Laura Doorneweerd-Perry.
NEW FORMAT: "H.U.M.A.N.S" by We're Both Gabe
(22:30 - 23:00 - Blauwe Zaal)
In this show, beings from the planet "Observer" retell and re-enact moments of human history for their own entertainment. Details of some historic events, as chosen by the audience are filled in based on their best understanding of how humans function.