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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.

"The Glass Imaginary" by The Improvised Play

(19:30 - 20:30 - Theaterzaal)

In The Glass Imaginary, we improvise a brand new play every evening, inspired by the works of Tennessee Williams. Lush Southern accents, unrequited love, passionately requited love, and inner turmoil all feature in this unique period piece. Set against the backdrop of the deep south, where everyone has a role to fulfil in life, we see characters who struggle to find their place. In 2022, when the world is again in turmoil and society seems unrecognisable, this piece takes on new meaning.

In the works of Tennessee Williams, vivid dreams collide with stark reality. Repressed desires, an excess of emotion, and poetic language express the inner life of the playwright and each character as they struggle against the confines of society. Tennessee Williams’ goal was to write plays that were ‘a picture of my own heart; we strive to emulate this approach as we wear our hearts on our sleeves with each show.

Developed in Conjunction with Kaci Beeler of American Berserk Theatre in Austin, Texas.

"Promised" directed by Anja Sophie Boorsma

(21:00 - 22:00 - Theaterzaal)

In movies, we often ache for the main characters to fall in love.. Tonight, we make you a promise: they will. Over the course of 4 rainy seasons in a year, we get to know these two people in their own worlds, until finally.. they meet. A theatrical longform format by Anja Sophie Boorsma where the story unfolds before your eyes and.. in your imagination.

NEW FORMAT: "Woman up!" by Woman Up!

(22:30 - 23:00 - Blauwe Zaal)

Hovering over a public toilet seat while keeping your pants from touching the floor, wearing another pair of underwear over your stockings to keep them from sliding down, being sexually harassed, coughing over your farts to cover the sound, keeping business as usual even while hurting from period pain, allowing someone to help you carry your suitcase up the stairs, feeling your baby kick in your womb… These are only some of our experiences as women in this world.The kind of things women talk about behind closed doors, (if they even talk about them at all...) and the kind of experiences we rarely see on stage. Until now!

In this show everything will be out in the open - all the funny, painful, scary, icky and powerful moments we experience as women, alone and together.

How does it feel to be a woman on this planet? Come watch the show!This show is not just for women! - men and all genders are invited !