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UID:/workshops/fiendish_plotting
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Fiendish Plotting
DESCRIPTION:It’s nice to hear laughter from an audience but how often do we hear them gasp – “How did she know the key would be missing?” – or not hear them at all because they’re holding their breath with the unbearable tension of it all? Can we be more ambitious with our plotting? How can we make plot connections through which we look not just clever, but attractive and popular*?Using whatever we find in the long-form narrative toolbox, we’ll loosen, then tighten again, the nuts and bolts of story.*Class may not make you look attractive and popular. Terms and Conditions apply.Level: intermediate, advanced.Phil has been improvising for 30 years, starting out with Theatresports at the Donmar Warehouse, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and Glasgow Mayfest, then, subsequently, in Toronto, Seattle, San Francisco and at Montreal’s Just for Laughs Comedy Festival for CBCTV.He was in T.V. and radio pilots, Gibberish (Celador T.V.) and Altered Egos (Radio 4.) He was in Hamlet Improvised (London Mime Festival), the improvised courtroom drama, Court in the Act, at Watford Palace and Chichester Festival Theatres and Eddie Izzard’s Impro M.D. His Double Act, the Sean Connery Brotherhood was on Warehouse (HTV) and Disney Club (LWT) as well as in Amnesty International’s Secret Compere’s Policedog (Duke of York’s Theatre.) He was a founder member of Spontaneous Combustion; the group devised and performed five different improvised plays, True Confessions, Outrageous Lies, Human Celluloid, Spontaneous Combustion Raise the Dead and Sub-Post Office of Death, all toured nationally including The Gilded Balloon and The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and Shakespeare’s Globe as well as making various TV and Radio appearances.Phil is currently in impro groups Grand Theft Impro and Monkey Toast, his impro show, Séance Fiction has played across London and he’s taken part regularly in the annual 50-hour Improvathon.Phil learnt from, among others, Philippe Gaulier, Jacques leCoq, John Wright, KeithJohnstone, David Glass and Ken Campbell. He’s taught at LAMDA, Central, East 15, TheDrama Studio and Fourth Monkey.  grandtheftimpro.com
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/workshops/how_to_make_improv_easy
LOCATION:Kuninga 6
SUMMARY:How to make improv easy
DESCRIPTION:The easiest way to improvise it to speak from a moment of truth, and connect on emotions. This workshop teaches you how easy it can be to connect with your scene partner on positive emotions. We’ll be working on heavily agreeing and learn to look for our “and” in the “yes, and”.This workshop is heavily inspired by Stefan working together with Jason Shotts auditing his workshops for more than 6 weeks.Level: intermediate, advanced.Stefan has performed in more than 8 Danish Feature films, several short films and acted at Betty Nansen and The Royal Danish Theater. He’s performed improv professionally since 2009. He studied at iO Chicago in 2013 taking their world-recognized training programme. After his education, he organized the Copenhagen International Improv Festival which facilitated more than 60 International Improvisers. Due to the Festival’s success, he was invited back to the iO theater by iO founder, Charna Halpern, to shadow teach under some of the world’s best instructors.He played the character POUL in the Improvised feature film, Det Andet Liv, which premiered in August 2014 and received extremely good reviews. He has performed at the iO Theater in The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience & Hootenanny (Chicago’s longest-running improv show). Besides this, he also performed with some of Chicago’s best improvisers, and in the fall 2014 he traveled around more than 12 cities in Europe with iO performers Lyndsay Hailey, Tara DeFrancisco and Rance Rizzutto, and a further 4cities with the world’s best improv performers, TJ and Dave – shadowing their classes and doing shows.In 2015 he organized the first Copenhagen International Improv Festival, opened by the US Ambassador Rufus Gifford, who also participated in the show. Since his third summer in Chicago, he’s been in Germany, Slovenia and Dubai, and has now realized his dream of opening the first ever professional improv theatre in Denmark, The Improv Comedy Copenhagen (ICC) Theatre, with his non-improv partner, Kasper Jacobsen.The ICC Theatre was then awarded 2017 BEST STAGE IN COPENHAGEN after only 10 months of operation. Since ICC Opened officially in January 2016 he has taught more than 700 students in Copenhagen, besides teaching in Latvia, Bulgaria, Italy, South Africa, and Dubai, and performing with OHANA in Barcelona, Mount Olymprov and Sofia Improv Festival.Stefan also represents Denmark as a member of the European improv community OHANA: an organization including the 40 top improv instructors from around Europe. He performs shows 3 nights a week and teaches Level 4 + 5 at the ICC Training Centre.Stefan was awarded BEST TEACHER in Denmark 2017 by the Danish improv community, while his team Meanwhile, Back at the Lab won BEST IMPROV TEAM.  improvcomedy.eu  facebook.com/improvcomedycph  instagram.com/improvcomedycopenhagen
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/workshops/trust_your_sexuality
LOCATION:Raekoja plats 18
SUMMARY:Trust Your Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:In improv we learn to trust our impulses - but what about the flirty, sexual ones?We need them to play truthful and intimate love stories, to create more vulnerable and honest characters. They help us to enrich our comedy without falling into sexist clichés and crude humor.In this workshop, we’ll explore these impulses.You’ll learn to feel more secure with them, to make sexual offers without overstepping boundaries and to deal with offers that make you feel uncomfortable without ending the scene. You’ll become more aware of yourself and your partners so you can take care of each other and overcome possible fears and shame together.Being more comfortable with sexuality in improv will give you more strength and freedom as an improviser and empowers you as a person!Level: intermediate, advanced.Sophia Lierenfeld is an actress, improviser, musician and coach based in Berlin. She performs and teaches improv internationally with her groups “Fox and Foxy” and “Birthday Cake” and various other improv projects. Also, she founded “Improv Without Borders”, an improv course for refugees, expats and Berlin residents which has been featured on the NPR Podcast “Rough Translation”.Sophia started acting and singing on stage when she was seven years old and never stopped ever since. Right after she finished school she started working as an acting teacher and musical director. She used improvisation to develop and stage over 30 plays with kids and teenagers and worked as a musical director for the youth section of the state theatre in Nuremberg.Playing for and with children is still an important part of her life. Sophia worked as an actress in fairy tales at Galli Theater Berlin for over a year and now travels to book fares and goes on theatre tours for a big book publisher, telling the stories of Janosch, a famous German illustrator and children’s books author.Besides her theatre and music work, Sophia is also a dating coach and helps people to become more authentic, playful and happy and truly connect with each other. She has been invited to speak at conferences like “Mann Sein” in Germany and got interviewed as an expert on radio, newspapers and television.In her workshop “Trust your sexuality” Sophia combines methods and ideas from scripted theatre and improvisational theatre with her experience and knowledge as a dating coach.
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190919T110000Z
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UID:/workshops/unplug_your_brain
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Unplug Your Brain
DESCRIPTION:Our brain is a formidable machine to create and imagine, but sometimes it’s our own trap, our only barrier.This workshop aims at unplugging our brains, to explore what our bodies have to suggest. We will train not to be heady or too rational, to allow your scenes to be silly, to accept and play the nonsense. Let your bodies surprise yourself and embrace their strong propositions, to just have fun, play like kids, discover new places, characters and relations, to follow the inspiration and your instinct.Level: beginners to advanced.When Dan started theater at 9, he knew right away that he wanted to do it all his life. It became even more obvious when he discovered improv in Strasbourg in 2007. That year he joined the Lolita. In 2011, he became a professional. He had the chance that year to participate in the marathon of improv (7 days di’mpro 24H / 24). In 2012, with his best friends, he created La Carpe Haute. Together, they do everything: shows, training, corporate events… He teaches since 2011 in weekly classes, and the group opened their improv school in 2017.In 2014, he participated for the first time in an international improv festival in Denmark. Since then, he has played and taught in New York, Amsterdam, Berlin, Bydgoszcz, London, Oslo, Barcelona, etc. It is in these festivals that he rediscovered all the possibilities offered by the improvisation, the totally silent show, free form, costumed shows or musicals…What he loves especially in improv is the connection between the partners, the sincerity and the playfulness. That’s what makes him vibrate, what takes him! He remains an improv nerd, all styles and all types of show can make him happy. And that’s what he loves the most, that the journey is infinite!  facebook.com/origamiswanimpro  lacarpehaute.com  facebook.com/Lacarpehaute
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/performances/mixer_ab
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:“Bonnie & Clyde” & “The Dropthrough”
DESCRIPTION:            The seventh international improv festival Tilt is very proud to welcome improvisers from countries nearby and far away. Because these participants are skillful at what they do, they are happy to engage in challenges that are bigger than just improvising a performance on the spot! On the day of the mixer show, improvisers with different backgrounds have met in a workshop and with the help of the workshop instructor, they have prepared the format that you will see on the same evening. So it’s as fresh as it can be! Come to the performance and see how it all will turn out!“Bonnie & Clyde”. Instructor: Małgorzata Różalska (POL)In EnglishBonnie and Clyde - You and your partner. In crime. In story. In improv. No matter how many people play in a show, the base is the two-person scene. That’s perfect to tell all the stories in the world, with different dynamics between two characters. Through love. Hate. Secrets. Duties. Shrek and Donkey. Arya and the Hound. Jules and Vincent. Claire and Frank Underwood. Rick and Morty. Let’s explore the most popular dynamics between two characters.“The Dropthrough”. Instructor: Jeron Dewulf Leiva (BEL)In EnglishThe performers ask for a general theme, like for example “water” and start with a public brainstorm that leads to a scene inspired by the theme. Then they start a second scene inspired by the first scene. The players can get inspired by emotion, sentence or movement. They can always start a new scene, a group movement scene or a monologue. In 30 minutes the audience will see more or less 20 scenes, movements or monologues inspired by the theme and by former scenes.
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/performances/rahel_mihkel_impeerium
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Rahel ja Mihkel (EST) - “Missed Calls” & Improteater IMPEERIUM (EST) – “On the writer’s exclusive texts”
DESCRIPTION:            Rahel ja Mihkel (EST) - “Missed Calls”In EstonianThere are two characters on the stage. Maybe they are childhood friends, lovers, relatives, good colleagues? Who exactly they are to each other, is the choice of the audience. However, it is certain that they are people from the modern world, to whom things always happen. Like to all of us. And the first thing you want to do is to share it with others. Whether through a picture, call or a text. Those two on stage, however, are destined to be unable to make contact with each other. Sounds familiar?Between them, Rahel and Mihkel have 18 years of shared love for improv. Rahel was Mihkel’s first improv teacher. Mihkel praises her until this day as a very good teacher and performer. However, not to Rahel herself, but to others. Rahel, on the other hand, has told everyone how she misses playing together with Mihkel. Well, everyone apart from Mihkel. Both being early middle-aged people, they will most likely focus on topics that concern others like them: am I successful enough; how to survive being stuck in the system; how to kill your boss? These are universal topics that could also interest other middle-aged people.Improteater IMPEERIUM (EST) – “On the writer’s exclusive texts”In EstonianThe Imperials will help a writer finish their new best-selling play! The show will start from the writer’s quill – the writer will be inspired by the audience and will write the first scene of the show in front of their eyes. The first characters are born, the location, the plot begins. The actors, however, see the text on stage for the first time and will start playing it out right away. We will find out where the story goes from there and how it ends on the spot as the rest is improvised.Improv theater IMPEERIUM (Empire) grew out of the first professional Estonian improv group in 2014. The members of the group are all professional actors, who in addition to being members of IMPEERIUM, are also part of drama groups in other Estonian theatres or work as freelancers in various theatre, television and film projects. In addition to actors, there are also musicians and lighting designers in the group, who help to spread the love for improv in Estonia. In improv, nobody knows what will happen, but everything is possible! The word “imperium” in Latin means “power”.Members of the troupe:Actors: Erki Aule, Merilin Kirbits, Maarika Mesipuu-Veebel, Maarius Pärn, Kati Ong, Rauno Kaibiainen, Mairi Tikerpalu, Tarvo Krall.Musicians: Madis Kreevan, Madis Jürgens ja Ragnar Toompuu.Lighting designer: Mario Saarik.  facebook.com/improimpeerium  improimpeerium.ee
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/performances/us_boys_stacey
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Us boys who go out together (CZE): “The Bohemian Tragedy” & Stacey Smith (USA) - “Stacejam”
DESCRIPTION:            Us boys who go out together (CZE): “The Bohemian Tragedy”In EnglishWhat happens when a Moravian actor, Australian circus performer, Slovakian mime and Czech polyglot improv wizzkid meet? The boys who go out together are a mix of actors and performers with various backgrounds, ranging from classical drama theatre, dance, circus and physical theatre. They met during freeform improv classes at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and have been performing ever since. With the main purpose of exploring essentially total and utter free theatre improvisation without any structures ahead given, they concentrate on physicality and movement as their main form of expression. They search and keep learning their own language, consisting of dark Czech humor, movement improv and an exquisitely bad taste in folklore singing.Us boys are: Šimon Pliska, Lukas Blaha Bliss, Andrej Lyga, Václav Wortner.  facebook.com/mykluciStacey Smith (USA) - “Stacejam”In EnglishStacejam is a solo musically improvised Harold created and performed by veteran improviser, Stacey Smith.Stacey Smith is a loud Long Islander who recently relocated to Chicago by way of Boston.Stacey performs regularly with The Deltones and The Musical Armando at iO as well as at CSz Theater Chicago. She performed for many years in various projects with The Second City such as Life Hacks, The Really Awesome Improv Show, #DateMe and two contracts onboard the Norwegian Breakaway. She is a former instructor in the A-E Program, Youth&Teen Program and The Wellness Program at The Second City and recently created her own program called S.H.E (Sisterhood. Humor. Empowerment) for female-identifying students ages 8-18. In addition, she also has taught at iO and The Playground Theater and is the former Head of the Training Center at CSz Theater Chicago. Most recently, Stacey was the Comedy School Manager at ImprovBoston where she also performed regularly with ImprovBoston’s Mainstage Cast and Music Improv Cast. Stacey just finished touring her solo musical improv show STACEJAM and taught musical improv in Bulgaria, Germany, Amsterdam, Greece, Belgium, France, Norway, Italy, and Denmark. Stacey is the Creator/Executive Producer of the Chicago Musical Improv Festival.  facebook.com/staceysmithcomedy  facebook.com/stacejamsolo  instagram.com/staceysmithcomedy  twitter.com/staceinyoface  staceysmithcomedy.com
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190919T181500Z
DTEND:20190919T194500Z
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UID:/workshops/discovering_songs
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Discovering Songs
DESCRIPTION:OK, so our scene has led us into the perfect moment for a song. Great. What happens next? What makes a great song?In this workshop we’ll look at how to create songs ‘organically’— by playing and experimenting, gradually discovering a brilliant theme and musical hook.We’ll look at:  what songs are about  how to explore and find a theme and perspective  how to know when you’ve found all that you need, and when you should changeThis session won’t require anyone to know the details of song structures or musical techniques. It’s therefore ideal to people who enjoy singing (maybe just in the shower), but haven’t done much musical improv. On the other hand, experienced improvisers can also find the novel approach interesting.Level: all levels but not complete improv beginners.Phil is an improviser from London, UK. He’s been improvising for several years, both on stage and behind the piano. He’s worked with several leading UK groups including Music Box, Hoopla, Silly String Theory and The Maydays. He regularly works with many groups at international improvisation festivals.Currently, Phil is Director of The Staccatos, a London-based short-form musical improv group, and he regularly performs on stage with the Hoopla Players. He regularly performs solo in his one man improvised cabaret “Phil Lunn Is…” where he performs improvised songs as various characters.“A powerhouse of musical improv” — Open Your Mouth And Sing  phillunn.com  facebook.com/phil.lunn
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190920T070000Z
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UID:/workshops/silence_loud_clear
LOCATION:Kuninga 6
SUMMARY:Silence: Loud & Clear
DESCRIPTION:In life, some of the most profound, moving or hilarious experiences play out in total silence. In this workshop, we will learn to lean on that familiar human state - silence - on the stage, discovering it’s unique theatrical power.This workshop is not directed towards mime, or even necessarily physicality, but rather the dramatic and comedic impact of not speaking, and all the actions, realisations and stories that rush in to fill space when we’re brave enough to leave it empty. During the workshop, we will cycle through the myriad of ways silence can be utilised to make offers, ground scenes, heighten emotions, develop the game and connect with the audience.Level: all levels.Ella is an Australian actress and improviser who has been studying, performing and teaching theatre for over 12 years. She earned a B.A. in Theatre Studies at Monash University, Melbourne and her performance experience ranges from improvised and musical theatre to voice, theatre in education and dance. Since joining BIG in 2012 she has trained with some of the most renowned improv teachers and coaches in the world and has studied and performed in festivals around Europe. Now in Barcelona, Ella co-runs the BIG School of Improv, where she co-designed a unique curriculum to train committed, joyful and well-rounded improvisers.She teaches students of all levels in weekly classes, emboldening beginners and experienced improvisers alike to produce rich, vibrant and committed improv. Her improvisation style centres around bold, emotional play and uses the full extent of her theatrical background, implicating the body and voice to create scenes and shows that are dynamic and filled with joyful imagination and play. Her teaching style is energetic and supportive and aims to unleash the unique potential of every improviser and scene.  facebook.com/origamiswanimpro  barcelonaimprovgroup.com  facebook.com/barcelonaimprovgroup
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/workshops/a_simple_lovestory
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:A Simple Lovestory
DESCRIPTION:Bill Hicks said in his stand up something that many screenwriters agree on – that all we do is driven by two forces – love and fear. Because of love and fear we can cross our boundaries.In this workshop, we will focus on Normal People. Using the reality. Love, lack of love, bitterness, dreams, fears. On what hides inside of us and others, what drives us, and what we can do to get what we desire. And how to express your feelings on stage, so they won’t end at „Hi Honey”, five meters from each other.Why? Because the audience wants to engage, feel something, and not only laugh. And they feel when we touch the Truth. Because a simple love story has a bigger power than the battle of wizards at the top of Mount Everest.Level: intermediate.Małgorzata Różalska (Gosia/Róża) – improviser and teacher from the north of Poland. Doing improv since 2004, as one of the first in Poland.Besides living improv life, she graduated Film Directing in Gdynia Film School, Photography at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, and Cultural Studies at the University of Gdańsk – and she loves mixing all her arts with improv. She has her own company, and she writes a blog about improv (www.rozalska.com).She’s in an international Ohana group, and she’s conquering the world, teaching and/or performing among others, at Seattle International Festival of Improv, Improvention in Canberra, IMPRO Amsterdam, IMPRO Berlin, Mt. Olymprov in Athens, Big IF in Barcelona, Sacrebleu! in Strasbourg, Sofia International Improv Fest, WIP Workimprogress, Improfestival Mainz. She’s a big nerd, and she’ll never stop learning.  rozalska.com  facebook.com/rozalska.malgorzata  instagram.com/rozalska.improv
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/workshops/jump_on_it
LOCATION:Kuninga 6
SUMMARY:Jump on it
DESCRIPTION:Let’s edit. Learn new and exciting ways to edit and know why/when they will heighten and support the scene in progress. Follow the joy and follow the reality we already know.Level: all levels. Some knowledge of improv is a plus.Stacey Smith is a loud Long Islander who recently relocated to Chicago by way of Boston.Stacey performs regularly with The Deltones and The Musical Armando at iO as well as at CSz Theater Chicago. She performed for many years in various projects with The Second City such as Life Hacks, The Really Awesome Improv Show, #DateMe and two contracts onboard the Norwegian Breakaway. She is a former instructor in the A-E Program, Youth&Teen Program and The Wellness Program at The Second City and recently created her own program called S.H.E (Sisterhood. Humor. Empowerment) for female identifying students ages 8-18.In addition, she also has taught at iO and The Playground Theater and is the former Head of the Training Center at CSz Theater Chicago. Most recently, Stacey was the Comedy School Manager at ImprovBoston where she also performed regularly with ImprovBoston’s Mainstage Cast and Music Improv Cast. Stacey just finished touring her solo musical improv show STACEJAM and taught musical improv in Bulgaria, Germany, Amsterdam, Greece, Belgium, France, Norway, Italy and Denmark.Stacey is the Creator/Executive Producer of the Chicago Musical Improv Festival.  facebook.com/staceysmithcomedy  facebook.com/stacejamsolo  instagram.com/staceysmithcomedy  twitter.com/staceinyoface  staceysmithcomedy.com
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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UID:/performances/mixer_cd
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Mixer shows: “The Metronome” & “Cloud Atlas”
DESCRIPTION:            The seventh international improv festival Tilt is very proud to welcome improvisers from countries nearby and far away. Because these participants are skillful at what they do, they are happy to engage in challenges that are bigger than just improvising a performance on the spot! On the day of the mixer show, improvisers with different backgrounds have met in a workshop and with the help of the workshop instructor, they have prepared the format that you will see on the same evening. So it’s as fresh as it can be! Come to the performance and see how it all will turn out!“The Metronome”. Instructor: Václav Wortner (CZE)In EnglishMusic is the uncompromising metronome of this show. It moves the actors to paint the scene with their bodies, creating images, compositions, landscapes, and environments. Whenever the music fades out, characters, plots, conversations and stories emerge, inspired by the images we have seen before. But the metronome of our lives keeps on ticking and it eventually dissolves every story and drives us again into physical scene pictures, which later inspire new stories… such is the nature of life and The Metronome.“Cloud Atlas”. Instructor: Aree Witoelar (IDN/NOR)In EnglishInspired by David Mitchell’s critically acclaimed novel, Cloud Atlas tells an epic tale of humanity in six separate storylines and six time eras. The performers will create such a piece, completely improvised from audience suggestions. Cloud Atlas is a perfect improv showpiece for big groups - hitting all different corners of stage picture, scenic tones, tempo, and style. Best for international mixed casts to represent a human voyage through culture and time.  Cloud Atlas is developed by Aree Witoelar and presented as a showcase for Impro Neuf International, Norway.
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190920T151500Z
DTEND:20190920T161500Z
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UID:/performances/jaa_ruutu10
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Jaa !mproteater ja Improkutsikad (EST) - “Maestro” & Ruutu10 (EST) - "That was a joke, right?!"
DESCRIPTION:            Jaa !mproteater ja Improkutsikad (EST) - “Maestro”In EstonianMaestro is a world-famous improv format that was created by Keith Johnstone. We’re honoured to bring it to stage first time in Estonia having a group of improvisers in different age and knowledge challenge each other finding the Maestro of this evening. The winner is decided with the help of the audience and of course, it’s always important to have good relationships with Fortuna as well. You’re all welcome to find your favourites and cheer to their performance!Jaa !mprov theatre has brought good short- and long-form improvisation to the audience for already ten seasons. Improv puppies is a group of young improvisers who started doing improv four years ago in Rahumäe Põhikool. Together they form a symbiosis with a unique dynamic where experiences and energy are exchanged in multiple ways and everyone has something to learn.  facebook.com/jaaimproteater  instagram.com/jaaimproteater  instagram.com/improkutsikadRuutu10 (EST) - “That was a joke, right?!”In EstonianRuutu10 will have a premiere of their newest long-form at Tilt 2019! It will be a humorous and fast-paced story that has an intriguing beginning and an educative ending. Interesting character paths will create a versatile whole that will make you ask in disbelief, “That was a joke, right?”Ruutu10 is an improv theatre whose goal is to develop the quality of improv comedy in Estonia. They started in February 2013 in Tartu and are now also active in Tallinn. Every year their programme involves different shows and workshops that help to grow a dedicated improv community. The improvisers of Ruutu10 have studied improv comedy in Chicago, London, Barcelona, Copenhagen and Tampere under the best instructors in the field.The improvisers on stage are: Jürmo Mehine, Martin Junna, Rauno Meronen and Toivo Värbu.
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190920T163000Z
DTEND:20190920T180000Z
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UID:/performances/dan_ella_doris
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Dan & Ella (FRA/ESP) - “Origami Swan” & Doris Likes Everything (FIN) - "Loser Circus"
DESCRIPTION:            Dan & Ella (FRA/ESP) - “Origami Swan”In EnglishOrigami Swan is a show about the resonance of a relationship.In the Japanese art of origami, a single piece of paper contains a world of possibilities, with each fold guiding the material towards its final form. Yet even as it stands completed, the origami swan still holds within it the possibilities of what might have been. In Origami Swan, Ella Galt (BIG, Barcelona) and Dan Seyfried (La Carpe Haute, Strasbourg) present an intimate theatrical exploration of quantum multiverse theory, in which every choice you’ve ever made and never made exist in an unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes. As the reach of our possible worlds unfolds before us, we discover that the decisions we make are at once intensely powerful, and totally meaningless.Dan and Ella met in Barcelona, during BIG IF 2, a few years ago. They are both professional actors and improvisers in BIG (Barcelona, Spain) for Ella and in La Carpe Haute (Strasbourg, France) for Dan. They first played as a duo when a Polish festival (Podaj Wioslo, Gdansk 2018) challenged them to create a new format based on a name people on Facebook gave to them. They discovered that they love to play together and that’s how their duo and show, Origami Swan, was born! Oh, and they love playing loud birds…  facebook.com/origamiswanimproDoris Likes Everything (FIN) - “Loser Circus”In EnglishLoser Circus is an improvised narrative story that takes place in the golden ages of travelling circuses. It’s a show that brings the heartwarming feel of a classic underdog story together with the rush and valour of the live acts that can only happen inside a circus ring. And a sneak peek, if you will, into the whimsical yet hard life that starts when the curtains are closed.Doris Likes Everything has nearly 30 years of combined improv experience and they are all keen on learning new skills, pushing themselves and each other to the next level and even beyond.Now they have already performed together in three different countries and Doris Likes Everything has formed itself into the perfect combination of dorkiness and coolness. They take their projects seriously but always with a heartful idiotism as a spice.  facebook.com/dorislikeseverything  instagram.com/dorislikeseverything
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190920T181500Z
DTEND:20190920T194500Z
DTSTAMP:20190920T211500
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UID:/workshops/being_a_dream_partner
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Being a Dream Partner
DESCRIPTION:Be someone everyone wants to play with. We look at how to be an engaging, happy and fun partner. Good improvisers should be able to play with anyone - no matter if they are veterans or beginners, we can always elevate our partner and make them look good. You’ll learn advanced listening and group mind, but most of all, the right attitude to do good improv. Soon enough, everyone will want you to be part of their team.Level: beginner-intermediate, but especially good for advanced players who miss the joy of playing with newbies.Aree Witoelar is the founder and artistic director of Impro Neuf International (INI) - Oslo’s first English improv comedy theatre and Norway’s largest improv community with over 500 members. He has been improvising since 2005 and is now with The Improv Speakeasy. He has performed in international festivals (Copenhagen, Bucharest, Amsterdam, Toronto) and in a dark alley, an underground bunker, and a Christmas Glühwein stand.Aree loves that there are many ways to do improv and believes that you have your own special blend. His improvisational style is a synthesis from masters of a variety of schools: Jay Sukow & Andel Sudik (Second City), Will Hines (UCB), Jason Shotts & Craig Cackowski (iO West), Katy Schutte (Maydays), Rafe Chase & Tim Orr (BATS) and TJ Mannix (Magnet). His teaching philosophy is to help players find improv that brings joy and make bold choices within that style (see areewitoelar.com/testimonials). Aree runs an improv blog On Cloud Nine, inspired by what he observes in the Norwegian improv scene.  improvspeakeasy.com  facebook.com/improvspeakeasy  improneuf.no
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T070000Z
DTEND:20190921T100000Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T100000
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UID:/workshops/the_mono_scene
LOCATION:Kuninga 6
SUMMARY:The ICC Theatre long-form structure “The Mono scene”
DESCRIPTION:The award-winning improv team Meanwhile, Back at the Lab, that Stefan performs in have their very own unique format. The Mono scene with quick flashbacks to discover the characters background stories. This is a real treat to watch and even more fun to perform. This format requires a lot from the improvisers to also be aware of the bigger picture ofthe whole story. Improvisers are expected to have a certain amount of stage experience.Level: advanced.Stefan has performed in more than 8 Danish Feature films, several short films and acted at Betty Nansen and The Royal Danish Theater. He’s performed improv professionally since 2009. He studied at iO Chicago in 2013 taking their world-recognized training programme. After his education, he organized the Copenhagen International Improv Festival which facilitated more than 60 International Improvisers. Due to the Festival’s success, he was invited back to the iO theater by iO founder, Charna Halpern, to shadow teach under some of the world’s best instructors.He played the character POUL in the Improvised feature film, Det Andet Liv, which premiered in August 2014 and received extremely good reviews. He has performed at the iO Theater in The Armando Diaz Theatrical Experience & Hootenanny (Chicago’s longest-running improv show). Besides this, he also performed with some of Chicago’s best improvisers, and in the fall 2014 he traveled around more than 12 cities in Europe with iO performers Lyndsay Hailey, Tara DeFrancisco and Rance Rizzutto, and a further 4 cities with the world’s best improv performers, TJ and Dave – shadowing their classes and doing shows.In 2015 he organized the first Copenhagen International Improv Festival, opened by the US Ambassador Rufus Gifford, who also participated in the show. Since his third summer in Chicago, he’s been in Germany, Slovenia and Dubai, and has now realized his dream of opening the first ever professional improv theatre in Denmark, The Improv Comedy Copenhagen (ICC) Theatre, with his non-improv partner, Kasper Jacobsen.The ICC Theatre was then awarded 2017 BEST STAGE IN COPENHAGEN after only 10 months of operation. Since ICC Opened officially in January 2016 he has taught more than 700 students in Copenhagen, besides teaching in Latvia, Bulgaria, Italy, South Africa, and Dubai, and performing with OHANA in Barcelona, Mount Olymprov and Sofia Improv Festival.Stefan also represents Denmark as a member of the European improv community OHANA: an organization including the 40 top improv instructors from around Europe. He performs shows 3 nights a week and teaches Level 4 + 5 at the ICC Training Centre.Stefan was awarded BEST TEACHER in Denmark 2017 by the Danish improv community, while his team Meanwhile, Back at the Lab won BEST IMPROV TEAM.  improvcomedy.eu  facebook.com/improvcomedycph  instagram.com/improvcomedycopenhagen
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T070000Z
DTEND:20190921T100000Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T100000
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UID:/workshops/be_a_troublemaker_fuel_the_scene
LOCATION:Vene tn 6, Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Be a Troublemaker, Fuel the Scene
DESCRIPTION:Solving the conflict or finding a solution to the problem on stage is the fastest way to kill the scene. On the contrary, if you add oil to the fire, the scene will blossom. We will explore how to increase the stakes, reject the offers of our partner in order to accept them, search for embedded games and throw obstacles in the way of your partners and yourself, making all these troubles a big support for the scene. Let´s be rude, make troubles and fuel the scene!Level: beginner, intermediate.After discovering improv in 2012, Václav has steered his life fully towards theatre in all its forms. He studied devising acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, working on solo performances, clowning and acrobatics. He studied long-form improv at iO Chicago.With his ensemble Bafni they perform regularly in the Czech Republic and at international improv festivals in Europe (Tampere - Finland, Amsterdam, Nancy - France).Václav has been leading improv workshops for actors and improv trainings for corporate clients in the last two years in the Czech Republic, Colombia, Hungary, France, Ukraine and USA. He speaks English, Spanish, German, Russian and Hungarian.  vaclavwortner.com  facebook.com/mykluci
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T110000Z
DTEND:20190921T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T140000
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UID:/workshops/stand_up_and_improv
LOCATION:Kuninga 6
SUMMARY:Stand-up and Improv
DESCRIPTION:As a professional improviser and stand-up comedian, Jeron likes to combine the best of two worlds. As an improviser, sometimes making a joke might kill the story. As a stand-up comedian, it is scary to leave your fixed set and improvise with the audience and still be funny. In this workshop, we touch two worlds. Two worlds that might look opposing from the outside but feel really good from the inside.Level: best for improvisers who also want to try stand-up or comedians that want to learn to loosen up.Jeron Dewulf is a professional improviser and a stand up comedian. He has 27 years of improv and 12 years of stand up experience that he will share with you. He has no secrets and will try to teach you everything he knows. Come and steal his brain!  jerondewulf.com  instagram.com/jerondewulf1  facebook.com/jerondewulfcomedian
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T110000Z
DTEND:20190921T140000Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T140000
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UID:/performances/mixer_ef
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:“Sõnadeta: Heliline teos!” & “Portmanteau”
DESCRIPTION:            The seventh international improv festival Tilt is very proud to welcome improvisers from countries nearby and far away. Because these participants are skillful at what they do, they are happy to engage in challenges that are bigger than just improvising a performance on the spot! On the day of the mixer show, improvisers with different backgrounds have met in a workshop and with the help of the workshop instructor, they have prepared the format that you will see on the same evening. So it’s as fresh as it can be! Come to the performance and see how it all will turn out!“No Lyrics: The Sonic Piece!”. Instructor: Stacey Smith (USA)In EnglishWe sing when there are no words left to say. But what about when our lyrics are taken away? The show zooms in on sonic exploration and you will see how the performers will heighten their emotions to create musical pieces that have no words.“Portmanteau”. Instructor: Phil Whelans (GBR)In EnglishThree or four characters - some, none or all of whom know each other - are in a location (quite possibly one suggested by the audience). And there they stay - voluntarily or otherwise - for the whole show. And the interaction of these three or four could be a show in itself. But it isn’t.During the course of their time together, each character tells a story, and each story comes to life on stage, before we return to the central narrative - our characters in our location. The stories can be autobiographical, real, fantastical or none of the above. They can change the characters in the “meta” story and therefore feed that story. Or not. It’s all up for grabs. That’s right; it’s a Portmanteau.
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T151500Z
DTEND:20190921T161500Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T181500
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UID:/performances/troika_icc
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:Troika (LVA/RUS) - “Journey” & ICC Theatre (DNK)
DESCRIPTION:            Troika (LVA/RUS) - “Journey”In EnglishWe all make choices every day, big or small, and they all take us on a journey.After getting a suggestion from the audience about a decision or choice they’ve made in their life (big or small) the actors are inspired to explore a character (or characters) stories.This decision can be the pivot point, or it can be the instigator, the beginning or the end, because it isn’t so much about the destination, it’s more about the journey.Troika was an idea that formed back at TILT in 2017 where Anna, Kaspars and Josh first met. After that clandestine meeting, they knew they had to perform together so they created Troika.They came up with the name Troika, meaning a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses, to represent how the trio of them met and bonded over their shared experiences.Troika, as a vehicle, allows these three improvisers to explore characters and choices they take while taking you on the journey with them.  facebook.com/ImprovComedyRiga  instagram.com/improvcomedyriga  facebook.com/improvgenerator  instagram.com/improvgeneratorICC Theatre (DNK)In EnglishICC Theatre is proud to be guesting TILT with four of their main stage performers. They will perform a show previewing their unique style of improvisation.Come watch strong characters, quick comedy and an overall great experience.It’s a quick-paced show with truthful scenes discovering the unique story as it reveals itself to the audience.Performers are Marius Lathey, Sarah MacGillion, Stefan Pagels Andersen and Thomas Andersen.Improv Comedy Copenhagen or the ‘ICC Theatre’ as people tend to call it, opened its doors to the public in August 2016 as the first dedicated theatre to the art of improvisation in Denmark.Besides being awarded ‘Best Stage in Copenhagen 2017’ by AOK for putting up English speaking improvised comedy shows of a high international standard, the ICC Theatre is also a training ground for professionals in the corporate sector who seek to strengthen their communication, collaboration and presentation skills.The ICC Theatre is one of the leading companies within Europe to facilitate improvisation workshops and customised sessions to a wide range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to the public sector in Denmark, as well as in more than 20 cities internationally since its establishment.  improvcomedy.eu  facebook.com/improvcomedycph  instagram.com/improvcomedycopenhagen
URL:https://improfestival.ee
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTSTART:20190921T163000Z
DTEND:20190921T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T193000
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UID:/performances/speakeasy_7_women
LOCATION:Vene 14a Tallinn, Estonia
SUMMARY:The Improv Speakeasy (NOR) - “Alice in Improvland” & 7 Women of Different Ages (POL)
DESCRIPTION:            The Improv Speakeasy (NOR) - “Alice in Improvland”Alice in Improvland is a damn serious show - that is, until Alice falls into a rabbit hole, then all bets are off! In this improvised spinoff of Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s tale, we dive into the fantastical world of the most wonders of wonders, filled with the Queens of Hearts (maybe, we don’t know), the Mad Hatter (maybe), a smoking caterpillar (maybe) and grinning cats (yes please!). All the while dealing with the real consequences of Alice’s half day as a missing person. Where does reality end and fantasy begin? Audience gets to decide who Alice is and what kind of hole she falls into (be polite now).The Improv Speakeasy is the founding house team of Impro Neuf International, Oslo’s biggest improv theatre community. They love high culture and lowbrow humor: you can never guess if the next scene will be a Shakespearean tragedy or Family Guy. A curious mix of clowns, actors, hula hoopists, museum curators, doctors and neuroscientists, they aim for both heart and brain in one show. In the past five years, they have been the warden of Chateau Neuf, performing, hosting, teaching, and facilitating up-and-coming teams to power the explosive rise of Norwegian improv.Speakeasy is Aree Witoelar, Johanne Hofseth, Sverre Breian, Robin Sverd, Magnus Aasheim, Benedicte Alnæs, Eivind Hildre Spilling and Helene Holbæk. Between them, they have 50 years of improv experience and have performed in Denmark, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Germany and other places in Europe.  improvspeakeasy.com  facebook.com/improvspeakeasy  improneuf.no7 Women of Different Ages (POL)„Humor, strength, emotion and truth. A powerful combination that proves the importance of professional and conscious work.” / „Status” Magazine„The God created her, the Devil possessed,Forever she’s sinful, forever she’s saint,The good, and the bad, the tricky, sincereThe passion, despair, the smile, and the tear,And angel, and demon, and terror, and wonder,The peak over clouds, depth deep as can be,Beginning, the end, the woman - that’s me.” /Julian Tuwim„7 Women of Different Ages” is also a title of a documentary film by Krzysztof Kieślowski, as it is a direct inspiration for their show, in which actresses and women from the audience share particular moments of their lives - what they realized, what changed with years - and based on that they take you to improvised adventure told in several stories about being a women in XXI century.7 Women of Different Ages is a Polish-based group of improvisers, with a rich experience in their art, and various experience in life. In the cast, you may find not only an actress, and a film director, but also a mathematician, an interior designer and a Croatian philologist – and we’re just talking about their education here for start.  facebook.com/7womenofdifferentages  instagram.com/7women.improv
URL:https://improfestival.ee
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DTSTART:20190921T181500Z
DTEND:20190921T194500Z
DTSTAMP:20190921T211500
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