Category: Theatre – Improv

Let’s review. Review Revue is yet another harebrained scheme from the minds of the wonderful Logan Hunt and Bethany Miller. What presents itself as a normal one-act play turns into something goofier, stranger, and more improvised. After a brief introduction to the cast and crew, we are informed of the show’s twist; there is a Read more

Okay so PopRox woke up and chose violence. The latest offering from Wellington improv stalwarts PopRox is SwapRox, a long-form improvised play in which its cast and crew are expected to swap roles periodically. Most of them are ill-equipped for anything but performing, and yet they manage to pull together the best improvised show Wellington’s Read more

This review kind of turned into an essay on consistency. Kicking off the silly season is PopRox‘s latest twist on their beloved format; Janice’s Last Christmas, an improvised office party. With classic festive hijinks and a cast that never misses, PopRox proves again that they’re the most consistent improv troupe in town. The gimmick of Read more

Mamma Mia, here we Mo again. Marketed as a direct sequel to last year’s hit show, Ms. Christmas Bachelorette, PopRox is back with Mr. Halloween Bachelor, a version that’s spookier, sexier, and heart-pounding-er. Frankenstein is in the single’s chair this time, and his suitors are no less insane. It’s a whole season of The Bachelor Read more

Dearest gentle reader, It is my pleasure to inform you that the biggest event of the regency (?) era has landed upon our very own Wellingtonian shores with promise of drama, scandal, and dresses that could slay Spencer Perceval in cold blood. Make Haste Productions has made their debut at the illustrious BATS Theatre, and Read more

Teenagers are weird. Sometimes they’re capable of amazing feats, unfettered by the knowledge of what they can and can’t do. Other times they struggle to understand that no, cricket doesn’t cause pregnancies. Every moment to them is precious, no matter how strange adults perceive them. And it’s that preciousness that For the First Time captures Read more

It’s not Christmas until PopRox hits the stage. A massive leap from their Nativity Play last year, PopRox is back with an all new take on Christmas; a Bachelorette spoof that casts the recently widowed Ms. Christmas as the leading lady looking for love. The Hannah Playhouse is abuzz with excitement as Lia Kelly plays Read more

It’s a bad time to be lactose-intolerant in Wellington City. The Milkyverse is the latest in local legen-dairy MILK’s ongoing saga of chaos and moisture. Half-improv, half-roman circus (complete with towel togas and pelting), the show aspires to be a raucous affair amongst the timidity of Wellington improv. One of the players thrusts a tupperware Read more

Three performers. Two fighters. One winner. The (Improvised) Hunger Games is here. The Quarter Quell is an improvised version of The Hunger Games that, instead of focusing on the socio-political representations of late stage capitalism in an uncaring world, opts to showcase the sheer absurdity of the games themselves. It’s a non-stop series of phenomenally Read more

Ladies, blokes and non-binary folks, the future of improv is here. It Came From Beyond The Script is a forty-ish minute long-form improvised show that themes itself around the horror B-movies of the 1950s. With a devilishly delightful cast and constant innovation, it delivers on its promise of thrills, laughs and a unique theatrical journey. Read more