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Lights! Camera! Improvise! (Scat Pack)

By | Published on Monday 8 August 2011

This collection of comedians are accomplished, but it is the compère and the cinema setting that make this improv act shine. Each show is based on a film from the compère’s collection, and his role in the proceedings helps Scat Pack to avoid some of the major pitfalls of improvised comedy, as the troupe don’t ignore their errors, but highlight them: if a character contradicts the plot, gets a name wrong, or forgets an affectation then the compère ‘pauses’ the action, mocks it, and then forces the players to improvise an explanatory scene. It’s an endearing device, and works well. However, though they are a competent team of improvisers, there’s disparity of ability between the players that holds this back from being five stars.

C, 3 – 29 Aug (not 16), 19.15pm (20.15pm), £6.50 – £11.50, fpp109.
tw rating 4/5
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