The Impro Cave Schedule

This week

August 26, 7.30pm

1st half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Final Round: “The Gods are Watching”)
Over the eleven weeks of the Cave, Gorilla has held sway: over 20 competitors, 72 Bananas won and a heady 39 Forfeits dealt without mercy. More than 30 themes. From “Conception” to “The Power of Musical Theatre.” “Identity” to “The Wonderful World of Men”, and now … it all comes down to this. Five improvisers. Ten minutes each. Glory … is at hand. Who will be 2007 Gorilla Theatre™ Champion?

2nd half: Your Place or Mine (Dir: Jenny Lovell)
Forget the barriers between stage and audience! With “Your Place or Mine” the entire café space becomes the inspiration for the show. Performers adopt every nook and cranny and create scenes from the most surprising of positions.
Don’t miss this final performance of Cave ’07.

Full schedule

Jun 17, 7.30pm (Opening Night)

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™
Improviser vs Improviser vying for audience love and points in hilarious, atomically charged theatre.

2nd Half: The Hell Show
Five souls trapped in purgatory. Their one chance for salvation – to shine in a musical … directed by Satan!

Jun 24, 7.30pm

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 2)

2nd Half: Couples
3 couples, 6 people and a ga-zillion secrets. A mini impro soap playing out the relationships behind relationships. Directed by Patti Stiles.

July 1, 6pm

Early Show: Harold
Revelations, stories and connections. A piece tracing the good grace of humour and humanity evolves from a single audience suggestion. This world renowned impro show in the hands of this city’s freshest talent.

July 1, 7.30pm

1st Half: Micetro™
Performance “Survivor” style. A pool of elite improvisers take the stage to face cheers, tears and inevitable eliminations. By night's end, a champion shall be crowned. Micestro™—there can be only one.

2nd Half: H’bout This?!
A hot seat. A lone improviser... an idea ignites! Will it fly? Does it have legs? The show that takes the dreaded “pitch” and swings it on its head. Directed by Jason Geary.

July 8, 6pm

Early Show: Harold

July 8, 7.30pm

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 3)

2nd Half: Fortune
Destiny unveiled Impro Melbourne style. An audience member‘s future is foretold by the plucky oracles of IM. Can you handle the truth? Directed by Tim Redmond.

July 15, 6pm

Early Show: Harold

July 15, 7.30pm

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 4)

2nd Half: Double Stunt!
One hour of comedy improvisation where Melbourne's most talented improvisers team up for a night of paired up, twosome goodness. Directed by Lliam Amor.

July 22, 6pm

Early Show: Harold

July 22, 7.30pm

MEGA MICETRO™!
A mid-season treat. Two action-packed hours of exhilirating elimination spectacle!

July 29, 6pm

Early Show: Harold
This is your last chance to catch this most unique of impro shows, so don't miss it!

July 29, 7.30pm

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 5)

2nd Half: Über Improv
Sausage. Schnapps. Lederhosen. All things German, but all things unlikely to be seen in Uber Improv. Be exhilarated. Be thrilled. Be efficiently entertained by the Cave's special international guests. Directed by Mark Gambino & Sean Fabri.

August 5, 7.30pm

1st Half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 6 – “Choose your foe”)

2nd Half: Smells Like A Song (Dir: Rama Nicholas)
The first of our two, special Comedy Festival encores. Smells Like a Song, the fabulous, fully improvised musical where you become conductor, director and muse with the simple toss of a rose.

August 12, 7.30pm

1st Half: Micetro™ – The final chance to catch Micetro this year!

2nd Half: The Not So Late, Late Nite Impro Show (Dir: Jamie Robertson)
The second of our encores, “Late Nite Impro” returns from its spectacular, sold out 2007 Comedy Festival Season. It’s fast paced, high energy, multi-layered hilarity with all the good times of Late Nite Impro without the late night.

August 19, 7.30pm

1st half: Gorilla Theatre™ (Round 7 – “The Penultimate”)
The final two rounds of Gorilla Theatre™ begin.
The clock is ticking.
Themes hang like the Sword of Damocles.
Impro glory awaits only the bravest soul.

2nd Half: Genre Classic (Dir: Rama Nicholas)
Impro returns to its origins. Sidle up to the story-telling well, summon your favourite genre … now toss that coin and hold your breath.
Genre Classic—a spontaneous, theatrical tale in the style of your choosing.

August 26, 7.30pm