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Theatresports™ Review Weekend Notes

"It's thrilling theatre which is wondrous to witness: you can't help but admire the collective talent of its dynamic creators.~ Stories take unexpected turns. Drama flips to comedy. A throwaway line makes you think. ~ In these screen-fixated times, it's rare to find an alternative, accessible activity which appeals to the whole family. Add to the mix an evening's entertainment that champions qualities such as resourcefulness, teamwork, generosity and pluck, served up with a healthy dose of wholesome humour, and you have a winning formula for a fun, family experience. The name of the game is Theatresports."

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The Final episode of the GEB - “WEDDINGS, WIDOWS AND THUMB WARS”

It’s Theodore’s birthday! He is served a ‘bomb Alaska’ cake prepared by the Cook with Dr Foottee and the Countess. Theodore has finally achieved his childhood dream of owning the GEBH – could a romance with the Countess be next?

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Episode Eight – WINSOME, WIMPLES AND WILLIES

After weeks trekking through Paris with Footte’s baby, Theodore returns to the Grand Budapescht. And just in time. Deceased former owner Belvedere Hogg’s will has arrived by pigeon post ...

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Episode Seven – Baritones, Babies, and the Black Moon Monster

This week the rising of the Black Moon transformed more than Concierge Theodore Jones as residents fled for their lives...

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Episode Six –Confessions, Cocaine, Canoeing

...An even more unusual time for Doctor Foottee to announce that he, through the miracles of modern science, was pregnant...

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Episode 5 - Bells, Belvedere, and Bunnycrack

Drama rang out at the Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel this week, as some new arrivals threw the established order on its head.

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Episode 4 - Spark Plugs Will Set Your Heart On Fire

Oh my! Cupid had mischief on the brain this week, as loved soared and roared in all corners of the Hotel.

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Episode three | This is your card!

The Hotel was a stacked deck of lust and intrigue as the cards of fate were shuffled and played.

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Behind the scenes with Patti Stiles

We we caught up with Patti Stiles to ask her a few questions about the The Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel. The Grand Exotic Budapescht Hotel is an improvised soap opera, performed from July 22 - Sept. 9. Patti Stiles is the director and Co-Artistic Director of the show. She is also one of the members of the award-winning group Die Nasty in Edmonton Canada, who created this particular form of improvised show.

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Episode two | Hoaxes, Holy Spirit and the devil inside.

It must have been the blood moon as ectoplasm mayhem checked in to The Grand Budapescht Hotel this week. The Countess spent an exhausting week dodging Lawyer Monty St. Claire. Luckily friend, confidant and master ruse maker Dr. Hans Foottee concocted an elaborate plot. It was easy; the Countess would fake her own death with the Dr.’s medical seal of approval. Then she would be exorcised back to life. How convenient Sister Agnes of Assumption happened to wander into the hotel after losing the Von Trapps trail. The Sisters rapture was spirit shockingly convincing.

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