Made Up & On The Spot!

We're gearing up for the STAB seasons with a short sharp jab of Improv! The 2nd Annual NZ Improv Festival starts Wednesday, and this time it's going global, with Impro Melbourne popping across the ditch for an appearance. I tells ya, laughing hard is the best way to gear up your abs for Summer, so check out who is on when and book - this is one of the busiest weeks of the year at BATS!

STAB was officially launched on Friday and would you believe that Live At Six opens next week? Check out the trailers on the You Tube channel and make a date to come to the media awards: they're on from Saturday 17 October, with a preview on the 16th...

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NZ Improv Fest

A different show every night!

From Wednesday 7 - Saturday 10 October at 7PM

Tickets: $18 full / $15 Concession or get a Season Pass for all 4 nights - $50 full / $45 Concession

We bring you the best improv companies in NZ together for one awesome festival dedicated to making it up as we go along. What could possibly go wrong?!?

Groups from Auckland, Christchurch, and Wellington are joined this year by Impro Melbourne in showcasing the best of improvisational theatre ready to change the way you see spontaneous.

Wednesday 7th 7pm

WIT presents… WellingSin City

The Improvisors… present Garry Trotter and the Philosopher’s Whateveryoulike

Thursday 8th 7pm

Impro Melbourne presents… Mr Fish and his Spooky Library of the Improv Macabre

Conartists present… Bite me: Fangprov

Friday 9th 7pm

Court Jesters present… Off the Map

Impro Melbourne presents… The Wishing Tree

Saturday 10th 7pm

Allstar Micetro Improv!

15 of the best improvisors Down Under go head to head in a ‘winner take all’ challenge of games, scenes and hilarity!

For further programme information check out: nzif.wit.org.nz

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The PlayPit - TONIGHT!

TONIGHT at 6pm: If I was a Christian Fundamentalist, Would You Still Be My Friend? and Dust by Charlotte Simmonds

read by Johnny Potts, Charlotte Bradley & Paul Waggot.

The PlayPit is back after a month off with a suitably awesome pair of short plays for your enjoyment! Charlotte Simmonds - nominated for the Montana Book Awards, playwright, and BATS volunteer - shares with us her latest works for the stage since Black Coffee. If I was a Christian Fundamentalist, Would You Still Be My Friend? and Dust melds Charlotte's poetic language with her sharp tongued Theatre.

Kick back in the informal atmosphere of The PlayPit and throw around a bit of discussion after the reading, or just listen to these great plays read out loud.

The PlayPit is a series of monthly informal playreadings held in The Pit Bar. Writers are always welcome to submit scripts for a reading to Steph Walker at BATS - email steph@bats.co.nz

Win some tickets!

A very special STAB season pass competition: to win a double pass to both STAB shows' opening nights & a $1 mix for each person we want you do go on a BATSmail subscriber drive - get your friends to subscribe by forwarding this email to them and cc'ing steph@bats.co.nz in - when we see that your friends have subscribed you are in to win! Each person you get to subscribe is another chance to win... the winner will be randomly picked and announced in next Monday's BATSmail.

Congratulations to Jane Kuper, who won tickets to see The NZ Improv Fest on Thursday night.

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Mental Health Break

I don't know what this is, but I'm bookmarking it to check back on regularly. You should take a stab at it too. Or, check out the sassy Drag Queen we have coming our way in late November!

Japan always has cool stuff, and this is possibly the coolest cafe ever (thanks for the link Mia). What else is cool in Japan? Well you can buy stuff here that is apparently kawaii & coolish (no jokes), or pop over and try out these vending machines.

And for those of you who watched the boxing on the weekend, let us remember how David Tua himself was KO'd on Wheel of Fortune.

Got any links you think deserve a mention? Email me!

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To book for any performance at BATS email book@bats.co.nz with your name, the show, date and number of tickets. We will reply to confirm your booking and you can pay when you come to the show. Choice! SPREAD THE WORD

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