Improvised Comedy goes OFF THE MAP

Media Release: The Court Theatre

Improvised Comedy goes OFF THE MAP

Masters of improvised comedy The Court Jesters are about to take audiences to the heart of New Zealand in THE EARLY EARLY LATE SHOW: OFF THE MAP.

Set in a small New Zealand town (the name of which is provided by the audience), the Jesters create a range of eccentric characters and weave a story from suggestions supplied at the start of the show.

Director Brendon Bennetts describes OFF THE MAP as “both an intimate and an epic story” and a “love letter to the real NZ - or at least a fake NZ that looks like the real NZ.”

Shows by The Court Jesters have become a staple of The Forge’s seasons. THE EARLY EARLY LATE SHOW is a chance for “The Jesters to flex their improv muscles and try something different to SCARED SCRIPTLESS”, says Court Jesters Manager Kirsty Gillespie.

OFF THE MAP was performed at the 2009 NZ improv Festival and hailed as “Both very real and very amusing” by Salient magazine, who went on to praise it as “a very successful show by a really tight troupe.”

A national tour of OFF THE MAP is planned later in the year “to the very towns it draws its inspiration from,” says Gillespie.

THE EARLY EARLY LATE SHOW: OFF THE MAP plays on Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays at 8pm from June 3 until June 19. All tickets are $15.

THE EARLY EARLY LATE SHOW: OFF THE MAP with The Court Jesters
Directed by: Brendon Bennetts
Cast: Brendon Bennetts, Emma Brittenden, Kathleen Burns, Javier Jarquin and Daniel Pengelly
Venue: The Forge at The Court Theatre, 20 Worcester Blvd, The Arts Centre, Christchurch
Performance Dates: Thursday 3 June – Saturday 19 June 2010
Performance Times: 8pm Thursday, Friday and Saturdays
Tickets: $15
Bookings: The Court Theatre, 20 Worcester Boulevard; 963 0870 or www.courttheatre.org.nz

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