The winners of two prestigious Dutch cabaret prices (Wim Sonneveldprijs 2013 & Leids Cabaret Festival 2013) talk with me about their show, ideas, inspirations and dreams, at local radio station AmsterdamFM.
(from left to right: Marc Pil (financial manager Amsterdams Kleinkunst Festival, Christine de Boer (from Yentl&deBoer, winner Wim Sonneveldprijs 2013), Merijn Scholten and Thomas Gast (of De Partizanen, winners Leids Cabaret Festival 2013).
During the 16th edition of Chicago Improv Festival (CIF), the largest improv festival of the world, ImprovFM recorded a 4parted series on the Four Seasons, with a mixed cast of talented performers from all over the world. The theme is inspired by the articulate climate of the city and the winter-like spring of the year 2013 (that kept everyone obsessively occupied..).
Recorded at the Upstairs Gallery in Chicago – with great technical support of Tim(othy) Joyce (Chicago, USA) and with live(ly) and fully improvised music by Robbie Ellis (New Zealand).
The recordings are now online! Listen here* to Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.
(* be aware: nothing is edited, they are fully improvised!)
Cast: Peter More (UK/NL), Kevin Mullaney (USA), Harrison George (USA), Daylynn Desouza (IN), Chris Kervick (USA), Senja Merilainen (FIN), Amy Rose Ramelli (USA), Daniel Halft (GER) , Alex Hanpeter (USA), Jude Tedmori (USA), Kyle Reinhard (USA), Joe Bill (USA), Robbie Ellis (NZ)
The tour in NYC ended with a show by a mixed cast of performers from various American cities: Matt Donnelly (Las Vegas), Rebecca Vigil, Brian Biancardi (Chicago) and Stephani Massuci (NYC)
In two weeks ImprovFM hits a New York stage, at a place where it once all started for presenter Gian van Grunsven: the Peoples Improv Theater (ps. the PIT is New York’s best comedy venue according to Time Out New York and New York Magazine)
Sundays, March 10th and 17th at 8pm. ImprovFM invites a cast of local PIT-comedians/improvisers to perform the show. The cast will soon be revealed.
At WOMEN Inc., an annual festival for women, carreer and networking, the first draft of the LOVE ACADEMY got launched!
The Love Academy is a online/offline space where you can expand and deepen your knowledge and skills regarding lust and love. The website provides visitors with lots of info on sex in its broadest sense. They also find an overview of our workshops and events. These workshops, hosted by (experienced) experts, are famous for their open and relaxed atmosphere, and always with a good sense of humor!
The Love Academy offers information to get wiser while sharing and acting by an online library, where we pay attention to a sex-related topics in a playful tone. The activities (workshops, events) of the Love Academy dare to recognize, explore, value and develop sexuality. The program is diverse, since sexuality is such an individual topic. The Love Academy-team is as divers as the topic (sex!). We are an international team which is passionate about its work.
Currently we are very busy to get the Love Academy website up and running. Although we made a start, not yet is our whole website translated to English. This is work in progress, so stay tuned for new info. 
During the international festival IMPRO Amsterdam 2013 ImprovFM recorded 4 podcasts with an international cast of improvisers. Every edition is inspired by one of the 4 natural elements: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. Listen HERE.
Cast: Rama Nicholas (AUS), Adam McKenzie (AUS), Jan Buermans (BE), Christophe Stienlet (BE), Domeka Parker (USA), Michiel Rampaart (NL), Casper Gimbrere (NL), Jeron Dewulf (BE), Ryan Millar (CA), Peter More (UK), and Sven Lanser (NL)
Music: Sacha Hoedemaker (NL) and David Groeneveld (NL) (and LIVE: Marko Bonarius)
Sound Effects: Emil Struijker Boudier (NL)
Tech&Recording: Wouter Snoei (NL)
If you want to gain a better understanding of my passion for improvisation, then this is your chance! This week the international festival IMPRO Amsterdam takes over the Compagnietheater. During the IMPRO Talks you can learn about the many (artistic, social and emotional..) facets of improvisation theater, every day at 7pm (free of admission). The main shows are performed by a professional international cast. In the Late Night show you can check out unique formats and groups from Amsterdam. I’m proud to announce that ImprovFM is one of them. Hope to see you this week!
New festival in Amsterdam: the Hotelnacht.
For 2 days Over het IJ Festival transforms Hotel Casa400 in a Hotel Theater with performances in hotelrooms and lobbies. Proud to be the MC of this weekend!
Inspiring weekend: hosting a lively mix of literature and music in Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague during Crossing Border festival and moderating the Q&A after an entertaining as weirdly moving documentary The Queen of Versailles in a fully booked Tuschinki 1.
