The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It’s theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
“…top rate improvisational comedy… as clever as any I’ve watched… fresh, witty and unexpected.” -Nelson Mail
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
Nelson Youth Theatre presents a ripsnorting production of Richard Lloyd's irreverent take on the classic Alexandre Dumas tale The Three Musketeers - Le Panteau!
The famous swashbucklers Porthos, Aramis, Athos and D'Artagnan are confronted by the despicable Cardinal Richeleeugh, his evil sidekick Le Chevalier Du Lobster Roquefort and a collection of other eminently boo-able villains.
Don't miss your chance to applaud our heroic Muskateers and hiss and boo at the villains in this hilarious and entertaining Pantomime Cordon Bleu!
Running time: 2.5 hours incl interval.
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
Game of Thrones Tribute Show
The Body in Space improv troupe will take you to the Seven Kingdoms as they create scenes, songs and more, all inspired by George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. See your favourite characters, new storylines and have your say in this interactive, laugh-out-loud comedy show
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." - Nelson Mail
A self-confessed "miserable old git" since the age of 23, Ed Byrne is now in his Forties. While for others this might result in a crisis that prompts the purchase of a sports car, Ed embraces middle age with open arms. Come join him, as he truly comes of age and gives out his clarion cry: "I am in my Forties. HEAR ME ROAR!"
Following on from the successes of his last shows Crowd Pleaser and Different Class, brilliant Irish stand-up comedian, Ed Byrne, is back at the NZ International Comedy Festival for the first time since 2009; with his hugely successful solo show Roaring Forties.
However happily Ed slides into middle age, he isn't ready for the slippers and woolly jumper quite yet. Still as angry as he ever was, you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of his withering rants. Family life (now a father of two), and everyday frustrations (seriously, something EVERY day) all come in for a pasting with typically hilarious results as Ed casts his curmudgeonly comic eye over his life.
This promises to be a rip-roaring night you won't want to miss.
"Comedy's holy grail... Go see!" - 4 Stars, Sunday Times, UK
"Byrne is at the top of his game" - 4 Stars, Sunday Telegraph, UK
"Jokes come so fast that hecklers don't have a chance to get a word in edgeways" - 4 Stars, The Times, UK
Part of the 2015 NZ International Comedy Festival in cahoots with Old Mout Cider, running from 24 April - 17 May. To get The Latest on all the comedy shows on offer, practical information about the Festival, access to competitions and special deals, head to comedyfestival.co.nz.
The Deep End is an improvised comedy show where the actors take your suggestions and use them to create scenes. It's theatre on the spot- dangerous, thrilling and often hilarious! Each monthly show will have a new theme and a cast comprised of different actors from our skilled Nelson crew, plus the occasional surprise visiting actor, so come back each month to see your favourites and be wowed by the endless ways in which the intrepid crew can invent one-off sketches, songs and stories!
"...top rate improvisational comedy... as clever as any I've watched... fresh, witty and unexpected." -Nelson Mail
All 37 Plays in 97 Minutes! An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) was London's longest-running comedy having clocked a very palpable nine years in London's West End at the Criterion Theatre! Join the madcap men in tights as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.
Warning! This show is a high-speed roller-coaster type condensation of all of Shakespeare's plays, and is not recommended for people with heart ailments, bladder problems, inner-ear disorders, outer-ear disorders, Shakespearean scholars, degrees in Elizabethan history and/or people inclined to motion sickness.
"ROLLICKING, FAST-MOVING AND HILARIOUS!" - The Guardian
"IF YOU LIKE SHAKESPEARE, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SHOW. IF YOU HATE SHAKESPEARE YOU'LL LOVE THIS SHOW!" - The Today Show
TheatresportsTM is a form of improvisational theatre, which uses the format of a competition for dramatic effect. Teams perform scenes based on audience suggestions and receive a score from the judges.
The Nelson/Tasman TheatresportsTM Competition brings together teams of talented young improvisors from local high schools. The participants are tutored throughout the year by members of the Body in Space Theatre Company and their school coordinator.
No one knows what will come to life on the stage. It is on-the-spot creativity and the stakes are high... the winning teams are sent off to the big smoke- Christchurch! They get to perform in the new Court Theatre and compete for a place in the South Island Theatresports Competition.
Whatever the outcome, this competition promises a great night of entertainment and a wonderful group of young people who are bravely stepping into the unknown together- get your tickets today!
