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Impro Melbourne Update (Apr. 2013)

by Kevin Yank on 11 April, 2013 in Newsletter

Greetings, Earthlings! Welcome to this mid-Comedy Festival edition of the Impro Melbourne Update. Your guest host today is Dr. Gaviun Schuster, who recently discovered a scientific link between improvisation and good health. “It’s great stuff!” Schuster says.

Maestro™ Wrap-up, In The Parlour & MICF 2013

by Kevin Yank on 4 April, 2013 in Shows

Anna Renzenbrink took the Maestro™ championship in our final show of our first season of the year! Coincidentally, she and the director of our Maestro™ season, Jenny Lovell, are now co-starring in an impossibly delightful show in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Maestro™ Week Five: Rik Does It Again!

by Kevin Yank on 23 March, 2013 in Shows

This week, Rik Brown bucked the odds to win the Maestro™ title for the second time this season. Check out our live-tweeted play-by-play, and find out what surprises we have in store for the season finale this Sunday!

Impro Melbourne Update (Mar. 2013)

by Kevin Yank on 19 March, 2013 in Newsletter

Attention comedy buffs! This e-newletter is for you. Yes, you there! The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is upon us (actually, it starts 27 March) and, boy (or girl), do we have a whole swag (or host) of shows for you (or whatever) to choose from. Read on for all the goss(ip).

Maestro™ Week Four: Well This Is Awkward…

by Kevin Yank on 15 March, 2013 in Shows

Last week’s Maestro™ winner was none other than your faithful Maestro™ blogger, Kevin Yank. AWKward! So rather than dwelling on my own (stellar) performance, let’s look at what this week’s show has in store.

Rik Brown Takes the Maestro™ Crown (+ Carousel this week!)

by Kevin Yank on 6 March, 2013 in Shows

Fan favourite Rik Brown often dazzles with a solo scene, but he had to pull off two to win Maestro™ this week. And if you’re coming to the rest of our Maestro™ season, be sure to get there by 6PM for our free early show: Carousel!

Charlie Sturgeon is our Week 2 Maestro™

by Kevin Yank on 27 February, 2013 in Shows

Week two of Maestro™ came down to a tie breaker between two of our guests from The Big HOO-HAA! Melbourne!

Impro Melbourne Update (Feb. 2013)

by Kevin Yank on 23 February, 2013 in Newsletter

Holy frijolé! It's the first Impro Melbourne Update for 2013! While everyone has been digesting their over-indulgence from the holiday period, we've been hard at work preparing a number of seasons for the start of the year, as well as the new Impro Melbourne website. What handsome/beautiful folks we are! Read on for the good word.

Lliam Amor Crowned First Maestro™ of 2013

by Kevin Yank on 17 February, 2013 in Shows

Melbourne turned up the heat for tonight’s season opener of Maestro™—and so did Impro Melbourne founding member Lliam Amor, who walked away with the coveted framed $5 note!