Improvisers reveal the best and worst in us all at Fringe

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Improvisers reveal the best and worst in us all at Fringe using a long-form format new to Wellington

Ten improvisers from Wellington improv company, BaseJump Improv, are performing Hardcore Truth during New Zealand Fringe Festival from 5th to 9th March 2019, 8pm at Courtenay Creative . Deconstructing a moment in time between two characters, they reveal the best and worst in us all; from holding contradictory beliefs to misjudging our personal qualities for a chance at intimacy or friendship.

The company, coached by BaseJump Improv founder, James Smith, will be performing Hardcore Truth using The Deconstruction , a long-form format created and developed in Chicago and given new life through the work of Miles Stroth in L.A. Using a combination of realistic, thematic and absurd scenes, the format allows performers to explore a relationship between two people and offer pointed commentary. Insightful, funny and moving, the format offers a juxtaposition between the characters’ expectation for their lives and where and who they currently are. Hardcore Truth is a fully improvised show, which has never performed in Wellington before and is a first for audiences of New Zealand Fringe Festival 2019.

During New Zealand Fringe Festival 2018, the company performed The Blender (“a damn good show” Wellingtonista ) at Scruffy Bunny Improv Theatre. BaseJump Improv founder and Hardcore Truth producer, James Smith, is excited to return with a new format: “NZ Fringe is great; there is such an energy around doing a new format for a festival and a whole heap of anticipation and build up within our team. I love the show, it offers the perfect mix of brutal, very real truths and face-paced, straight up ridiculous humour."

Founded in 2016, BaseJump Improv runs regular comedy classes and shows in Wellington in the tradition of some of the great sketch and improv comedy theatres from the U.S.A. The Company is Wellington and NZ’s only exclusively long-form improv comedy school.

Website: basejumpimprov.co.nz / Facebook: BaseJumpImprov / Instagram: @Basejumpimprov

Hardcore Truth plays:
Dates: 5-9 March 2019; 8pm
Venue: Courtenay Creative, 49 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Tickets: Full price: $16, concession: $13, Group 6+: $12
Booking: https://www.fringe.co.nz/show/31589

Production credits:
Coach: James Smith
Producer: James Smith, BaseJump Improv
Performers: Duncan Ballinger, Tristram Domican, Jan Feld, Jamie Hoare, Richard Hoffman,
Joel Luscombe, Jonathan Mandeno, Cailin Neal, Olivia Wills, Tony Yuile

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