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Outside Joke Makes It Up To You

Written by: The Company

Presented by: Outside Joke / Winnipeg, MB

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07/19/2009 1:29 PM | Comments: 0

You’ve gotta hand it to this local improv troupe: They play well together, producing a cohesive and coherent hour-long comic musical based on a few audience suggestions.

Andrea del Campo was on fire, slipping from a role as a brain-injured battleship helmsman intent on invading Prince Edward Island to a spectacularly lazy island doctor who tries to stop the invasion, along with a smattering of other characters.

She may have been shouldering a heavier than normal load, since fellow players Chadd Henderson, RobYn Slade and Toby Hughes are also in improv show Advanced D’n’D: The Next Campaign at Venue 6.

But everyone, including musician Leif Ingebrigtsen, pulled their weight, adding a zombie Prince Edward, a matronly witch and a quirky serial killer to the mix.
The troupe boasts that no two shows are alike, which could signal hit-or-miss action. But judging by this smart performance, they’re pretty sharp shooters.

— Pat St. Germain

From the official Fringe Festival program:

Outside Joke is BACK! Experience the self-dubbed "anti-musical" - where people, places and things are created from audience suggestion and pulled together nice and tight through narrative and song.

"Quality, high-energy improv…" - A+, Uptown Magazine

"Confident and cool…their song-improvising skills are impressive, too." - Winnipeg Free Press

www.outside-joke.com

Warnings: Subject Matter, Language, The show is completely different every night and anything can happen!
RECOMMENDED: General Audience

60 min.

Venue# 21 Aqua Books 274 Garry St. (2nd Floor)

Tickets: $8
Discount Tickets: $6 for Students, Seniors, People with an Outside Joke button.
Under 12 not admitted.

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