Review: The Committee: improvised comedy

When: 16th-20th, 22nd-26th August at 18:45
Where: Bar Bados Complex (Venue 32)

Ben's review:

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Some very strong performers carried this group I felt.  Did a huge variety of one word which was hilarious and managed to tie it all together at the end in a wierd way.

The Girlfriend's review:

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I'm not entirely on board with this format for improv. Taking one word from the audience "music" (not very inspiring, we wanted cannibalism!) Creating a first sketch from this and then taking one thing from a sketch to the next one and so on. I couldn't help but think that using just one word from the audience makes it lack the spontaneity that other improv formats have. There were some great sketches but the show was held up by a couple of strong performers and featured one that looked like she had been dragged of the street and had no idea how to improvise

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