The Sticking Place

Theatre

The 2008 London Improvathon

A 50 Hour Non-Stop Improvised Soap Opera

Jamie Cavanagh and Matt Alden

Director Dana Andersen watches Josh Darcy, Bellinda Cornish and Seamus Allen.

The company at Casino Oui Oui

Jamie Cavanagh and Matt Alden get the crowd going.

Director Dana Andersen after 50 hours.

Action at Casino Oui Oui

Sean McCann, Josh Darcy and Oliver Senton

Dream sequences at The Casino Oui Oui

Josh Darcy and Lucy Trodd

Bellinda Cornish, Mark Meer and Kurt Smeaton

Dana Andersen in directors' corner with the band

Paul Robinson and Davina Stewart

Mark Meer

Photos by Drew Leavy

'A clutch of fearsomely able improvisers.' (Financial Times)

The ultimate theatrical marathon. A company of 50 performers and musicians directed live by Canadian improv wizard Dana Andersen, whose 'Die-Nasty' troupe have performed weekly shows and annual 53-hour narratives for the past 17 years.

After 30 hours of sleepless improvisation, participants are reduced to their 'lizard brain' and can no longer censor themselves, resulting in an extraordinary and euphoric live performance.

The 2008 Improvathon (the first event of its kind in the UK) was set in a French Riviera Casino in the late 1960's.

The action was entirely improvised and 17 performers went the whole 50 hours.

14 audience members booked for the whole event (with one audience member watching 48 hours).

It was held at The People Show Studios, January 18th-20th 2008.

Featuring:

Mark Meer, Bellinda Cornish, Kurt Smeaton, Kory Mathewson, Adam Meggido, Oliver Senton, Dylan Emery, Sean McCann, Lucy Trodd, Maya Sendall, Ruby Lake, Cariad Lloyd, Pippa Evans, Matt Alden, Jamie Cavanagh, Davina Stewart, Josh Darcy, Neil Edmond, Roderick Millar, Tanja Pilcher, Alexandra Clarke, Jean-Paul Van Cauwerlaert, Gemma Wheelan, Seamus Allen, Susanne Gschwendtner, Josh Higgott, Paul Robinson, Rebecca Shanks, Drew Leavy, Jacob Banigan, Harry Smith.

With the assistance of:

Henry Lewis, Laura Kirman, Erin Patrick, David Hearn, William Postlethwaite, Joshua Elliott, Alice Orr-Ewing, Emma Jasper, Jack Tompkins, Kim Whitley, Harry Kershaw, Nathalie Clarke, Coral Tarran, Michael Bodie, Julio Jaime Morales, Kat Lawrence.

Musicians: Dylan Emery, Harry Smith, Terry Smith, Ian Joynston, Irving Rappaport, Zoot Lynam.

Directed by Dana Andersen
Assisted by Ildiko Solti
Designed by Kirsty Durman
Lighting Design by Bruce T
Technical Manager Bruce T
PR and Marketing Kate Allen
Produced by Adam Meggido and Kate Allen for The Sticking Place and The School Of Night
Associate Producers Melissa Ridley and Michelle Shaw
Executive Producers Irving Rappaport, Dylan Emery, Sean McCann, Maya Sendall.

Supported by Keith Strachan, Clock.