Part of Hoopla's 20th Anniversary Improv Festival!
MASSIVE evening of improv to celebrate 20 years of Hoopla! Please note earlier show start than normal.
7pm:Grand Theft Impro!
Improvised comedy. By veterans. For fun. Grand Theft Impro were performing before Hoopla even started, and were already a well established group back in 2006. They were hugely inspiring to us as they were one of best improv groups to see when we were starting out, and still are, and it’s an HONOUR to have them perform at Hoopla! They were also some of the earliest teachers of many the original team at Hoopla, and without them we probably wouldn’t have existed.
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8:10pm:Dreamweaver Quartet! Tell them your strangest dreams and they shall make them manifest through music, dance and storytelling! Dreamweaver Quartet collect the strangest dreams from the audience and use them to inspire improvised songs, music, dance and storytelling in one amazingly creative whirlwind of an improv show. They were originally produced at The Nursery Theatre, an influential theatre on the birth of the modern London improv scene, and the group also feature many of Hoopla’s teachers. These groups sell out every single show at Hoopla so we recommend booking ahead!
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9:30pm:Abandomanis back at Hoopla! Ireland’s finest hip hop musical comedian, Rob Broderick, a.k.a. Abandoman. Using his trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, Abandoman will take you on a magical journey, transforming the audience’s likes, loathes and daydreams into hit songs and captivating tales. Abandoman has previously won Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, Best Comedy Newcomer at the Adelaide Fringe, headlined comedy stages at Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and Leeds, performed in the house band for Alan Carr's Happy Hour on Channel 4 alongside Craig David, played the part of Dictionary Corner in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as well as supported and toured with pop behemoth Ed Sheeran.