Busy Times
Within a matter of 48 hours, the Honest Liars had hosted two workshops.
The first one was a little outside the box as the wonderful folk at Media Works asked the players if they would come and entertain them during a conference day they were having. This involved staff from radio stations based in Tauranga, Thames and Coromandel and was to be held at the Falls Retreat in Karangahake Gorge.
It started well as the Honest Liars sat and discussed the line-up over a coffee.
But neither the players nor the radio personal had any idea that this lunch was going to be in a public restaurant where other people would be. Well, free show for the onlookers, although they probably wouldn’t have got any of the in-jokes that the players dropped throughout the gig.
The show kicked off with a quiz-style question and answers with all the participants up onto their feet, answering multi-choice questions and sitting down if getting it wrong. How could they? All the questions were loosely based on what Honest Liars had been able to glean about their audience. But, there was a winner and chocolate came his way.
The ‘Alphabet Game’ clinched even more secrets being let out of the bag to the delight of the audience.
However, it was a little disconcerting when the restaurant staff picked the middle of the ‘Change Game’ to bring out the pizzas and place them on the tables. But the humour of the situation wasn’t entirely lost by any.
A couple of games specifically more in the corporate workshop realm rounded off the hour, and the players left them to get on with their conference.
Two days later…
Now it was time for the Free Taster. The ‘teachers’ arrived knowing it was going to be busy. And, sure enough, there were 17 people in total… not counting the teachers.
This made for a wonderful couple of hours.
The usual warm-up games were played with one being ‘Body Touching’. Yes, that’s right folk, Kathy called out a number and a body part and the players had to connect.
“four ankles!”
“four pinkies!”
But the favourite was:
“four bums!”
It certainly got everyone loosened up and laughing.
Players were broken up into groups for “Plan a Party” which had magic carpets, ponies and unicorns and Donald Trump arriving.
“I am a Tree” had all sorts of different poses and got the players thinking outside their comfort zone and they added to the story.
Two lines were formed to play the “Yes And” game with murder and mayhem and “The Johnson File” covered divorce papers, doctors files and even a missing chapter of the bible.
Everyone loved “Space Jump” seeing players dancing with sore ankles, climbing a tree, doing yoga and even delivering an alien.
The Taster workshop proved to be a hit, and those who attended certainly had a ton of raw talent. Laughter abounded, and by the end, everyone left feeling uplifted and many indicating that they wanted more.
Thanks to the Teachers: Kathy & Melissa
Thanks to Support Players: Fee, Kay, Wendy, Sally, Steve
And a huge thanks to all who came along to try their brains at Improv.
The next show at the Jam Factory is on Sunday 1st November 7 pm
Book your tickets, have a drink at Mood Lounge first, then join us for loads of laughs.
1st Sunday of every Month
Jam Factory, Historic Village
Show Starts: 7 p.m.
