What do you get with a comb, a nutcracker and a volleyball net?
If you ask Shuswap Theatre’s Laughing Gas Improv performing group, the answer would depend on the moment and the people involved.
With a firm belief in the old adage, “Laughter is the best medicine,” this freewheeling group will present You Can’t Wrap This at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
Improv theatre is based upon a wide variety of games and exercises in which the actors must make it up as they go along – then act it out spontaneously with no planning or rehearsing, often with hilarious results. The actors have to think on their feet and respond appropriately to what the others are doing and saying.
This is not a regular, family friendly Christmas classic and that’s why the show is rated M for mature – ages 16 and up. It is a fun way for adults to celebrate the holidays with friends and family, in a small or large group.
Music will be performed by talented young pianist Kieran Rambo.
General admission tickets are $12 each and include a cash bar serving beer, wine and appetizers. Tickets are available online at shuwasptheatre.com or at Intwined Fibre Arts at 141 C Hudson Ave.
Laughing Gas Improv has regular (closed) practices on the first and third Monday of each month. The performing group is working on a program where others can join in on occasion – stay tuned!
For more information about the theatre’s improv program, contact Monica at 250-833-6100 or send an email to pr@shuswaptheatre.com.
On Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m., the Shuswap Theatre stage will be taken over by students from the Salmon Arm Actors’ Studio, who will perform Charlotte’s Web, the touching story of a girl and her pet pig, Wilbur. Admission by donation.
The Nutcracker, a co-presentation of Shuswap Theatre and FACES Studio takes place Saturday, Dec. 14 at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at The Candy Vault on Hudson.