“Macabre made mischievous, whimsical and often hilarious”
Wellington Improv Troupe
“WIT has a long history and a wealth of experience which shows in the chemistry between the team”
Everyone 'knows' Edgar Allan Poe died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849. But in 2020 a trunk of mysterious papers was discovered by the very same researchers who previously discovered the Lovecrafted archive (revealed during the 2019 Fringe). Did the forty year old Poe fake his death, flee to a remote island nation and live out the rest of his life writing epically gothically tragically romantically fantastical stories shaped by the myths and realities of life among the phlegmatic people of the farthest flung corner of the British Empire??
Find out as The Narrator channels the tortured author to bring an original improvised tale to life.
The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is Wellington’s community-based improv group, teaching and performing together since 2003. WIT hosted the first NZIF in 2008, and has been delighted to see the festival grow since then into its own amazing independent vortex of annual improv happiness.
NZ Improv Fest invites lovers of improvised theatre everywhere to join us in celebrating the art form we all know and love this 3-11 October, from wherever you are and wherever you're at. Join us in Wellington, or connect with us online, in a celebration of world class, local talent!
NZ Improv Fest: Close To Home takes place at BATS Theatre
Performance programme 6-10 October 2020
Workshops 3, 4, 10 October 2020
Don't miss a moment!