2009 May 28 Off the Cuff: Beijing Improv's last show of the season
Kick back with a drink and watch a bunch of laowai make fools of themselves. No, it’s not a regular Saturday night on Sanlitun – it’s Beijing Improv’s final show before their summer break.
Once a month the English-language improv group has been presenting nights of riotous amusement at the Penghao Theater, tucked up a tiny hutong behind the Central Academy of Drama on Nanluoguxiang. Their final show for several months will be on May 30 – a theatersports face off between two teams scaling the heights of “extravagant ridiculousness.”
Expect lots of audience participation.
Reservations can be made by emailing beijingimprovtix@gmail.com. Entry is by donation (organizers suggest RMB 30), and all takings will go to Hua Dan, a group that works to empower China’s migrant and rural population through participation in arts-based projects.
Beijing Improv perform at the Penghao Theater, 35 Dongmianhua Hutong, behind the Central Academy of Drama on Nanluoguxiang, this Saturday, May 30 at 8pm. (6400 6452/72) www.beijingimprov.org
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