2006.06.14: IMPROVAGANZA!!!!!!!!!

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Thursday, June 15. 2006

2006.06.14: IMPROVAGANZA!!!!!!!!!

It's that time of the year again - ten days of some of the best improv you'll see. More information at Rapid Fire Theatre's website. But in short, it runs from June 14 until June 24 8pm every night except for Sunday and Monday. Friday's and Saturday's there will also be 11pm shows. There's also a puppet improv matinee somewhere in there. Check it out! Here are a few photos from the opener. You can see the full gallery here.

Michael Phair cutting the red ribbon to "open" Canada's largest improv comedy festival while Crad looks on. Phair's far from my favourite city councillor and councillors are far from my favourite people. But that's just my opinion . . . coming from a family that pays a significant amount of property tax which, coincidentally, contributes to councillor salaries.

Seattle, WA. The same scene in three different genre's.

RFT . . . Edmonton. Kevin playing an elephant in an animal allegory explaining how elephants, specifically African elephants, got their big ears.

Quiksilver, Antwerp, Belgium. I think some of the team hasn't yet arrived so to form the two other sides of the square the team created some instant Belgians.

Tonto's Nephews, Toronto, ON. An interesting open scene.

Impro Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Replace Mark with Patti Stiles . . . there's a shot of both team members but this teams opening game involved other teams and I felt this photo gives a better idea of what the game involved. The person sitting on the box plays the "guru" and the other players ask questions to stump the guru. If the audience calls bullshit on the guru, the question's poser becomes the new guru.

Dad's Garage, Atlanta, GA. Improv ballet?

Becky (Toronto)�licking a frozen chicken pot pie that Lee (Regina) just gave her.

Kurt (Toronto)�playing the most enthusiastic abused child I have ever seen.

The commencement of this festival roughly marks my one year anniversary being seriously involved with Rapid Fire Theatre as a photographer. Not a whole lot has changed - same blog system, same but updated gallery system, same cameras, mostly same lenses with the addition of a few specialized optics. Perhaps the biggest change is the workflow and the software driving it - all photos will now be processed in Phase One Capture One Pro on a dual-core�PC. Significantly improved exposure latitude from last year when using Rawshooter Essentials 2005 plus much better noise control, sharpening, and colour rendition.

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