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30 Jahre Loose Moose
Die erste Europa-Tournee des „home of improvisation“ 28.3. - 20.4.2008
30 Jahre Loose Moose Theatre Company, „Calgary's world famous home of improvisation and more...“: Das Theater von Keith Johnstone, dem Erfinder des zeitgenössischen Improvisationstheaters tourt vom 28.3. bis 20.4.2008 erstmalig durch Europa. 1978 offiziell gegründet von Keith Johnstone, dem Erfinder von "Theatersport", hat Loose Moose die Grundlagen eines jungen Genres geschaffen, das heute Hundertausende von Anhängern und Nachahmern weltweit hat. Von der Laiengruppe bis zum Profiensemble gibt es in der weltweiten Szene wohl kaum einen Improvisierer, der sich nicht auf Johnstone berufen würde. Neben Theatersport - dem wohl populärsten Format des Improvisationstheaters mit der größten Verbreitung und auch dem größten Publikum - hat das Ensemble um Keith Johnstone eine ganze Reihe weiterer Impro-Formate entwickelt. Wir freuen uns, dass dieses legendäre Theater erstmals (!) nach Deutschland kommt. Mit Dennis Cahill (neben Johnstone Mitbegründer von Loose Moose), Shawn Kinley (nicht nur seit 20 Jahren Mitglied, sondern auch einer der weltweit gefragtesten Improlehrer) und Derek Flores (Mitglied des kanadischen Theatersport-Weltmeisterteams) reist ein Team an, das man nun wirklich nicht verpassen sollte. Improvisiertes Theater auf international höchstem Niveau - rasant, witzig,phantasiereich. Die Kieler Nachrichten schrieben am 31.03.2008: Rendezvous mit der eigenen Hand
Kiel – Wer Improvisationstheater mag, muss sie lieben, denn sie sind das Original. Die Loose Moose Theatre Company aus Kanada, vor mehr als 30 Jahren von Keith Johnstone und Mel Token ins Leben gerufen, beschenkte am Wochenende ein glückliches Publikum mit zwei grandiosen Gastvorstellungen in der proppenvollen Hansa48. Mit Dennis Cahill, Shawn Kinley und Derek Flores hatte die legendäre Truppe auf Einladung von impro deutschland e.V und dem lüdemann-theater drei ihrer prominentesten Mitglieder über den großen Teich geschickt. Immerhin galt es, die Europapremiere zu bestreiten – wie nicht anders erwartet, mit großem Erfolg.
„Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for fun!“, kündigte Kinley am Sonnabend zur Begrüßung an und hielt Wort. Nicht nur das Publikum amüsierte sich von der ersten Minute an königlich, auch die drei Akteure auf der Bühne hatten ganz offensichtlich Spaß an ihrem Job. Auf hohem Impro-Theater-Niveau, dennoch albern wie große Kinder, hangelten sie sich von Szene zu Szene von einem wunderbaren Blödsinn zum nächsten. Zum Aufwärmen gab es ein Bad in der Menge, Hände wurden geschüttelt, Getränkewünsche erfüllt. Dann wurden die Spielregeln des Abends erklärt, schließlich geht es um Theatersport, das Publikum ist die Jury. „Gorilla Theatre“ stand auf dem Programm, das heißt: Von wechselnden Spielleitern betreut, gab es am Ende jeder Szene für den Regisseur entweder zur Belohnung eine Banane oder eine Strafe in Gestalt einer kleinen, fiesen Aufgabe.
Obwohl die Belohnungs-Bananen reichlich dunkelbraun und damit wenig verlockend aussahen, gaben nicht nur die Regisseure ihr Bestes, um die überreifen Früchte zu ergattern. Auch die Darsteller ließen sich nicht lumpen und übertrafen einander mit Spielideen. Schlag auf Schlag hagelte es Gags und Geschichten, entwickelt aus Fragesätzen oder im Wechsel mit nur je einem Wort pro Spieler. So entwarfen zwei Blumenfreunde mit viel Körpereinsatz ein Katastrophenszenario für die Welt, ungleiche Zwillingsbrüder entdeckten, dass sie mit derselben Frau verheiratet sind und im Restaurant traf ein Spieler sich zum Rendezvous mit seiner eigenen Hand.
Schier unendlich schien der Vorrat im Füllhorn der Fantasie, aus dem die drei Champions sich reichlich bedienten. Neben Spontaneität und Ideenreichtum stellten sie auch immer wieder ihr handwerkliches Können unter Beweis – etwa, wenn sie in pantomimischer Verzweiflung mit zuklappenden Fenstern kämpften oder einen stocksteifen Roboter-Tanz hinlegten. Impro-Theater vom Feinsten, das keine Wünsche offen ließ.
»Ich verbringe mein Leben damit, die Dinge gefährlich zu machen, während die meisten Schauspieler um Sicherheit kämpfen.« (Keith Johnstone) 30 years Loose Moose Theatre Company – 30 years Theatresports The Loose Moose Theatre Company presented it’s first performance at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Canada in September of 1977. Subsequently the company began regular weekly performances at the Pumphouse Theatre in October of that same year. However, the Loose Moose Theatre was not officially incorporated as a company until March of 1978. This upcoming season will also mark the 30th anniversary of the first public presentations of Theatresports. Keith Johnstone originally had devised the concept of Theatreports while still working at the Royal Court Theatre in London, but the format was not performed publicly until 1977 when Keith introduced the idea to his acting classes at the University of Calgary. In early 1978 the Loose Moose Theatre Company began weekly performances of Theatresports at the Pumphouse Theatre where Keith continued to develop the structure and rules. Over the next few years Theatresports spread very quickly to other cities and countries, and is now played on every continent except Antarctica. To celebrate their 30th year of performances the Loose Moose Theatre Company plan to perform a series of 30 shows in 30 hours over six days in the spring of 2008. The performances will be a range of presentations that will reflect the diverse character of the Loose Moose, and will include children's theatre, plays, sketch comedy, and various forms of improvisation, including of course Theatresports. Other titles and formats have not yet been confirmed as we are still in the initial planning stages. We do hope that a number of former company members will be able to join us for these celebrations as well as participate in performances. As is traditional at Loose Moose, at least some of what we do to celebrate our 30th year will be produced and performed spontaneously, and without being entirely prepared - it is the nature of the beast.
Loose Moose Theatre Company The Loose Moose Theatre Company has a international reputation for excellence and innovation in improvisational theatre. Training techniques and performance formats created by co-founder and former Artistic Director Keith Johnstone, and developed at Loose Moose are now used around the world. The Loose Moose Theatre Company was founded in Calgary, Canada in1977 by Keith Johnstone and Mel Tonkin to explore new formats for presenting improvisation, as well as acting as a training centre for performers. Over the past 30 years the Moose has helped to develop and present a variety of improvisation formats including Theatresports (TM), Gorilla Theatre (TM), The Life Game (TM), and More Or Less. The company also uses improvisation techniques to develop plays for children and adults, as well as producing more traditionally scripted work in a style uniquely their own. “For really impressive acting, often hilarious business and some quite poignant drama, you have to go and see these people.” The Edmonton Journal The Loose Moose Theatre Company has performed at festivals around the world, and won numerous international improvisation competitions. They have performed in a 1500 seat opera hall in Brisbane, Australia, as well as the Port Authority Building in New York City (the largest bus station in the world). They have been invited to present The Life Game at World Stage in Toronto, and Gorilla Theatre at the World Games Of Improvisation Theatre in Helsinki, Finland. Wherever they go they have provided audiences with a style of improvisation that is second to none. “Having also ran off with the honours at the ... Winter Olympics, Canada's Calgary team remains invincible.” Sydney Morning Herald Since 1989 the Loose Moose Theatre Company has hosted the International Improvisation School, a annual two week intensive workshop in improvisation that has attracted teachers, directors, corporate trainers, and performers from around the world. The company is also very proud of their large number of alumni trained at Loose Moose who are now working in television, film, and theatre as writers, directors and performers “A whole generation of comics will come out of this little theatre in Western Canada.” Mark McKinney - Alberta Report The Loose Moose Theatre continues to develop new methods of training improvisors, as well as new formats for presenting improvisation including the development of Keith Johnstone's Theme and Forfeit. The company also works in related areas such as using masks characters in improvisation, and the development of new plays using improvisation. Loose Moose Theatre Company will celebrate their 30th season in 2007/08, and to mark the occasion they are planning to present 30 Shows In 30 Hours in the spring of 2008. 30 Shows In 30 Hours will showcase a wide range of Loose Moose performances from the past as well as the present, including improvisation, children's theatre, and plays. The Loose Moose has had a long history of excellence as a training and performance centre, and continues to offer a unique contribution to the world of improvisation. “...are capable of reaching into forbidden areas of the cerebellum where other teams fear to tread.” The Globe And Mail Actors Dennis Cahill - Artistic Director of Loose Moose. Keith Johnstone's original student. Improvising since the invention of the wheel... Dennis began working with Keith Johnstone (arguably the worlds most innovative and influential figure in theatre improvisation) as a student in Keith's acting class at the University of Calgary in 1975. Two years later Keith co-created the Loose Moose Theatre Company, and Dennis was invited to be one of the founding members. In 1985 he was offered the job of
Associate Director and took responsibility for initiating, producing and directing a variety of programs, as well as regular performances with the company. In 1998 Dennis became the Artistic Director of the Loose Moose Theatre Company where he continues to perform, direct, and teach. Since the inception of the International Improvisation School in 1989 (an annual intensive workshop series for professional performers, teachers, and directors) he have been one of the primary instructors. Through much of the 1990's he toured extensively, performing and teaching in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the United States, and throughout Canada. He has provided workshops in improvisation for people from a wide range of backgrounds, including journalism students in Helsinki, Finland, opera singers at the Banff School of Fine Arts, executives at a corporate retreat in San Antonio, Texas, and professional actors in Tokyo, Japan.
Derek Flores - member of the Canadian team winnig the Theatresports World Cup in Germany in 2006 Derek got into comedy in the first place because he "couldn't do anything else". If he wasn't performing comedy for a living, he'd probably be in advertising. Apart from being a member of the 3 Canadians, he has been performing with the Loose Moose for many years. In 2000, some of these guys came down to Australia to show their stuff, and so, Derek performed along with the other Canadians Eric Amber, Ryan Belleville, Ken Gardener, and Dave Lawerence in "LOOSEMOOSE". It could be seen at the Athenaeum Theatre at 7pm during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. "LOOSEMOOSE" is not the only comedy project Derek has been on with fellow member of the 3 Canadians Eric Amber. Since they were in Melbourne for the 2000 Comedy Festival anyway, they also brought their "Hot Nuts and Popcorn Variety Hour" show. This show was set up as sort of a talk show, and was mainly improvised using guest comedians from the festival. This show first made an appearance at the Loose Moose's Garry Theatre in Calgary, Canada in 1998.
Shawn Kinley - Loose Moose for about 23 years - specializing in physical work From Taipei, Taiwan to Berlin, Germany, Shawn has been around the world entertaining audiences for nearly 25 years. More than a million people from 3 months to 108 years old have experienced his brand of insanity. Scariest Experience: A VERY large woman claimed that Shawn was possessed by demons and tried to evict the demons while he worked. A court ordered was issued to keep her away... (she never did evict the demons). Strangest Experience: That time when he woke up only to realize that the world was run by machines keeping people alive in a bio-liquid of some kind and his and your memories and experiences were created by computers. Or was that a movie??? Strange anyway. Best Experience: While performing in the Montreal subways as a street performer, the crowd grew so large that Police were about to "detain" Shawn. As they pulled him away, the crowd moved in and one little wide eyed 6 year ran up to Shawn and hugged him. The police let Shawn go and the show continued. „A touch of magic!“ - Cold Lake Times
Alexander Verlag Berlin
Keith Johnstone: Improvisation und Theater Mit einem Vorwort von Irving Wardle und einem Nachwort von George Tabori ISBN: 978-3-923854-67-7 Mit Hilfe dieses Buches werden Improvisation und Kreativität trainiert und die Lust am Theaterspiel geweckt. Theatersport ist eine Aktionsform, bei dem die Schauspieler auf der Bühne auf Stichworte des Publikums hin improvisieren müssen und dabei miteinander konkurrieren. »Empfehlenswert ist dieses Buch jedoch nicht nur für Theatermacher, sondern auch für Politiker, Geschäftsleute, Schulkinder, Hausfrauen, Gangster und vor allem Liebespaare: uns allen, die wir durch die Zusammenstöße der konkurrierenden Willen miteinander verbunden sind. Nachdem er die große Kunst und unser kleines Leben studiert hat, bestätigt Johnstone den Konflikt als das zentrale Faktum sowohl des Daseins als auch des Spiels, ein Naturgesetz, unentbehrlich für private und öffentliche Dramen.« (George Tabori) Keith Johnstone: Theaterspiele 6. Auflage des Klassikers ISBN: 978-3-89581-001-5 Das zweite Buch von Keith Johnstone enthält Improvisations- und Theaterspiele, Kommentare und Erklärungen – entwickelt und erprobt im Verlauf seiner fast 40jährigen Arbeit als Schauspiellehrer. Eine Fundgrube nicht nur für Theaterpraktiker, sondern für alle, die sich für die Geheimnisse zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen und kreative Prozesse interessieren, Pädagogen ebenso wie Manager, Psychologen und Verliebte … »Eine reiche Stoff- und Spielsammlung und ein handfestes Lehrbuch der Schauspielkunst, sympathisch und erfahrungsgesättigt.« (Peter Laudenbach, tip Magazin)
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