Special Performance of Imp, this Sunday!

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » October 20th, 2009, 10:41 am

This is a special treat. Headlining The Hideout's Level 5 Student Showcase this week will be none other than the project that first brought Asaf to Austin (I believe): Imp.

Hailing originally from New York City, imp. has been performing nationally since 2002, combining the inspirations of Commedia dell¹Arte, Cirque du Soleil, Jacques Tati and Bill Irwin into their improvisation. The resulting amalgam plays with lazzi as plot, relationships that are influenced by small gestures and narratives based on basic emotions played to a more extreme degree.

In the course of a show, they play out several vignettes using as few words as possible, if any, instead communicating with action and emotion and expression and physicality, bringing audience members into the mix whenever possible. imp. always holds to its basic tenets of what makes a story and its characters engaging and how the body can be used more potently to convey those ideas.

This Sunday at 7pm. $5 guarantees your seat.

Asaf · Post by **Asaf** » October 20th, 2009, 12:16 pm

I am very excited to be working with my partner of 6 years again!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8et1sSyh0MU[/youtube]

jose · Post by **jose** » October 20th, 2009, 3:21 pm

IMP is a really sweet and fun show!

valetoile · Post by **valetoile** » October 20th, 2009, 9:19 pm

yes! I will just be able to squeeze this in.

Aden · Post by **Aden** » October 21st, 2009, 12:49 am

I want to go to this!

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » October 21st, 2009, 11:36 am

Buy your tickets online to guarantee your seat, and help with Karen's travel expenses!

http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/hideoutshowcase

ratliff · Post by **ratliff** » October 21st, 2009, 2:55 pm

I can't in good conscience tell anyone to go see this show, since I'm playing opposite it . . . but I will say that Imp was one of the best improv shows I've ever seen, and that if I could be there I would.

But that's as far as I'm going.

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » October 21st, 2009, 3:13 pm

IMP rocks it! Great physicality in this show!

Marc Majcher · Post by **Marc Majcher** » October 21st, 2009, 10:49 pm

In this instance, does "headlining" mean that Imp is performing first, or last? I'm assuming it's last, hoping, even...

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » October 22nd, 2009, 1:24 am

majcher wrote:In this instance, does "headlining" mean that Imp is performing first, or last? I'm assuming it's last, hoping, even...

Yeah, last.

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » October 25th, 2009, 12:48 pm

It's been a long time since Imp performed in Austin, so a lot of you have never experienced it before. It really is one of the most unique, compelling improv shows I've seen.

Painted_Scars · Post by **Painted_Scars** » October 25th, 2009, 5:01 pm

Yay can't wait!

Chelley · Post by **Chelley** » October 25th, 2009, 10:39 pm

The Imp show tonight was amazing. Loved it!