Hell Yes! Fest Begins this week at The New Movement
Posted: April 6th, 2011, 2:33 pm
Hello all!
Just wanted to let you know that Hell Yes! Fest, sponsored by The New Movement, begins this week. The events are as follows:
WEDNESDAY APRIL 6TH
7:00p: Improv Zero (at The New Movement) – Free
A completely free introduction to improv class. No need to RSVP just show up ready to play!
8:00p: The Only Ultimate Culmination of Human Expression + The Shootaround – Free
Our weekly open-to-anyone improv jam features a very special opening act this week, the return of Milo Harkness-Smith’s Hardcore Comedy show! This week’s guest is a Top Secret Super Surprise.
9:30: The Megaphone Show – Free
The only thing to do on a Wednesday night! As always, this show is 100% badass and 100% free.
THURSDAY APRIL 7TH
8:00-11:00p: An Improv Marathon (at The Spiderhouse Ballroom/USAA) – $10
Featuring Lucy (debut show!), Claws with Fangs, Bare Moxie, Crepes of Wrath (Dallas), DJ Danger Dad, Narwhal, Tim and micah (Chicago), The Control Group, Ames and James and Delta Burka! Your ticket is good for the entire night so you’re free to come and go as you please.
The Spiderhouse Ballroom has a full bar and a shared parking lot with the Spiderhouse. There is also plenty of street parking in the area.
Free Frozen Yogurt from the nice folks at Red Mango Austin while supplies last!
8:00p: The Lumberjack Match (at The New Movement) – $10
Ever thought you were funnier than the comic on stage? Come down and prove it. The Lumberjack Match is the only standup show where the audience has to heckle to make it work. Take your best shot, but be warned: these guys are professionals. This month starring Matt Bearden, Mario DiGiorgio, and Dan French, plus special guests.
9:00p: Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Rogelio Perez, Chris Trew and more (at The Mohawk) – $10
Our special Thursday headlining after party has comics Kyle Kinane (Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, as see on the Patton Oswalt tour), Sean Patton (Nominated for best comic in the Excellence in Comedy New York City Awards, as seen on Jimmy Fallon and VH1) and more! Doors at 9, Show at 10.
The Mohawk is located on 912 Red River. Lots of street parking and paid lot parking downtown.
FRIDAY APRIL 8TH
8:00p: Milo & Shyla (Austin/Houston)+ Stupid Time Machine (New Orleans) at The New Movement- $10
Milo and Shyla are pillars of The New Movement community and put on a killer show.Using guided meditation, free associative dream talk and primal screaming, the audience is abducted into a world of freedom, laughter and kindness. Stupid Time Machine are building quite a reputation for themselves on the festival circuit, having performed at the New York, Chicago and New Orleans fringe festivals while also manning the Nola Improv community.
9:30p: !Attencion! (Chicago/Austin) + Victory Point (Dallas) at The New Movement- $10
!Attencion! is a festival side project featuring comedy festival regulars Chris Trew and micah philbrook. Together they have a estimated combined 50,000 hours performing comedy. They have been on stage together for precisely 30 minutes. Victory Point is the best of the best from the Dallas Comedy House, our cousin theater up north.
9:00p: James Adomian, Kyle Kinane, Shane Mauss, Vanessa Ramos and more at The ND – $10
James Adomian is a regular performer at UCB’s Comedy Death Ray and has appeared in tons of online videos and movies that you love. He should be thoroughly researched and showered with thunder claps and love lightning bolts at the ND during Hell Yes Fest.
SATURDAY APRIL 9TH
8:00p: Dance Crisis (New Orleans) + Spirit Desire (Austin) at The New Movement – $10
Dance Crisis is the prestigious first-ever troupe birthed from The New Movement’s New Orleans training center! We are proud to host their festival debut. Spirit Desire is a house troupe from The New Movement Austin, also know as The Alice in Chains of Comedy. Nobody knows what that means, but Spirit Desire is certainly one of the most bizarre and notable troupes in Texas.
9:30p: Stupid Time Machine (New Orleans) + Tim and micah (Chicago) at The New Movement – $10
This is the second appearance for STM and Tim and micah at Hell Yes Fest, but this time it’s all Sketch Comedy!
9:00p: Chelsea Peretti, Eliza Skinner, Karl Hess, Amber Bixby, James Adomian, Matt Ingebretson at Red 7 – $10
It’s an invasion of comics from Los Angeles! In addition to our amazing feature acts, our headliner Chelsea Peretti has written for the Sarah Silverman Program, appeared on Louie and was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch.
SUNDAY APRIL 10TH at the Spiderhouse Ballroom
7:30p: A Celebration of the Unremarkable (Austin/New Orleans) + Shameless (Los Angeles/NYC) hosted by Teens Get Tough on Terror (Austin)
Chris Trew (A Celebration of the Unremarkable) has been called “Out of his Fucking Mind” by the Austin Chronicle and “boldly exploring the blurry line between performance art and humor” by The Onion. Eliza Skinner (Shameless) has been called “Downtown NYC Comedy’s It-girl” by Go2 Media and “The funniest woman on the internet” by Abomb-nation.com. TimeOutNY.com said she was “Definitely one to watch.” You should read more about him here and her here . This show is hosted by James Patrick Robinson’s special program “Teens Get Tough on Terror.”
9:00p: Eliza Chris and Tami (Austin/New Orleans/Los Angeles/NYC)
The closing show of the first annual Hell Yes Fest will follow three improv veterans with a festival resume so fat it’s shadow weights 42 pounds. Ham on.
For more information and to buy tickets, check out the website- http://newmovementtheater.com/hell-yes-fest/
Hope to see some of you all there!
-Britt Wright
Just wanted to let you know that Hell Yes! Fest, sponsored by The New Movement, begins this week. The events are as follows:
WEDNESDAY APRIL 6TH
7:00p: Improv Zero (at The New Movement) – Free
A completely free introduction to improv class. No need to RSVP just show up ready to play!
8:00p: The Only Ultimate Culmination of Human Expression + The Shootaround – Free
Our weekly open-to-anyone improv jam features a very special opening act this week, the return of Milo Harkness-Smith’s Hardcore Comedy show! This week’s guest is a Top Secret Super Surprise.
9:30: The Megaphone Show – Free
The only thing to do on a Wednesday night! As always, this show is 100% badass and 100% free.
THURSDAY APRIL 7TH
8:00-11:00p: An Improv Marathon (at The Spiderhouse Ballroom/USAA) – $10
Featuring Lucy (debut show!), Claws with Fangs, Bare Moxie, Crepes of Wrath (Dallas), DJ Danger Dad, Narwhal, Tim and micah (Chicago), The Control Group, Ames and James and Delta Burka! Your ticket is good for the entire night so you’re free to come and go as you please.
The Spiderhouse Ballroom has a full bar and a shared parking lot with the Spiderhouse. There is also plenty of street parking in the area.
Free Frozen Yogurt from the nice folks at Red Mango Austin while supplies last!
8:00p: The Lumberjack Match (at The New Movement) – $10
Ever thought you were funnier than the comic on stage? Come down and prove it. The Lumberjack Match is the only standup show where the audience has to heckle to make it work. Take your best shot, but be warned: these guys are professionals. This month starring Matt Bearden, Mario DiGiorgio, and Dan French, plus special guests.
9:00p: Kyle Kinane, Sean Patton, Rogelio Perez, Chris Trew and more (at The Mohawk) – $10
Our special Thursday headlining after party has comics Kyle Kinane (Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch, as see on the Patton Oswalt tour), Sean Patton (Nominated for best comic in the Excellence in Comedy New York City Awards, as seen on Jimmy Fallon and VH1) and more! Doors at 9, Show at 10.
The Mohawk is located on 912 Red River. Lots of street parking and paid lot parking downtown.
FRIDAY APRIL 8TH
8:00p: Milo & Shyla (Austin/Houston)+ Stupid Time Machine (New Orleans) at The New Movement- $10
Milo and Shyla are pillars of The New Movement community and put on a killer show.Using guided meditation, free associative dream talk and primal screaming, the audience is abducted into a world of freedom, laughter and kindness. Stupid Time Machine are building quite a reputation for themselves on the festival circuit, having performed at the New York, Chicago and New Orleans fringe festivals while also manning the Nola Improv community.
9:30p: !Attencion! (Chicago/Austin) + Victory Point (Dallas) at The New Movement- $10
!Attencion! is a festival side project featuring comedy festival regulars Chris Trew and micah philbrook. Together they have a estimated combined 50,000 hours performing comedy. They have been on stage together for precisely 30 minutes. Victory Point is the best of the best from the Dallas Comedy House, our cousin theater up north.
9:00p: James Adomian, Kyle Kinane, Shane Mauss, Vanessa Ramos and more at The ND – $10
James Adomian is a regular performer at UCB’s Comedy Death Ray and has appeared in tons of online videos and movies that you love. He should be thoroughly researched and showered with thunder claps and love lightning bolts at the ND during Hell Yes Fest.
SATURDAY APRIL 9TH
8:00p: Dance Crisis (New Orleans) + Spirit Desire (Austin) at The New Movement – $10
Dance Crisis is the prestigious first-ever troupe birthed from The New Movement’s New Orleans training center! We are proud to host their festival debut. Spirit Desire is a house troupe from The New Movement Austin, also know as The Alice in Chains of Comedy. Nobody knows what that means, but Spirit Desire is certainly one of the most bizarre and notable troupes in Texas.
9:30p: Stupid Time Machine (New Orleans) + Tim and micah (Chicago) at The New Movement – $10
This is the second appearance for STM and Tim and micah at Hell Yes Fest, but this time it’s all Sketch Comedy!
9:00p: Chelsea Peretti, Eliza Skinner, Karl Hess, Amber Bixby, James Adomian, Matt Ingebretson at Red 7 – $10
It’s an invasion of comics from Los Angeles! In addition to our amazing feature acts, our headliner Chelsea Peretti has written for the Sarah Silverman Program, appeared on Louie and was named one of Variety’s Top 10 Comics to Watch.
SUNDAY APRIL 10TH at the Spiderhouse Ballroom
7:30p: A Celebration of the Unremarkable (Austin/New Orleans) + Shameless (Los Angeles/NYC) hosted by Teens Get Tough on Terror (Austin)
Chris Trew (A Celebration of the Unremarkable) has been called “Out of his Fucking Mind” by the Austin Chronicle and “boldly exploring the blurry line between performance art and humor” by The Onion. Eliza Skinner (Shameless) has been called “Downtown NYC Comedy’s It-girl” by Go2 Media and “The funniest woman on the internet” by Abomb-nation.com. TimeOutNY.com said she was “Definitely one to watch.” You should read more about him here and her here . This show is hosted by James Patrick Robinson’s special program “Teens Get Tough on Terror.”
9:00p: Eliza Chris and Tami (Austin/New Orleans/Los Angeles/NYC)
The closing show of the first annual Hell Yes Fest will follow three improv veterans with a festival resume so fat it’s shadow weights 42 pounds. Ham on.
For more information and to buy tickets, check out the website- http://newmovementtheater.com/hell-yes-fest/
Hope to see some of you all there!
-Britt Wright