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Bursting with youthful exuberance, the Oxford Imps dance their way onto the stage and are introduced to us by Giles Gear, who is in charge of opening the evening’s proceedings. Gear briefly warms the audience up and explains how transitions between the scenes will take place, and in doing so, nervously reveals to us that […]
Continue ReadingThe Imps 10th Anniversary The New Theatre 13 February ✮✮✮✮✮ I talked to one of the newest IMPs, Francessca Evans, a 1st year at St Anne’s College the day before the show. What IMP-spired you to join? I’d done improvisation at school and at weekends, but it was largely unstructured and unfocused. I saw the stand […]
Continue ReadingSmiles pinned on their faces and chocolate cupcakes raised aloft, the circle of twentysomethings in matching shirts posed for photo after photo in front of the Clarendon Building. These are the Oxford Imps—Oxford’s best-known improvisational comedy troupe, who, on February 13th will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a special alumni performance at the New Theatre. […]
Continue ReadingIf you don’t have the cojones to get up on a stage and be paid to make an audience laugh, don’t knock them. With this principle in mind, sat at the very back of the Wheatsheaf, pint and £3.50 ticket in hand, my expectations for the Monday night are minimal. Apart from the sound of […]
Continue ReadingThe Play’s The Thing, the new Oxford Imps show at the Burton Taylor this week, is an attempt at a fresh take on that stalwart of the student stage, Shakespeare. A slacker English professor at ‘Camford University’ declares that he has discovered a new Shakespeare play, only to be faced with the problem of […]
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