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Interview - The Noise Next Door

Their Finest Hour - The Noise Next Door interview

Lean and hungry improv machine 2011 Edinburgh Fringe

26 Jul 2011

‘Edinburgh audiences push you a bit more and they challenge you because they’re generally more intelligent.’ Sam Pacelli, one-fifth of improv troupe The Noise Next Door, clearly hasn’t performed at one of the Fringe’s more salacious late-night venues.

Big Society: The Musical

Big Society: The Musical

(4 stars)27 Aug 2010

It’s actually rather heartening, in the current climate, to watch a London-based company not only tackling the ConDem government’s agenda of cuts head-on, but also managing to set an entire musical in a working class district of Newcastle without…

The A Band

The A Band

Broken toys make music in a back garden

25 Aug 2010

In the front room of a rough and not very ready shop-front, a man is reading the classic cut-ups of William Burroughs Nova Express by way of that day’s Metro into a microphone while two or three people manipulate a chaos of kids toys and old radios on…

Showstopper: The Improvised Musical

Showstopper: The Improvised Musical

Our Fringe reviewer explains what it’s like to be part of the show.

19 Aug 2010

As a critic, I favour stealth and subtlety. Get in quickly, do not sit in the front row or anywhere else where the cast can see your notebook, and sneak out the back during the curtain call. I certainly don’t usually sit on stage, with the director…

Guest Who?

Guest Who?

15 Aug 2010

If you’re a fan of am-dram, this could be for you. Guest Who takes the form of a ‘who’s-line-is-it-anyway’ call-and-response set-up, with cleverly constructed songs made-up on the spot by the regular team of five theatrical darlings using inspiration…

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Whose Lunch Is It Anyway?
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Regular freestyle comedy wizards Paul Graham and Stuart Murphy fire up the imagination with another slice of improv action.
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3 Jun–29 Jul Sun 1.30pm The Stand, Edinburgh
Jennifer Allum, Marjolaine Charbin, Ute Kanngiesser And Eddie Prevost
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Improvised jazz from the violinist, pianist, cellist and percussionist.
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11 Jun Jun 11, 8pm Cafe Oto, London E8
Juli Fabian & Peter Sarik
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Improv jazz by the singer and pianist two-piece.
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31 May May 31, 7.30pm Hungarian Cultural Centre, London WC2E
Let Spin, Nick Malcolm Quartet
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Improv jazz by the collaborative group led by guitarist Moss Freed.
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14 Jun Jun 14, 8.30pm The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston Culture House, London N16
The Moss Project
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Improv jazz by the guitarist and band.
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12 Jun Jun 12, 8.30pm Bullingdon Arms, Oxford
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