What happens when you take a largely comedic form and apply it to potentially dark political material? This is exactly what Impro A.C.T attempted with their two-act fully improvised drama, The Displaced. Here, over three interviews, from rehearsals’ start to show’s end, artistic director Nick Byrne lets us in on the journey of this troupe as they dig for the truth in the material, and from themselves.
TFPC Ep 8 The Displaced
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Truth is a loaded word. From the macro of philosophical musings to the micro of impro and theatrical application. Do improvisers treat truth as some sort of glum genre or is it the launching pad for work that tickles the magic edges of imagination? And what of a show that explores a loaded political theme, refugees, and has bad news built into its title?
How do you remain in the moment and not plod inexorably towards displacement? Is there place for comedy? Do the politics break the impro or perhaps, do such integral human themes it free…..
The Displaced. An interview in three acts.
LINKS
Impro A.C.T’s site.
Feature band The Spaces.
Video Trailer for The Displaced.
