The Drama Nutz 30-Hour Improv-a-Thon was a lot of fun on their first day, Nov. 16 at the Moose Hall, despite a lack of numbers.
Drama Nutz members, past and present are playing improv games for 30 hours straight to raise money for the Oldman Watershed Council until 1 a.m. today.
I checked out some of the first night and it was hilarious.
The first part of the show was very much family friendly, as they played a variety of games including Blind Freeze, Ding and Movie in a Minute performing a one minute version of all eight Harry Potter movies.
They also had a human statue game, where they brought up two audience members to move actors Jonny Kirsch and David Gabert around.
Things got a little dirty at 10 p.m. for the Uncensored Laughter portion of the night, where among other things, the actors performed world's worst and party quirks which people may remember from Who's Line Is It Anyway. Party host Jonny Kirsch had to guess who guests David Gabert, Erica Barr and Mark Ogle were based on their behavior as James Bond, a salmon swimming upstream and a bear trying to convince people to turn into vegetarians, respectively.
Adding to the fun, the table of contents was a hit as it allowed further audience participation, for audience members to supply suggestions, or buy actors props, masks or costumes, or help them out by buying them chairs, or energy drinks, which I’m sure they need by now.
I bought director Dave Gabert a Fiona Shrek costume, for the reasonable sum of five dollars, which he had to incorporate into several games. I took pity on them and bought them two chairs to relax on between scenes for two dollars a piece. Another audience member bought another actor an Iron Man costume, which they used well in a couple other games.
The Uncensored Laughter portion of the show was very entertaining 
as well, yet not as dirty as I thought it would be, though that may have changed later in the night.
The Oscar moment game and press conference (Where an actor is sent out of the room and must guess who they are based on the questions the other actors ask) were among highlights of that as Mark Ogle struggled with trying to figure out he was a gentleman horseman who was pregnant. Their Good, Bad and Worse advice game was also hilarious featuring David Adies, Ileana Tschabold and Jonny Kirsch.
The 30-Hour Improv-a-Thon continues throughout today at the Moose Hall. Some of the highlights 
today are “Better than Cartoons-Children’s Hours”, a family friendly improv session which explores cartoons,Walt Disney, children's movies and many other things. It takes place from 2-4 p.m.
Drama Nutz will explore some of your favourite musical games like Irish Drinking Song, and Da Doo Ron-Ron and many others. It takes place 7-9 p.m.
While they will be performing all day, the final countdown is from midnight to 1 a.m. as they perform some of their favourite game from throughout the show. Admission is $10 per person of $30 for a family of two adults and up to two children. All proceeds from admission as well as the Table of Contents will be donated to the Oldman Watershed Council.
