The Museum of Everything
The Museum of Everything
16 MAY 2022
with Billy Kissa
We are thrilled to premiere the first of our Academy courses!
Mondays 16 May to 27 June 2022
19:00 to 22:00 (no class on June 6)Artincelle Rue de la Victoire 158, St Gilles
€170 for the course
Perform the show at l'Improviste on July 2 2022
This module is only bookable after application and audition. Auditions are on Tuesday 26 April and Monday 2 May. Enquiries and applications via: info@improbubble.com
"Isn't it a pity that there isn't such a museum? Now there is one! In our museum, the audience chooses the theme and the actors bring it to life. The Museum of Separations, the Museum of Graduations, the Museum of Family Holidays. Our "Statues" will tell you stories about the respective museum theme..."
We are thrilled to premiere the first of our ‘Academy’ courses! These are performance modules in which we take well loved and popular formats and focus on teaching and coaching the most dedicated improvisers to perform them to the standard that we hold our professional productions at! This trimester, we are focusing on Billy Kissa’s format, ‘The Museum of Everything’ which has garnered critical acclaim both in Belgium and at international festivals.
This format is a relationship based format with a lot of physical elements. The suggestion for the type of the Museum comes from the audience (ex. The Museum of Family Dinners, The Museum of Anniversaries, The Museum of Arrogance etc). Through a physical game between the cast, the "Museum Guide" selects the exhibits. When the museum is completed, the statues come to life one by one to tell their stories. With basic improv edits we will organically switch from one story to the other until all of them have their closure.
In order to take this module, please send an application to info@improbubble.com outlining your impro experience and your availability to audition on either April 26 or May 2 (if neither of these work we will organise an ad hoc online or offline session).
What you’ll experience
Failing A professional approach to working on and rehearsing for a format
Personal feedback
The nuts and bolts of putting a show together from every aspect (including production)
How to work well with a group of improvisers when you are not a troupe
Work on the specific improv skills, needed for the format (physical expressions, emotional engagement, storytelling)
Who this is for
This is one of our Academy classes. These courses are intended for ambitious and advanced improvisers who already have at least 2-3 years of impro experience (including performance experience) who want to level up and work at a professional or semi-professional level.
There will be an audition and application process to select the participants for this course. Successful applicants will also be considered for future ImproBubble productions with our professional troupes.
Feedback will be an essential component of this course, as will a personal commitment from each individual to attend a production training as well as to take personal responsibility in the promotion of this show. The participants’ presence at each class is a requirement; it will be up to the discretion of the director whether they get to perform if there are absences.
About the teacher
Billy Kissa
Billy Kissa is an actress of scripted and improvisational theatre. After graduating from “Theater of Arts, Karolos Koun”, she crossed paths with Improv Theater.
Ever since she has been teaching and performing improv all over the world. Until now, she performed and taught in theaters and festivals in Greece (Mt Olymprov International Improv Festival, Samothraki Improv Retreat), Belgium (Improbubble), Finland (FiiF), Sweden (Improfest), The Netherlands (Impro Amsterdam), Germany (IMPRO 2016 – Borders, Limits, Liberty, Our Lives 2018, Momenta20, Impro2022), Poland (Improdrom, Jo!), Slovenia (Naked Stage), Denmark (CIIF), Romania (Neverending Improv Festival), France (Theatre de L'Oignon), Spain (BIG IF), Italy, USA (Magnet Theater, Dad’s Garage, SAK Comedy Lab), Australia (Improvention) and Turkey.
She’s a co-organizer of the International Greek Improv Festival “Mt Olymprov”, a member of the European improv network "The SIN" and part of the international collective for women improvisers "Project Eve". She maintains a lot of “performing long distance relationships”, with the steadiest of them being the international troupe "3 Deadly Sinners" (a collaboration of Greek, French and German actors). She works with adults, children of all ages and voluntarily gives improv classes to immigrants and refugees.
As an instructor as well as a performer, she focuses on simplicity, emotional availability and the full and unconditional support of her students and colleagues. Respecting diversity is one of her basic qualities, with the freedom of expression and creativity being her ultimate goal.