DAY = NIGHT
An evening of live improvised music and story.
On a dark February evening join The ImprobaBand for an evening of live music inspired by special guests. 7-9 February 2024, 7:30pm at The Gulbenkian.
Leading the band is composer, musical director and master musical improviser Chris Ash on keys, with Joley Cragg on percussion, Juliet Colyer on cello and Max Gittings on woodwind. Their music takes them from the National Theatre to one-to-one work with patients in hospitals, to the London Jazz Festival, Shakespeare’s Globe, and around the world on tour. Between them they’ve done everything from founding and leading Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, to performing with leading UK classical groups including Bournemouth Symphony and London Contemporary Orchestra.
***** “The ease in which the music flowed is magnificent and exciting to watch created before you. A unique one-off performance delivered by world-class talents." - Beyond The Curtain on An Improbable Musical
Each night the band will be joined by special guests to inspire a unique musical score that will only ever exist in that moment. A jazz tune sung by Josie Lawrence inspired by a local architect? A cello sonata inspired by chat between a chef and a designer? Ruth Bratt sings an operatic aria, inspired by a master carpenter? A funk-groove born from chapter 3 of a writer’s new novel? Local, fantastical, real and imagined come together in this part-gig, part-show, night for the musically curious.
Brought to you by award-winning theatre company Improbable (My Neighbour Totoro, Lifegame, Satyagraha) and the team behind the hit production An Improbable Musical this special series of performances strips it back to a night of superb musical improvisation.
**** “Improv masters hit a glorious sweet spot” – The Guardian on An Improbable Musical
Each night our special guests will join the band for an evening which is part-gig, part-conversation, part-show. Giving inspiration to kick off the musical improvisation of the band and join them in performance see….
Ruth Bratt musical improviser extraordinaire (People Just Do Nothing, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical) on Wednesday 7 Feb.
Josie Lawrence master improviser and actress (Whose Line Is It Anyway?; Good Omens, Amazon/BBC; The King and I, London Palladium) on Thursday 8 Feb
Pauline Mayers extraordinary theatre-maker and choreographer (What I Told You, UK tour) on Friday 9 Feb.
More guests to be announced!
What else are you going to do on a February week-night anyway?
Full price tickets are £16. Concessions available.
