Musical Romcom + The art of saying goodbye

19:15 - Musical Romcom - Amsterdam Musical Improv Stars

This show brings your two favourite genres together: musical and romcom! We'll bring two strangers together and make them fall in love. We''ll also bring regular romcom expectations together with improv surprises. This is the best place to bring your date, no matter if it's your first or hundredths date! We play a typical romcom with a lot of songs, where we introduce two main characters, have them fall in love, see it not work out, and see them get back together after a chase. We bring a great variation of songs.

19:45 - The art of saying goodbye - Sara Šoukal

In contrast to painting, writing, film, where the products are "finished" and the artists can showcase their paintings, books, feature films, improvisational theatre does not have a final product. In reality, the final product is a process in which we invite the audience, thus exposing ourselves and at the same time creating the performative value of the creation. Every end is a new beginning, as they say. What do we say goodbye to when we leave a story, an idea, a person, ourselves...and... Why? In her first improvised solo performance, Sara says goodbye to her fellow performers and faces the void they leave behind. How does this emptiness enrich her, what does it give her, what does it take away from her, who and what does she meet when she is alone? With the help of a musician, she descends into the unknown, and asks more questions than she gives answers. The Art of Saying Goodbye is the result of many years of research and of the creative path of one of the most outstanding and internationally recognized creators of improvisational theater in Slovenia. It is a superb demonstration of hard work over many years, which questions how far a performer can go in perfecting her craft and what she has to give up or what she has to say goodbye to. The performance maintains a delicate balance between accessibility, which is made possible through vulnerability by the format of impro theatre, and the question of how demanding this artistic genre can really be.