Anananas & Pampamplemousse

24/10/2020

Tomorrow, we are performing our show Just Play for the first time in a long time, in one of the only festivals held in the world these days!

We'll be lucky to perform in Romania for !MPRO 8 at the theatre Recul, and it will be STREAMED LIVE!
So if you miss watching us, the festival vibe, and you wanna join us for a bit of fun, get a ticket!

Bilete la Festivalul Național de Improvizație !MPRO 8 - Just play / Les Elephants Bizarres prin Eventbook

12/10/2020

We are posting pictures of shows all the time, but improv wouldn't be the same without the support of all the amazing artists, designers, photographers that work with us!

We've been lucky to be shot by Gaëlle Hartmann, Boris Kondev, Bartosch Salmanski, Alicja Trojnar, or Mathieu van den Berk to just mention a few. We've been painted by Claire Davies or Ashley Moore, designed by Damien Bechler and others... Improv can exist and shine only thanks to you all!

Mention your amazing support artists to give them the spotlight!

09/10/2020

And of course what would be a show without lights? Light improvisers are hard workers, have an amazing vision of what is possible, create art and theatre out of our fun characters. They are filling the stage for us.

We worked with numerous light improvisers, and to name just a few of them, Emil Struijker Boudier is back on the list, Marco Hollinger was the red thread of Sacrebleu! festival in Strasbourg, or Kiva Murphy on Switch.

Thank you to all of them, and continue to praise them! Who are the light tech' you love having as a player for your show?

07/10/2020

On Monday we talked about our favorite live improv musicians, but sometimes the artist behind the music isn't playing on an instrument but skill-fully playing songs, choosing which track fits at which moment, bringing all their knowledge and love for music for the improvisers present on stage and the audience.

We've been lucky enough to perform multiple times with some very talented sound improvisers such as Emil Struijker Boudier, Laura Doorneweerd-Perry or Niceol Blue!

What are your amazing sound improvisers that just blew off the roof with their music?

05/10/2020

When we improvise on stage, we tend to see a lot of the same faces, congratulate a lot of the same faces for their work, their jokes, their amazing scenes. And we tend to forget that the 'invisible' members of the show are also improvisers.

Today we'd like to thank all the amazing musicians we were lucky enough to perform with. Karol Bulski, Sébastien Cancela, Ingmar Dasseville, Loris Gomboso, Sacha Hoedemaker, Phil Lunn, Joe Samuel and so much more. Our shows have been successful thanks to YOU!

If you watch a show, don't forget to thank them. If you take pictures of a show, don't forget to shoot them. If you are playing with them, don't forget that you'd be lost without them. Let's love them harder!
Share your love for your improv live musicians in the comment section!

02/10/2020

Gael is leading a 6-weeks online course on how to improvise in the genre of the Japanese master Hayao Miyazaki!
https://flock-theatre.com/miyazaki-online-course/

6 classes about the theme, from your home, on Saturday mornings (CET) from Oct 17 to Nov 21. You can have worked already on the topic, know really well the movies, or not at all, it will be open for you!

30/09/2020

Last day of September, last day of the month where Anananas & Pampamplemousse is in Status Revista de Impro!
As an individual, as a group, for your school, you can find different subscriptions to get your monthly dose of improv articles and news in 8 languages now. Support the magazine and go there: https://www.statusrevista.com/subscription

28/09/2020

Very often, Cédric, Dan and Gael are taken for brothers. They are French, have brownish hair, wear glasses and a beard. Are they brothers, though? Aren't they ... the same person?!

25/09/2020

Once Cédric and Gael went to Moscow to teach and perform with the Moscow Improv Club. We were there for only two nights and invited by our good friend Dina Mild. During these two fantastic days in addition to great improv, we had the full Russian experience: overloaded taxi over the snow, traditional food, cheering at every glass of alcohol, being cold, and seeing the Red Square like a postcard (picture taken by Gael).

And you, what's a place you discovered in the perfect conditions thanks to improv?

23/09/2020

Once, Cédric and Dan were on TV in the US, to help advertise the Sarasota Improv Festival where we were invited by our friend Will Luera. It was a lot of fun, and their "Frenchness" definitely got them close to the heart of the hosts!

And you, what's a fun advertising moment you had for one of your shows?

21/09/2020

Once, Dan and Gael played an improv show in the national football stadium of Latvia. We were invited by our friend Kaspars Breidaks and played members of the national team training, in the changing room, and on the field!

And you, what's your craziest location you played a show to?