A Big Deal

07/22/2020

Today our special thanks go to Camila Gracheva the winner of a $200 worth ticket to improv workshop from Upright Citizens Brigade Sunset training centre, and all of you who watched our show, shared our laughs, and donated to our partners, Swedish Organization for Global Health, Medical Research Foundation, Clowns Without Borders International and CARE Canada.

Camila Gracheva we thank you for being a long term friend of ours and improv in general and wish you every success in your beginnings.

The recordings of our shows stay on our page for you to watch, enjoy, and comment. Likewise, you can always support our collaborators and help spread good health and wellbeing.

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07/19/2020

UPDATE:
show today
9am Los Angeles
12pm New York
6pm Berlin
7pm Moscow

Check your zone here
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

See you soon 😊

World time and date for cities in all time zones. International time right now. Takes into account all DST clock changes.

07/18/2020

🤩 Today is the day -- don't be the one to miss it!
😎 Improvised shows do not happen again...

⬇️ Check if there are spots ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/events/2699879173670390/

07/18/2020

Our weekend of shows has just begun! We don't charge anything for tickets, but we do hope that our audience instead are willing to donate o the organizations that we collaborate with.

Today we'd like to introduce you to Medical Research Foundation.

"The Medical Research Foundation’s vision is to advance medical research, improve human health and change people’s lives.

The health and wellbeing of millions of people depends upon continual medical advances. And this challenge needs immense support, innovation and persistence. We understand we need to be bold and ambitious – to fund projects that are not just going to be useful now, but which may become useful later. Our vision is to support these advances for decades to come – the biggest impacts come from long term commitment to research."

Read more here: https://www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/
And donate here: https://medicalresearchfoundation.enthuse.com/abigdeal

Everybody taking part in the donation will have a chance to win a free ticket to Upright Citizens Brigade Sunset intro to improvisation workshop. A great opportunity to see what it feels like with a leading theater and training center (usual ticket cost $200).

See you soon!

07/17/2020

Watching our shows this upcoming weekend is a great opportunity to both laugh and make the world a better place by donating to the charities we're collaborating with. If you decide to donate to Clowns Without Borders, you also help bringing joy and laughter to those who often don't get much of that.

Today we'd like to introduce you to Clowns Without Borders International.

"Clowns Without Borders International chapters offer laughter to relieve the suffering of all persons, especially children, who live in areas of crisis including refugee camps, conflict zones and territories in situations of emergency.

We bring levity, contemporary clown/circus oriented performances and workshops into communities so that they can celebrate together and forget for a moment the tensions that darken their daily lives."

Read more here: http://www.cwb-international.org/
And donate here: http://www.cwb-international.org/online-donation/

Everybody taking part in the donation will have a chance to win a free ticket to Upright Citizens Brigade Sunset intro to improvisation workshop. A great opportunity to see what it feels like with a leading theater and training center (usual ticket cost $200).

See you tomorrow!

07/16/2020

🤩 We are so thrilled to see the tickets go!
🥶 But we don't want to see you go!

⬇️ Reserve your spot now ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/events/2699879173670390/

07/16/2020

🧐 How does laughter increase longevity?

It sure does when you join A Big Deal improvised comedy show!

We collaborate with organisations and funds that promote healthcare projects worldwide. Today, meet CARE Canada, delivering sustainability projects in most remote parts of the world.

By joining our show, you will have an opportunity to contribute to their cause by following the link below:

https://secure3.convio.net/careca/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app30110b?team_id=3821&fr_id=1110&pg=team&NONCE_TOKEN=77DB678EB6A0C30216719D5DBD7C958D

Everybody taking part in the donation will have a chance to win a free ticket to Upright Citizens Brigade Sunset intro to improvisation workshop. A great opportunity to see what it feels like with a leading theatre and training centre (usual ticket cost $200).

See you soon!

07/14/2020

🦸‍♂️🦸‍♀️ Did you know that by attending our show you help promote sustainable healthcare projects worldwide?

😎💼 Meet our partners:

"Swedish Organization for Global Health (SOGH) is a Swedish non-profit and non-governmental organization, composed of students and young professionals who share a passion to contribute to global health through evidence-based action.
Together with our local and international partners, we engage in conversations with local communities to co-develop projects that bring a concrete positive change and take environmental and economic sustainability into account. While supporting projects both in Sweden and in low-income countries, we use our virtual and physical platforms to bring awareness about some of the most neglected health topics, such as women’s reproductive health.
Our vision is a world free of health inequities. Think Global, Act Local!"

http://sogh.se/donate/

👉👉👉Invite your friends to reserve a spot at our show and help support healthcare workers around the world!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2699879173670390/

07/13/2020

👋 Meet the team member whose international improv (improvisational comedy) teaching inspired the creation of the team and the show -->

Dita Nitiša is a performer, teacher and co-founder of an improvised theatre school Improvizācijas akadēmija in Riga, Latvia.

Dita is a founding member of a touring ensemble Gandrīz draugi, she has also been performing with an ensemble called ART i ŠOK (Artišok) since 2012. This year they have celebrated its 8th anniversary.

For the last two years, it has been Dita's passion to teach improvisation for young children in addition to her adult students!

⬇️Grab your chance to see incredible Dita in action by reserving a spot at our July online show below⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/events/2699879173670390/

07/12/2020

🧐 Why do accomplished adults start learning improv (improvised comedy)?

Top-tier business schools teaching improv classes include Duke, MIT, UCLA, and Stanford.

Things rarely go as planned. You are forced to rethink standard practices and choices. In an improv class you are challenged out of your element, uncomfortable, and stretch how you think. This is a great opportunity to increase ambiguity tolerance in a supportive environment. Plus, it's a great added advantage to discover you are capable of something you couldn't imagine.

💌 One of our audience members will get an opportunity to attend a free online intro to improv class from our partner -- a leading American improv theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB). Normally, their tickets get sold out within minutes of being published, and we are highly honoured to have this opportunity to offer you.

👉 You can check UCB Training Center page here:
https://losangeles.ucbtrainingcenter.com/

🚀 To take advantage of this opportunity, reserve a spot at our show:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2699879173670390/

The Upright Citizens Brigade Improvisational and Sketch Comedy Training Center is the only accredited improv and sketch comedy school in the country. Our highly trained faculty represents the best writers and performers working in comedy today. Over the last 15 years, the Upright Citizens Brigade (M...