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*Practical info: *\ Date: Saturday, August 9\ Time: 20:00 — 22:00 (doors and bar open 20:00, show start 20:30)\ Location: Melahuset, Oslo\ Tickets:\ Ordinary: NOK 300\ Student/Salute: NOK 200\ Language: English WorldPeople is proud to present WorldScene — our new offering that focuses on theatre and drama in a diverse and vibrant perspective. *Impro Show at the Mela with guests from Miami! * This summer we invite you to a special improv night at the Mela with two international guests from Miami, David Christopher and Maria Kolovou, who are visiting Oslo for the very first time. Coming straight from some of America's most famous stages and festivals, they offer a performance that both touches and entertains. \ No script. No plan. Only here and now -- with each other and with us as an audience. We open the doors and the bar at 20:00 — please arrive early, have a drink, find a good place and feel the atmosphere before the show starts at 20:30. After the performance, there will be a small Q&A with the performers, where you can ask questions and get an insight into their way of working. Improv Workshop at Tøyen Impro\ In cooperation with Tøyen Impro, we will also organize an improv workshop on Saturday 9th August in Impro Tøyen's brand new premises. More info to come. *David and Mary about their work: *\ “As performers, we are drawn to work that explores presence, relationship, and the unspoken dynamics between people. In our shows we use improvisation with theatrical craft to create unscripted performances that are alive, immediate, and emotionally resonant.” UNDERTONE Our simplest show—and one of the most revealing. \ In Undertone, two performers step onto an empty stage with no script, no premise, and no plan—only each other. Together, they create improvised scenes driven by presence, relationship, and what lies beneath the words. \ Without games or format, Undertone explores subtext, silence, and the subtle dynamics that shape human connection. Each performance is a unique encounter—simple, immediate, and deeply human. BIOS David Christopher, with over 30 years of improv and sketch comedy experience, is an improv performer, director, instructor, and producer. A founding member and former owner of Miami's home for improv and sketch comedy, and 7-time Best of Miami winner, Just The Funny. David is responsible for creating the improvisation and sketch writing curriculum at Just The Funny, where he teaches and coaches all six levels of improv acting classes, along with both the Harold workshop, narrative improv, hip hop improv, musical improv, and sketch writing classes. He is also the co-creator of The South Florida Improv Jam and is the executive producer of the Miami Improv Festival since its inception in 2003. In addition to teaching at Just The Funny, David has also taught improv workshops and coached teams at The Improv Retreat, Spontaneous Combustion (Atlanta), Dallas Comedy Festival, Nestival (Columbus, OH), Sarasota Improv Festival, Curious Comedy Theater (Portland, OR), Bexar Stage (San Antonio, TX), Chaos Bloom Theater (Denver), The Torch Theatre (Phoenix), Park City Improv (Park City, UT), Gainesville Improv Festival, First Coast Comedy (Jacksonville), Jacksonville Laugh Fest, Tampa Bay Improv Festival, Palm Beach Improv Festival and The South Florida Improv Jam , dove il lavoro è stato presentato in The Palm Beach Daily News. David has also been featured numerous times in both The Miami Herald and Miami New Times, and was featured in The Actor's Other Career Book. David has toured extensively and has performed improv at: iO Chicago, Curious Comedy Theater (Portland, OR), Hideout Theatre (Austin), SAK Comedy Lab (Orlando), Florida Studio Theater (Sarasota), Chaos Bloom Theater (Denver), Bexar Stage (San Antonio), Dallas Comedy House, The Basement Theatre (Atlanta), ComedySportz San Antonio, and Theater 99 (Charleston, SC) . \ David has trained with The Second City, The Groundlings, iO, UCB, Charna Halpern, Joe Bill, Mark Sutton, Susan Messing, Dave Razowsky, North Coast, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Mike Delaney, and Asaf Ronen. He is a graduate of both New York University, earning a B.F.A. in film and television, and Florida International University, where he earned an M.B.A. Maria Kolovou is an improviser, theater-maker, playwright, and educator based in Miami. Her work fuses improvisation, devised theater, and dramatic storytelling, with a particular focus on presence-driven and relational performance. For over a decade, she created award-winning devised theater in Greece, including two EU-funded projects, and received First Prize in Greece's National Emerging Playwrights Competition in 2017 for her play Someone Light Up the Moon. Maria is an active performer with Just The Funny Improv Theater and has trained in acting and directing. She teaches at the University of Miami, guiding faculty in storytelling, embodied inquiry, and theater-based learning. She holds a PhD in Teaching and Learning, with research on distributed creativity in science-theater collaborations, and a Master's in Drama in Education from Trinity College Dublin.

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IMPROVERKSTED

🎭 VerdensScene: Improvisasjonsverksted med Carpe DM – direkte fra Miami ✨ 📅 Dato: Lørdag 9. august 🕒 Tid: 10:00–15:00 📍 Sted: Tøyen Impro, St. Halvards gate 33c (Du finner Tøyen Impro i Gamlebyen, like ved Fuglen Kaffebar og ZZ Pizza, et lite steinkast fra Bjørvika og Barcode.) 💬 Språk: Engelsk 💲 Pris: 1000 NOK 🎟 Begrenset antall plasser — åpent for alle, ingen erfaring nødvendig. Verdensfolk er stolte av å presentere VerdensScene — vårt nye tilbud som setter fokus på teater og drama i et mangfoldig og levende perspektiv. Vi har invitert to erfarne og prisbelønte kunstnere fra Miami, kjent for sin rå og relasjonelle tilnærming til improvisasjon og teater. Sammen bringer de et vell av erfaring fra noen av USAs mest kjente scener og festivaler, og skaper forestillinger og workshops som er umiddelbare, menneskelige og dypt tilstedeværende. Verkstedet arrangeres i samarbeid med Tøyen Impro, og finner sted i deres splitter nye lokaler på Tøyen. 🌟 Om verkstedet: The Daring Side of Story—Playing the Edge Behind every unforgettable story lies a hidden shadow—the secrets, desires, and transgressions that characters dare not speak. In this intensive, you’ll venture into the “Red Light District” of your imagination: that place where your choices feel dangerous but alive. Through bold scene work, character deep-dives, physical scores, and improvised monologues, you’ll learn to: Push your characters to their limits—emotionally, physically, relationally. Find the story that lives underneath the polite surface. Balance raw honesty with story structure, so your raw edges create compelling narrative. Expect risk, surprise, and the thrill of playing all-in—together. BIOS* David Christopher, with over 30 years of improv and sketch comedy experience, is improv performer, director, instructor, and producer. A founding member and former owner of Miami's home for improv and sketch comedy, and 7-time Best of Miami winner, Just The Funny. David is responsible for creating the improvisation and sketch writing curriculum and program at Just The Funny, where he teaches and coaches all six levels of improv acting classes, along with both the Harold workshop, narrative improv, hip hop improv, musical improv, and sketch writing classes. He is also the co-creator of The South Florida Improv Jam and is the executive producer of the Miami Improv Festival since its inception in 2003. In addition to teaching at Just The Funny, David has also taught improv workshops and coached teams at The Improv Retreat, Spontaneous Combustion (Atlanta), Dallas Comedy Festival, Nestival (Columbus, OH), Sarasota Improv Festival, Curious Comedy Theater (Portland, OR), Bexar Stage (San Antonio, TX), Chaos Bloom Theater (Denver), The Torch Theatre (Phoenix), Park City Improv (Park City, UT), Gainesville Improv Festival, First Coast Comedy (Jacksonville), Jacksonville Laugh Fest, Tampa Bay Improv Festival, Palm Beach Improv Festival and The South Florida Improv Jam, where his workshop was featured in the Palm Beach Daily News. David has also been featured numerous times in both The Miami Herald and Miami New Times, and was featured in The Actor's Other Career Book. David has toured extensively and has performed improv at: iO Chicago, Curious Comedy Theater (Portland, OR), Hideout Theatre (Austin), SAK Comedy Lab (Orlando), Florida Studio Theater (Sarasota), Chaos Bloom Theater (Denver), Bexar Stage (San Antonio), Dallas Comedy House, The Basement Theatre (Atlanta), ComedySportz San Antonio, and Theater 99 (Charleston, SC). David has trained with The Second City, The Groundlings, iO, UCB, Charna Halpern, Joe Bill, Mark Sutton, Susan Messing, Dave Razowsky, North Coast, The Improvised Shakespeare Company, Mike Delaney, and Asaf Ronen. He is a graduate of both New York University, earning a B.F.A. in film and television, and Florida International University, where he earned an M.B.A. Maria Kolovou is an improviser, theater-maker, playwright, and educator based in Miami. Her work fuses improvisation, devised theater, and dramatic storytelling, with a particular focus on presence-driven and relational performance. For over a decade, she created award-winning devised theater in Greece, including two EU-funded projects, and received First Prize in Greece’s National Emerging Playwrights Competition in 2017 for her play Someone Light Up the Moon. Maria is an active performer with Just The Funny Improv Theater and has trained in acting and directing. She teaches at the University of Miami, guiding faculty in storytelling, embodied inquiry, and theater-based learning. She holds a PhD in Teaching and Learning, with research on distributed creativity in science-theater collaborations, and a Master’s in Drama in Education from Trinity College Dublin. 📞 Kontakt: claudia@verdensfolk.no ✨ Velkommen til et unikt verksted som utfordrer deg til å utforske det modige, det skjøre og det ærlige i dine egne historier.

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Verdensfolk er en helårsarrangør som skaper ulike innendørs- og utendørs kulturopplevelser for byens befolkning, av byens kulturutøvere. Vi jobber med å fremheve byens unike kulturmangfold i samarbeid med en rekke etablerte kunst- og kulturorganisasjoner i Oslo. Vi har som mål å være et knutepunkt ved å skape kulturelle prosjekter og arrangementer som fremmer tilhørighet og mangfold i kulturlivet.