Opening Night—Now!

A Completely Improvised Musical

The producer has made a terrible mistake.

Due to a scheduling mix-up, opening night has arrived months before rehearsals were supposed to begin. The theatre is sold out, the audience is waiting... and the only solution is to call Music Improv Theatre Sointi.

Together with a guest director and the audience, the performers create an entirely new musical on the spot. Every song, every scene and every plot twist is improvised live, turning theatrical disaster into opening-night magic.

BUY TICKETS

Tickets 24€ / 16€

Duration approx. 1h 40min incl. 20min interval

Tickets are also available at the door.

There are also two shows in Finnish (1.11. and 27.11.) — see the Finnish page.

The visiting director acts as the host and director of the show, helping the audience come up with their best ideas along the way!

Duncan Walsh Atkins

Duncan Walsh Atkins has been musical director of Showstopper: The Improvised Musical since 2009. It was the first long-form improvised show to run in London's West End (Apollo Shaftesbury Avenue, September - November 2015) and won Best Family And Entertainment at the 2016 Olivier Awards. His other impro credits include the BBC TV series 'Fast & Loose' and appearances with Mike McShane and Paul Merton. He also coaches musical theatre-based improvisation at classes and workshops around the UK and overseas. He is a musical theatre conductor and composer, writing music and lyrics and has appeared several times on BBC Radio.

Artists

• Anna Vainio
• Veli Peltola
• Petra Ainali
• Leevi Skaara
• Venla Sandgren
• Anna Stenberg
• Aarni Kivinen
• Rosaliina Ahvenjärvi
• Mika Perälä
• Timi Karvinen
• Lauri Lehtola

Graphics: Salla Vasenius
Photographs: Leevi Skaara