Review of 'LIGHTS! CAMERA! IMPROVISE!'
by Andy Leask for Three Weeks

A hilarious improv show for the movie-going era: every night the Scat Pack create a new improvised movie based on audience suggestions, and the cinematic device makes the show a coherent whole, rather than the traditional series of disconnected sketches. The performers have fun playing with the comic possibilities of pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding the action; ballet in reverse proves a particular highlight. All the improv favourites are present: forgotten names, dodgy accents and games of one-upmanship, as performers place one another in awkward situations. At times it did lapse into laziness, especially given some of the more juvenile humour, but for the most part the performers' skill - and the show itself - was excellent.

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