The improv artists, and members of SPIT Manila Aih Mendoza and Karl Echaluse discuss improv and being part of The Improv Centre’s THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase (23-27 January 2024), with Joseph Planta.

Text of the introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

There’s a great new improv comedy festival next week, THE HEAT – An International Improv Comedy Showcase. It starts Tuesday, 23 January 2024 running through to Saturday, 27 January 2024. It’s put on by The Improv Centre, who’ll be welcoming improv troupes from around the world, like Degrees of Error from Bristol, England, Dad’s Garage from Atlanta, Georgia, Glass Clown from Los Angeles, and RN&Cawls from Toronto. SPIT Manila, a troupe from The Philippines will also be part of the festival, and I’m now joined by two of its members Aih Mendoza and Karl Echaluse. I’ll ask them about how they came to improv, and how it’s improved or helped in other aspects of life. I’ll ask about the improv scene in The Philippines, as well as Asia, and how they’re working to see its spread there and elsewhere. Visit www.thirdworldimprov.com for more, as well as SPIT Manila on social media, like Facebook or Instagram. And visit www.theimprovcentre.ca for tickets to any or all the events part of the showcase. There’ll be nightly improv shows, and more. We recorded this interview this past weekend. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Aih Mendoza, and Karl Echaluse; good morning.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (16.3MB)

Subscribe: RSS