20 years of international improvised theatre in Würzburg
We celebrate our birthday! The international Würzburger Improtheaterfestival looks back on 20 exciting years. But above all, we are looking forward to celebrating a festival of improvised theater with you in October!
For improvisers we are offering format labs in addition to the traditional weekend workshops. Five days of intensive improv training, during which a show format will be developed and performed at the festival.
Speaking of the show program: It will be published in autumn. Application for the workshops, however, will begin in a few days: Starting May 9th at 7 pm (CET) you can register for the workshops. Be quick: There will be no lottery this year.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
Programme & Tickets
The Würzburger Improtheaterfestival is a theater event that is an inherent part for the cultural life in our city. Every year we present between eight and twelve shows in different venues all around Würzburg. On the one hand, the programme consists of international ensembles showing their innovative improv formats to our audiences. On the other hand, we present our own productions, which are performed by guests of the festival.
The show programme will be published one to two month before the festival weekend. The advance sale starts in a little bit later.
International Opening Gala: MaestroTM
Spectacular competition to kick off the festival
Thursday, 27th October 2022
Start: 8.30 pm // Admission: 7.30 pm
Venue: Bockshorn
In Englisch and German
It is the gladiator fight of improvised theater. Because who stands triumphantly in the spotlight at the end is decided by no one other than the audience. Don't worry, no one will be wounded. But the stakes are high: only one actor can claim the coveted prize money of five euros - and the title of "Maestro"! This year we will again open the Würzburg Impro Theater Festival with this classic show and invite the crème de la crème of our festival guests on stage. Let the games begin!
Direction: Steve Jarand // Music: Jan Höcker
Foto: Patti Varasano
Price:
In advance: 16,00 Euro (12,00 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Box office: 20,00 Euro (16,00 Euro reduced)
Kindershow: Bis es aufklart
Eine Geschichte über Stürme im Wasserglas, viel Wind um Gewissheiten und eine frische Brise im Herzen.
Friday, 28th Oktober 2022
Start: 10:00am // Admission: 9:30am
Venue: Cairo
In German
Ein Sturm tobt! Immer mehr Reisende finden Schutz in einer kleinen Herberge... im flackernden Licht und unter klappernden Fensterläden fängt plötzlich einer an, eine Geschichte zu erzählen. Eine tolle Möglichkeit, mit Fremden so die Nacht zu überstehen. Plötzlich erinnern sich mehrere an die Geschichte. Jemand war sogar selbst dabei! Doch hoppla, da fehlt doch die Hälfte. Und überhaupt, das Ende ist komisch. Jemand anders soll erzählen. Jetzt stimmt der Anfang nicht mehr. Und wo kommt die neue Heldin her? Wer hat hier eigentlich recht und was ist bloß heiße Luft? Wer hat die Wahrheit und wer den Überblick? Nicht nur draußen geht es drunter und drüber.
Präsentiert von Damenwahl Kinderimpro mit Dame der Wahl Julia Pöhlmann.
Preise:
Vorverkauf: 4,50 Euro zzgl. VVK-Gebühr
Abendkasse: 6,00 Euro
Festival Special: Singled Out
A top international cast explores society's obsession with coupling up
Friday, 28th Oktober 2022
Start: 8:30pm // Admission 8:00pm
Venue: Theaterhalle am Dom
In English
"Welcome to the Relationship Service Center. We understand that you have been without a partner for a few years now. It is our mission to match as many singles as possible with someone who will truly make them whole. We are delighted that you will now be joining our program. We promise: You won't be leaving alone."
In this show six individuals find themselves in a room together. They have never met before. All that they know of each other is one thing: They're single. While some of them are eager to finally end their solitary suffering, others are more reluctant to be matched up. Over the course of the night tension rises as they challenge each others' views on what it means to be single... and wonder if there is a way to be single without being singled out.
An improvised play created by Lena Försch (Schwestern in der Überzahl / Würzburg) and Carina Odenbreit (Der Kaktus / Würzburg).
Price:
In advance 16,00 Euro (12,00 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Box office 20,00 Euro (16,00 Euro reduced)
Foto: Uschi Mattke
Double Feature: Märchen.Ende. & What You Want To Know
Ein Abend rund um die Frage, wie es weiter geht
Friday, 28th October 2022
Start: 8:30pm // Admission: 8:00pm
Venue: Keller Z87
In German with doses of English
Die Prinzessin trifft den Prinz, sie verlieben sich - dann gibt es ein paar Hindernisse und am Ende leben sie glücklich bis ans Ende ihrer Tage. So funktioniert Liebe im Märchen - aber in der Realität? Da bröckelt die romantische Märchenwelt. Da betrügt die Prinzessin, bekommt der Prinz nen Burn-Out und sie streiten über die Zahnpastatube. Liebe tut oft weh und ist harte Arbeit - nicht wirklich wie im Märchen. In Märchen.Ende. begeben sich die Doppelgänger Lena Breuer und Nick Maaß auf die Suche nach der Liebe, nach ihrem Scheitern, nach den Fehlern und den großen Entschuldigungen und improvisieren ein Stück rund um ein Päärchen, dessen Märchen zu Ende ist. Oder auch nicht.
Sei es Schicksal, Karma oder Zufall: Wie die Zukunft aussieht, kann keiner sagen. Oder doch? Diego Ingold (Palma de Mallorca) begibt sich in seiner Solo-Show What You Want To Know mit eindrucksvoller körperlicher Improvisation auf eine übersinnliche Reise ins Ungewisse. Mit Tarotkarten sagt er dem Publikum die Zukunft voraus – ohne dabei große Worte zu verlieren: Was erwartet mich? Ein Lottogewinn? Ein folgenreiches Date? Oder der Kampf ums Überleben nach einem Flugzeugabsturz? Wirf einen Blick in deine Zukunft!
Preise:
Vorverkauf 13,50 Euro (ermäßigt 10,50 Euro) zzgl. VVK-Gebühr
Abendkasse 16,50 Euro (ermäßigt 13,50 Euro)
Solo, an improvised love musical
We accompany Luis de Pablo in his unique love story
Friday, 28th Oktober 2022
Start: 8:30pm // Admission 8:00pm
Veranstaltungsort: Theater am Neunerplatz
English with doses of Spanish
Please note: This show lasts approx. 75 minutes and has no break.
Claudio (Luis de Pablo ) returns to his mother's village where the smell of the countryside, the fresh air and cheeky Cupid enter through the window of his heart. From that moment on he begins a musical, unpredictable and passionate journey in search of love. Does love have a final destination? Is love the solution to end loneliness? What exactly is love? In this improvised show, a single performer creates the entire story which is all about the sweetest of feelings. And what better way to celebrate this than through music?
The play is performed by Luis de Pablo Olivenza from Madrid/Spain.
Price:
In advance 13,50 Euro (10,50 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Box Office 16,50 Euro (13,50 Euro reduced)
Foto: Jorge Echeverría
Inbal & Aree : Stories from Home
Honest and funny insights on living far from home
Friday, 28th Oktober 2022
Start: 11:00pm // Admission 10:30pm
Venue: Cairo
In English
Please note: This late night show lasts approx. 60 minutes and has no break.
Inbal comes from Israel. Aree comes from Indonesia. Both made Germany and Norway their home for years. Yet, they bring the stories from their first home wherever they go. In Inbal & Aree, they take little pieces of their memories and turn them into scenes never played before. Stories which are honest, charming, funny, yet insightful. We touch upon family, society, politics, taboos and life growing up in Asia and living in Europe. For one evening, we share with our audience the world through our unique perspectives.
Price:
In advance 13,50 Euro (10,50 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Box office 16,50 Euro (13,50 Euro reduced)
Double Feature: Knitting & All You Can Eat!
Two international shows that offer bold physicality, grounding and fast moves
Saturday, 29th October 2022
Start: 8:30pm // Admission: 8:00pm
Venue: Theaterhalle am Dom
In English
It’s simple questions that let us dive deeper. What is connection? How can we tell we’re in relation to each other or anything? In Knitting connection becomes visible by a climbing rope on stage. A 70 meters long metaphor and an actual prop, the rope indicates closeness, loops and distance. Sara Šoukal and her colleague weave stories, swing from inspiration to action, tie spot-on knots and hold on to their discoveries. A show exploring physicality, offering bold images, fast switches and a desire to dive deeper.
When was the last time you joined a buffet? Ah, the choices! Appetizers, specials, deserts all in one place. Courses and components chase each other, every bite is different and yet part of the same great dinner. Pardon, show! Because we hope you are hungry for some great theater: In All You Can Eat! you’re in for a mind-tickling treat.
Christian Capozzoli, Patrick Williams and Ubeyde Cimen weave themes, games, stories and characters together with physicality, boldness and split second agreement to create a piece brimming with imagination, humor and heart. With the pace of New York and the confidence of Bremen, here in Würzburg.
Price:
In advance 16,00 Euro (12,00 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Box office 20,00 Euro (16,00 Euro reduced)
Cloud Atlas
An epic comedic take on humanity in six eras
Saturday, 29th October 2022
Start: 8.00pm // Admission: 7.30pm
Venue: Keller Z87
In English
Please note: This show lasts approx. 60 minutes and has no break.
Whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the roaring '70s, or the post-apocalypse, the improvisers in this show will take you on a journey through time and cultures, finding connections within human history - and making you laugh along the way. Explore past and future eras and civilizations with the evening's performers in a way that neither history books nor science fiction movies can show you.
"The clouds being like souls and the breadth of humanity, all of the souls that are constantly shifting and changing through time. Clouds shift their color and size and shape and come back."
Inspired by David Mitchell's critically acclaimed novel, Aree Witoelar (Norway / Indonesia) developed the format “Cloud Atlas” which will be performed by the workshop ensemble.
Price:
In advance 10,50 Euro (8,50 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Abendkasse: 13,50 Euro (11,50 Euro reduced)
Blank - A story of a place
An imaginary place comes to life
Saturday, 29th October 2022
Start: 8:00pm // Admission: 7:30pm
Venue: Theater am Neunerplatz
In English
Please note: This show lasts approx. 60 minutes and has no break.
A piazza and its residents, an amusement park, an apartment building or an offshore platform – Together with the audience, we create details of an environment that forms inspiration and scenery. This mini-cosmos is filled with encounters, demands, dreams and grown relationships that unfold bit by bit between the inhabitants. Moment by moment their story gets written as the improvisers fill in the Blank.
Like a raindrop under a microscope, like a galaxy in front of the telescope or just like a place next door viewed through the window: only seemingly omnipresent and all the more unique when it opens up to the amazed.
Directed by Inbal Lori from Israel/Germany and performed by the workshop ensemble.
Price:
In advance 10,50 Euro (8,50 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Abendkasse: 13,50 Euro (11,50 Euro reduced)
Cloud Atlas
An epic comedic take on humanity in six eras
Saturday, 29th October 2022
Start: 10.00pm // Admission: 9.30pm
Venue: Keller Z87
In English
Please note: This show lasts approx. 60 minutes and has no break.
Whether it's the Industrial Revolution, the roaring '70s, or the post-apocalypse, the improvisers in this show will take you on a journey through time and cultures, finding connections within human history - and making you laugh along the way. Explore past and future eras and civilizations with the evening's performers in a way that neither history books nor science fiction movies can show you.
"The clouds being like souls and the breadth of humanity, all of the souls that are constantly shifting and changing through time. Clouds shift their color and size and shape and come back."
Inspired by David Mitchell's critically acclaimed novel, Aree Witoelar (Norway / Indonesia) developed the format “Cloud Atlas” which will be performed by the workshop ensemble.
Preise:
Vorverkauf 10,50 Euro (ermäßigt 8,50 Euro) zzgl. VVK-Gebühr
Abendkasse: 13,50 Euro (ermäßigt 11,50 Euro)
Blank - A story of a place
An imaginary place comes to life
Saturday, 29th October 2022
Start: 10:00pm // Admission: 9:30pm
Venue: Theater am Neunerplatz
In English
Please note: This show lasts approx. 60 minutes and has no break.
A piazza and its residents, an amusement park, an apartment building or an offshore platform – Together with the audience, we create details of an environment that forms inspiration and scenery. This mini-cosmos is filled with encounters, demands, dreams and grown relationships that unfold bit by bit between the inhabitants. Moment by moment their story gets written as the improvisers fill in the Blank.
Like a raindrop under a microscope, like a galaxy in front of the telescope or just like a place next door viewed through the window: only seemingly omnipresent and all the more unique when it opens up to the amazed.
Directed by Inbal Lori from Israel/Germany and performed by the workshop ensemble.
Price:
In advance 10,50 Euro (8,50 Euro reduced) plus advanced booking fee
Abendkasse: 13,50 Euro (11,50 Euro reduced)
There is going to be dancing! We celebrate 20 years of Würzburger Improtheaterfestival in the style of the golden 20s. If you dare, come in costume!
Information about tickets and show attendance regarding Corona. Due to the ongoing special situation with Corona, we ask you to inform yourself about the applicable regulations before visiting the respective event. Currently (19.09.2022) there are no special restrictions. This may change depending on the course of the pandemic. We will react according to the legal regulations in force at that time and the specifications of the individual venues. We recommend wearing an FFP2 mask when attending our events.
Workshops
Format Labs
Deep Dive with performance at the festival
During 22 hours from Wednesday, October 26 to Sunday, October 30, you will explore a topic in depth with Inbal Lori or Aree Witoelar and, on top of that, develop a show format. You will present this in a show on the Saturday of the festival. Sunday will then provide space for debriefing and feedback.
Weekend Workshops
Intensive work on stage skills
from Friday, October 28th to Sunday, October 30th you will experiment together with Diego Ingold, Sara Šoukal or Camilla Frey at the limits of your improvisation skills. In 11 hours you will refine techniques, venture into unknown territory or train some long neglected stage muscles.
Show don’t tell: The Secret of Physical Improvisation
Teacher: Diego Ingold from Spanien
Level: 1 - Experienced
Language: English
Price: 240€ regular // 200€ reduced*
Duration: Friday, 28.10.22, 2:30pm until Sunday, 30.10.22, 1pm
We’re cutting onions, driving a motorcycle or building a sandcastle: But why do we keep on talking about what we're doing on stage, flooding the scene with unnecessary words? If we just do stuff instead of chatting about it, we save our voices to address what really matters to our characters and give our scenes more authenticity. In this workshop you’ll learn how to create beginnings of scenes without saying a word. Diego will work with you on fixed points, drawing spaces, pantomime, the different ways to evoke objects and how to simulate efforts, weight and dimensions. You will be able to create a new reality on the empty stage simply using your body. Delve into the dramatic truth that physical work brings over words.
Diego Ingold is an actor, improviser and plastic artist from Palma de Mallorca. For more than 10 years he has taught workshops on theatrical improvisation and physical theater tools, commedia dell'arte and theater of objects. For the last 5 years, he has been participating in impro festivals and training companies in different countries (Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Philippines, Italy, Holland, South Africa, Germany and Spain).
Although much of the time he works alone, or with projects of the companies of the cities he visits, he is currently part of three companies.
- Theatrical impro: GLOBAL IMPRO, together with Feña Ortalli and Claudia Bernabé.
- Multidisciplinary impro: DAUS, with Aina Zanoguera (music) and Úrsula Urgeles (dance).
- Theater of Creation: Hermanas Picohueso, with Gala Peire and LLuki Portas.
He has also worked on the creation of different shows with Omar Argentino Galván (Buenos Aires / Madrid), VerbaVolant (Rome), TrampaTeatre (Palma), Carol Hernantez and Sergio Paris (Lima), David Moncada (Bogotá)…
For a long time, he has been researching tools to bring the plastic arts and theater closer to the world of improvisation, trying to blur the lines of the different artistic disciplines.
Shining through supporting
Teacher: Sara Šoukal from Slovenia
Level: 1 - Experienced
Language: English
Price: 240€ regular // 200€ reduced*
Duration: Friday, 28.10.22, 2:30pm until Sunday, 30.10.22, 1pm
True power lies in the people who don't let you fall when you take that step in the unknown. It is the improvisers on stage, that strive to lift up others that shine the brightest. It is the ones, who master the art of letting go of their own ego, in order to serve and soar, that generate a safe and inviting space, where we feel loved, heard and called to play. Their cunning eye always noticing little twitches, nervousness of their coplayers and through unconditional support, they bring out the best of us.
During the workshop we will revisit the concepts of supporting on stage, we will devise supporting mechanisms and hopefully, discover new ones!
More than ever we need to remind ourselves of the fact, that an ensemble on stage is a (temporary) community. Alexandre Dumas said it best through his famous three musketeers: All for one, one for all!
Sara Šoukal is a well seasoned theatre artist with years of experience. As an actress and as a pedagogue she is most active in the field of theatrical improvisation, for which she says is her first love. She fell in love with impro when she was 9 years old and they have been together ever since. Her impro aesthetic is poetic, dream-like and full of details. Nothing escapes her eye.
Lately, she has been setting her foot in other performative fields with great joy and interest. She has been flirting with devised theater, contemporary dance and object theater.
She is one of the most active and prominent improvisers in Slovenia, working also abroad, in many impro collectives, theatres and associations. In Slovenia those are: Association Impro, Iglu theater, Improške, Impromobile, and others. Internationally, she is part of Ohana and Project Eve collectives respectively. Sara also teached and/ or performed in: Seattle, Uppsala, Copenhagen, Dublin, Budapest, Leuven, Paris, Strasbourg, Graz, Bydgoszcz, Wurzburg, etc.
Variety
Teacher: Camilla Frey aus Norwegen
Level: 2 - Advanced
Language: English
Price: 240€ regular // 200€ reduced*
Duration: Friday, 28.10.22, 2:30pm until Sunday, 30.10.22, 1pm
Have you ever found yourself experiencing déjà-vu on stage, thinking «waiiiit a minute, I’ve done this scene before haven’t I»? And then it keeps on happening here and there, you can’t get out of the comfortable feeling, automatically using the same patterns, and you might be worried that your brain is playing tricks on you?
Good news is: it’s not your misbehaving mind. The scene you just did has actually happened many times before. Bad news is: when you’ve been improvising for a while, it’s inevitable (like Brad Pitts commercial for Chanel) that we face the same scenarios/relationships/themes/characters over and over again.
In this workshop, we’ll explore how to find variability on stage, play off of each other’s variety, and even how to vary your variability. We’ll also explore association and disassociation, and discover how to stay playful and inspired when the scene is going down that same old track.
Suitable for improvisers who have been improvising enough to have had a whiff of these thoughts - and Brad Pitt.
Camilla Frey has been playing improv since y2k started and has performed in Norway and internationally on a regular basis, as well as working as an actor in film/tv/theatre. Camilla is one of the founding members of Det Andre Teatret in Oslo, Norway, and has been improvising in a broad selection of shows; in known Keith Johnstone formats: Gorilla Theatre™, Life Game™, Maestro™ Impro, Theatresports™, various other shortform and musical formats and has been part of developing and performing longform formats like «When they met»(romcom) and «Almost Ibsen»(improvised Henrik Ibsen). Besides working as an actor and improvisor, Camilla is also a competitive equestrian rider, so whenever she’s not on stage, she’s most likely to be found on horseback. Or shovelling manure. Both useful skills that might come in handy in a scene, right? Who am I kidding, it’s totally me writing this. So this was a short blurb about me, but feel free to ask me anything when we meet, as I probably forgot something important! See you soon, and looking forward!
Breaking Down the Game & Cloud Atlas
Teacher: Aree Witoelar from Norway/Indonesia
Level: 2 - Advanced
Language: English
Price: 430€ regular // 360€ reduced*
Duration: Wednesday, 26.10.22, 2pm until Sunday, 30.10.22, 1pm
The Workshop is already fully booked. Registration for the waiting list is still possible.
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You want to know what makes a scene funny? Then you should definitely look into “the Game” – one of the foundations of great comedy, yet most elusive concepts in impro. In this 5-day intensive we will break down the mechanics of Game into individual components and practice each topic one by one. You’ll work on finding the unusual thing, playing the voice of reason, heightening the game, teleporting, weird worlds and more to elevate the dynamics of a scene. By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to put all of them together to make your audience laugh their heads off.
Speaking of audiences: part of this workshop is applying the concept of “the Game” in a long form show. Inspired by David Mitchell's critically acclaimed novel, Aree developed the format “Cloud Atlas” – an epic comedic take on humanity in six eras. In the workshop, you’ll learn incredible group focus and support to play the format, using your newly developed skills in Game. Day 4 is the big day: you’ll present the show in front of a “real” audience as part of the program of the Würzburger Improtheaterfestival. The stage is yours!
Aree Witoelar is Norway-based impro teacher, director and performer from Indonesia who started improvising 15 years ago. He’s the founder and artistic director of Impro Neuf International, Norway’s most inclusive international improv community with over 1.000 members. He has taught in-person and online throughout the world, from Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, USA, Canada, the Philippines and India.
Blank – A Story of a Place
Teacher: Inbal Lori from Germany/Israel
Level: 3 - Professional
Language: English
Price: 430€ regular // 360€ reduced*
Duration: Wednesday, 26.10.22, 2pm until Sunday, 30.10.22, 1pm
Blank is an improvised play about an imaginary place. After taking some specific inspirations from the audience, the tale of Blank unravels. From one scene to the next we discover the relationships, power dynamics, fears, dreams and challenges of the inhabitants. The people in this place and their humanity become the focus. Moment by moment their story gets written as the improvisers fill in the Blank.
In preparation of the Blank format, our workshop focuses on investigating and developing the dramatic arc of characters as well as the place itself. We’ll explore following a narrative by taking specific, focused actions. Performance honesty and commitment will be paramount. Also important are transitions, editing, finding and following tone, rhythm and energy, but also breaking them when needed. Over these five days we’ll strengthen our sense of ensemble, and discover a common plan and common pace for this (not so) common place.
The participants of the workshop will perform Blank at the festival on Saturday night.
Inbal Lori is a graduate of Jerusalem Art High School (1994) and Nissan Nativ acting studio (2000). Since then she has been writing and acting for television and theater and has won prizes and scholarships for her acting and writing. Inbal wrote dialogues for TV soap operas, theater pieces, children plays, a sketch show that ran weekly, one woman shows and more. She won the best performer award in the Israeli Fringe festival in 2008 for the one woman show she wrote and played “The woman I could have been”. Inbal started improvising in Tel Aviv in 2001 and ran an improvisation school in the city from 2013-2017. Her current Israel group is called 3FALLING.
In 2015 Inbal moved to Berlin and since then she has taught and performed all over the world in places like: USA, Canada, Australia, Colombia and Europe. Her performances include her solo show "Fragments of Life" and duo shows such as "CLICK" with Tim Orr (San Francisco), "The Lorilees" with Lee White (Canada), "The Fun Fatales" with Paula Galimberti (Spain) and "Playing with the Enemy" with Arab improviser Zaki Zikani. In Berlin she is working and coaching the groups “Die Gorillas” and “ImproBerlin”. For the last 2 years Inbal is also teaching her yearly Masterclass “Acting for improvisers” which is a wonderful opportunity for improvisers to grow as performers in a profound way.
Experience Level
The level system helps us building homogeneous workshop groups to ensure that everybody gets the most out of their workshop experience.
Categories such as students, employed, etc. do not always reflect the actual financial situation. Please decide for yourself if you are able to pay the regular price or if you need a discount. We trust that the reduced price will benefit those who really need it.
Unfortunately, we cannot foresee the situation and regulations regarding Corona so early. We will organize the festival responsibly and as safe as possible for everyone and inform in time. If we have to cancel the festival due to the pandemic, we will refund the participation fees. For your own protection we recommend seminar insurances, in case you can't participate at short notice because of Corona.
Festival-Guide
If you would like to take part in the festival, you will find various information and all kinds of interesting facts in the festival guide. We will add to the guide during the year. If there is still an open question, just contact us.
Code of Conduct
We have developed a short code of conduct to ensure that everybody feels safe and happy and can get the most out of their experience at the Würzburger Improtheaterfestival. Reading through this code will give you an idea of our festival philosophy and values.
Schedule
As at September, 27th
Subject to modification
Directions & Parking
FAQ
Workshop application
You can register with the registration form. We will then come back to you as soon as possible with the information, whether you got a spot. This year there's no lottery, which means, that the first ones to register will get a workshop spot. If you want, you can name a second or third priority to rise your chance to get a spot (and for the case that you are interested in more than one of the workshop themes). If you are quick enough, we'll ask you to confirm your workshop spot by transfering your workshop fee. Of course there will be a waiting list for those who didn't got a spot on the first run.
The website confirms your registration. Within the next few days after registration you will receive an email from us confirming which of your workshop wishes we were able to fulfill and a request for payment. Please be patient – we'll make sure the info gets to you. If you haven't heard from us within one weeks, please drop us a quick note.
No, you won't. The banks don't all work at the same speed and we process the cash receipts in one go. That's why it can take a couple of days before you get the final confirmation. If we discover that we haven't received your festival fee, we will check with you before we give your spot to someone else.
Yes, there is one. As soon as someone gives up their spot, we will give the spot to the next person on the waiting list.
Send an email to info@improtheaterfestival.de and we will contact the Youth Hostel. One night at the Youth Hostel is 37 Euro per person including breakfast.
Until July 31st you can cancel your workshop spot and we will transfer your festival fee minus an administrative fee of 30 Euros. If you cancel your spot after July 31st, we will first have to find someone from the waiting list to fill your spot. If we are successful in finding someone, we will transfer the fee back to your bank account minus the administrative fee of 30 Euros.
(At) the festival
Most parts of the festival take place at the Jugendkulturhaus Cairo (Fred-Josef-Platz 3, 97082 Würzburg). The workshops will be at the Cairo, the elementary school, the church and the Youth Hostel, which are all nearby and within walking distance - here and there including some stairs. The shows take place at different venues in Würzburg.
Although we are optimistic about the future, there is still a chance that the festival will be cancelled due to the pandemic. In case of a cancellation your festival fee will be fully refunded. We also recommend getting travel insurrance, so your train and flight cost will be reimbursed.
At the check-in you'll get a warm welcome, snacks and your invoice for the workshop. All hostel guests will also receive the necessary information about accommodation. If there are any outstanding questions or finances, we can clarify them at check-in. The check-in helps us to get an overview of who has already arrived. This is probabely important due to the pandemic. We therefore ask you come by briefly, even if you are already familiar with our Festival.
Of course! All guests are welcome! There is lots do in Würzburg even without a workshop. You can share meals with the participants, have a look around Würzburg, watch the shows and party with us!
No problem! We will leave your name and your room number at the reception of the Youth Hostel.
The following meals are included in your workshop fee: Dinner on Wednesday, lunch and dinner on thursday, lunch on friday for people participating in a 22-hours-workshop; Dinner on Friday, lunch and dinner on Saturday for all.
For those staying at the hostel, breakfast is also included.
The youth hostel provides bed linen, you only need to bring your own towel.
Yes! We are very happy for your support! Just send an email and we will get back to you.
Team
Support
We would like to thank all our partners, sponsors and venues for their support and the long time cooperation.
We also want to say thank you to our patron, the Mayor of Würzburg, Christian Schuchardt!
