Buffet’s Theme Song
Last night we were happy to play at Amorphous Horse‘s Happy Place! We had an amazing time and as an extra bonus, they made us our own theme song.
Enjoy!
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Making it Matter with Maria Peters
We are one! To celebrate our birthday we decided to invite a coach to do a workshop with us. After a year of focusing on our Wildcard narrative format and then the Armando, we’ve become a combination of plotty and pacey. We tend to do very fast, premise-focused scenes which, whilst lots of fun, aren’t …
The Marvellous Maydays
In October, we received an email that surprised and delighted us as a group – the Maydays invited us down to Brighton to come play on their stage. The Maydays, for those who don’t know, are an award-winning improv group that has been around for over 15 years. They have inspired thousands to bring a …
Let’s talk about Improv Coaches…
Last month we did something we’ve never done before…we hired an improv coach. Why did we do it?As a group, there isn’t much we take all that seriously. However, we are weirdly protective of our team dynamic and we are extremely dedicated to the improv as an art form. So, when we began to discuss …
Fighting for Improv
The first rule of Buffet fight club…take videos and share them online! This past Monday, we had our very first coaching session! Coaches are a great way to learn new skills as a group or to have someone with an outside perspective ensure that the team is playing well together. We were very fortunate to …
Between Man and Monkey
On our final spin round the Nursery Carousel, Buffet told the story of Steve, a zookeeper with a drinking problem, whose boozy behaviour was deeply upsetting to Duncan, the talking orangutan. Duncan, feeling like he can no longer trust his human keeper, turns his back on him and refuses to obey him until Steve gets his …
Wildcard: The Origin Story
Now, this is a story all about how, our wildcard format came about, and we’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, to tell you about a show that we love to share… When Buffet first formed, we were from a range of Improv backgrounds and had taken different courses, with a mixture …
Fiona and her Breakdown at Butlin’s
Last Sunday, we had the pleasure of starting a 4 week stint at The Nursery’s Carousel evening – showcasing brand new improv acts in front of a live audience. As it was our first week, we were first up and we introduced the audience to our Wildcard format – a made up story that has …
Beans and ex-boyfriends
This past Saturday, we were delighted to play at the Hoopla Pre-Party! Despite only being on stage for 12 minutes, we were able to tell the story of a humble bean merchant and what happened when her previous lover came to town. Starting with the suggestion of a grocery store, we met Mandy, the proprietor of her very …
Boris and the Millenial Cheesecake
On Sunday we joined the great folk at C3? for a night of improv, stand up, stand-ups improvising, and improvisers standing up (improvisers trying stand up, that is… not just improvisers engaging in regular feet-based weight-bearing)! Highlights included playing alongside Ramshackle, Charm and Strange, and C3?, and the ‘everyone sings’ card getting pulled for the …