{"id":246,"date":"2016-09-12T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2016-09-14T11:27:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:27:10","slug":"european-improv-festivals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/shows\/european-improv-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"European Improv Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-246 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelonaimprovfestival.com\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/big-if-logo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-251\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-251'>\n\t\t\t\tBarcelona Improv Festival\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FinlandImprovFestival\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/fiif2015-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-253\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-253'>\n\t\t\t\tFIIF &#8211; Finland Improv Festival\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/mountolymprov.com\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mount-Olymprov-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mount-Olymprov-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mount-Olymprov-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mount-Olymprov.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-255'>\n\t\t\t\tMount Olymprov Improv Festival\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osholeela.uk\/?espresso_events=the-maydays-improv-retreat\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Leela1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-272\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-272'>\n\t\t\t\tMaydays Improv Festival\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/improvfestireland.com\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/improfest-ireland-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-274\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-274'>\n\t\t\t\tImprofest Ireland\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edfringe.com\/\" class=\"no-lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Edinburgh-Festival-Fringe-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Edinburgh-Festival-Fringe-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.joesamuel.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Edinburgh-Festival-Fringe.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I have been fortunate enough to be the Musical director at many European Improv Festivals including Barcelona, Finland, Athens, Dublin and Maydays UK improv festivals. \u00a0I&#8217;ve also performed regularly in the Edinburgh Festival, Slapdash and Brighton Festivals. \u00a0My role is to accompany every team, troupe or individual that wants music for their show, often leading to a crazy amount of shows. \u00a0At Barcelona in 2015 I believe I played in 24 shows over 4 nights. \u00a0Highlights have been playing for <a href=\"loignon.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre De l&#8217;Oignon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bigbangimprov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Big Bang<\/a>(Improv Boston), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themaydays.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Maydays<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Lamabati\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lamabati<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jillbernard3.blogspot.co.uk\/\">Jill Bernard<\/a> and many more<\/p>\n<p>Here are some memorable moments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_48268\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_72306\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" 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