We arrived on the night not too sure what to expect’we were seeing improvisational comedy after all. From what I had heard these guys were good and Comedy Festival veterans. You have to be pretty good to be known as veterans of anything, either that or you’re too stubborn to leave! But these guys were good. Damn good!

The basic outline for a show includes the selected actors, comics, music-makers and other assorted types making up a character from suggestions from the audience. The audience gives their approval (or disapproval) for the character, and the most popular gets to be the focus of the show. On the night I went it was a four-hundred-year-old vampire escaping would-be vampire killers by heading towards Byron Bay that got the prestigious nod from the audience. However, once the main character is chosen the real show begins, and the audience is taken on a ride where the only limitations are the player’s imaginations.

The show’s premise is simple and yet very effective. The Crew have been doing improv for years and it shows. The quick wit, the rhyming songs, the ability to stay in character against the hardest of laughs all go towards showing their professionalism. Yes some of the jokes fall flat, but even those groan-worthy moments still make you chuckle. I can’t even count the amount of times I laughed out loud. Be warned though, this isn’t a show for the kiddies, but that aside it should definitely be checked out.