{"id":616,"date":"2011-10-07T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=616"},"modified":"2011-11-04T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:02:00","slug":"sin-city-goes-back-to-the-30s-for-second-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/10\/07\/sin-city-goes-back-to-the-30s-for-second-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sin City<\/i> goes back to the ’30s for second season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who saw the live improvised comedy show Sin City<\/em> last season and is expecting the same visual experience this time around is going to be surprised, to say the least.<\/p>\n

The show, now in its second season, is tackling a whole new era with this season, according to director\/producer Ian Ferguson. They were living in the past before, but now they\u2019re going back even further.<\/p>\n

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The cast of Sin City (photo by Chris Orchard).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe went from 1984 with big hair and Jordache jeans, bright colours, and Flock of Seagulls haircuts to the \u201830s with the dustbowl and many, many shenanigans,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

But one thing remains a central focus in Sin City<\/em>: music, all of which is improvised. Ferguson says that the musicians who are performing at the show are making everything up as the production unfolds, which can be just as entertaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe music is a huge part of the show,\u201d he says. \u201cThey are improvising a live score, so if we are having a serious scene or a love scene they\u2019ll totally set the mood and then they\u2019ll change it up when we\u2019re being really goofy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actress\/producer Kirsten Van Ritzen (who jokes that Ferguson is \u201ckind of like an evil puppet master\u201d) says that season two – which is set in the 1930s during the depression, with the characters portraying a band of mischievous travelling carnies who rip people off – will feature no shortage of on-the-spot musical numbers from the cast as well as the musicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also do improvised songs,\u201d she says, \u201cand usually those just happen spontaneously.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overarching concept behind Sin City<\/em> is that it\u2019s an entirely improvised comedy soap opera spanning the duration of 24 weekly episodes.<\/p>\n

Each episode\u2019s plot continues where the previous left off and lasts approximately two hours, containing a full cast of experienced local actors, comedians, and musicians.<\/p>\n

And for those audience members who miss some shows, the characters introduce each performance with a mini monologue explaining the plot to new viewers. This way, no one misses out on any of the good times that Sin City<\/em> is offering this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just terrific fun; its addictive, really,\u201d says Ferguson. \u201cI think it\u2019s probably, for your buck, the most fun you\u2019ll have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sin City<\/em>
\n7:30 pm, preview October 18; show every Tuesday, October 25-April 17 (excluding December 27, January 3 and January 10)
\n$10-$15
\nVictoria Event Centre
\nsincityimprov.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone who saw the live improvised comedy show Sin City last season and is expecting the same visual experience this time around is going to be surprised, to say the least. The show, now in its second season, is tackling a whole new era with this season, according to director\/producer Ian Ferguson. They were living […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-october52011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":657,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}