After a great show on Friday night, I stuck around to catch the late-night long-form show done by Graham Myers, and two Germans and a Slovenians. BEST DECISION EVER! Not only was the show hilarious, but these improvisers were among the most inspirational and talented folks I've had the pleasure to watch perform.
Ben was one of the German performers who had his own idea of how to start the show. They were going to do a classic harold, of getting a single suggestion and then just riffing off of it. But there was no ask-for. Instead Ben decided that he was just going to start having a conversation with the audience and then from that conversation they would be inspired to start the show and then things would just go from there. It was amazing just how brilliant the show was. What was even more amazing was realizing just how brilliant the improvisers were. And not just on stage!
After the show we went for the usual drinks at the local pub, where we got to learn more about our new friends. In turns out that the ridiculously hilarious and brilliant Ben also happens to be a scientist. Specifically he's a geneticist - researching the impact of the environment on the genes of plant life. ... Fascinating ... and not intimidating in the least!
It is AWESOME to get to meet these extraordinary people who just completely blow your mind. Just knowing that people like Ben exist makes me smile. It's folks like him that remind me that the world is a pretty darn awesome place filled with some pretty darn awesome people!
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