EXPERIMENTAL Improv WORKSHOP FOR EnSEMBLE TEAM-Showcase on May 17th

## 🎭 EXPERIMENTAL IMPROV WORKSHOP FOR ENSEMBLE TEAM

### 📅 Showcase: May 17th @ Aconchego House, Lisbon

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### 🚀 Oops, My Neurodiversity Is Showing!

We're launching a bold, experimental short-form improv series—and we want YOU in the ensemble!
This isn’t just another comedy show. We're fusing raw, real-life monologues with fast-paced improv scenes to explore mental health, LGBTQ+ experiences, neurodiversity, and the joy (and chaos) of being delightfully different.

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### 💥 WANT TO JOIN THE ENSEMBLE?

We’re looking for:

• 🎭 Improv performers, comedians, or theatre-makers
  With experience—or big enthusiasm—for short-form improv and autobiographical storytelling
• 🌈 LGBTQ+ and/or neurodivergent folks (strongly encouraged to apply!)
  Allies are also welcome
• 🤝 Team players
  Open to a profit-share model (donation-based, split after costs)
• 🎤 Performers who love real stories
  And can improvise scenes based on themes like identity, mental health, and life’s weird moments
• 📢 People who want to build community and spread the word!

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### 🗓️ WORKSHOP & REHEARSAL DATES – LISBON

📍 Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista
(Rua das Gaivotas, 8 | 1200-202 Lisboa)

• Tuesday, April 8 & 15 – 19:30–22:00
• Saturday, April 26 – 14:30–17:30
• Sunday, May 4 – 19:30–21:30
• Thursday, May 15 – 19:30–22:00

> 💡 You must attend at least 3 workshops to be part of the final performance.

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### 🎓 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

In this ensemble-based improv journey, you’ll:

• Practice short-form improv games to boost spontaneity and group synergy
• Blend personal storytelling with unscripted scene work rooted in lived experience
• Explore themes of neurodivergence, queerness, and mental health through comedy and drama
• Expand your emotional range, character depth, and stage presence
• Take creative risks and embrace the unknown
• Strengthen collaboration and deep listening
• Create raw, playful, and honest performances
• Prepare for a bold, high-energy showcase celebrating radical visibility and self-expression

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### 🎭 SHOWCASE PERFORMANCE

• 🗓️ Date: May 17, 2025
• ⏰ Call Time: 19:00 | Showtime: 19:30
• 📍 Venue: Aconchego House / Aco Lisboa (Rua São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon)
• 🕺🏽 Runtime: ~45 minutes + audience feedback

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### 💸 DONATE & SUPPORT THE WORK

This project is part of the launch of the Empauher neuro-spicy queer social enterprise! 💖
Recommended donation: €10 (Pay What You Want) per workshop
This helps cover platform subscriptions and ongoing project costs.
All donations go back into sustaining the community and making this project possible.

• Donate via GoFundMe:
  https://gofund.me/7edd19e3
• Pay in advance (Stripe):
  https://buy.stripe.com/28o3fXgMX9Xeh2g003
• Or bring cash/card on the day!

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### 🛑 DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT A FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS

This is a grassroots, community-led initiative rooted in care, creativity, and mutual support. As part of the Empauher social enterprise, it exists to uplift LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent voices—not to generate profit.
All contributions support:

• Subscription and platform fees
• Materials and venue costs
• Continued sustainability of this work

💖 I am donating my time and energy as a facilitator, director, writer, performer, and producer because I believe in the power of radical visibility and collective joy. Your support keeps this space alive.

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### 📌 ATTENDANCE POLICY

✨ Be real, not flaky.
If you sign up, show up.
That said—life happens. If you can’t make it, please give at least 5 hours’ notice.
We get it—spoons run out, curveballs come flying. Just keep it kind and communicative.

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### 💬 JOIN THE WHATSAPP GROUP

Stay in the loop, ask questions, and share silly gifs:
👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/H9oPbIDyH3O3QUGePw51VN

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### 🌟 READY TO APPLY?

📲 DM me on WhatsApp about who you are and your improv experience.
Spaces are limited—let’s create something hilarious, honest, and unforgettable together!
+44 7938 001959

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