It’s been quietly pointed out to me that the ensemble cast in ‘Thank God You’re Here‘ are very really talented improvisers, including World, NSW and Cranston cup champions. I stand by what I said about the format, but I’ll take back what I said about them having a script, because apparently they don’t (hopefully my assumption that they did can be take as a compliment). The suspicion is that they are just a number of given ‘plot points’ which they’re aiming to hit, and orders to make the guests struggle a little rather than trying to save them.

It’s a bit of a pity these guys can’t just play the scene out - I was blown away by most of the scenes in last years Cranston cup (apparently to the point where I don’t recognise any of the players), so I’d love to see that in a weekly show. That said, apparently they did make a pilot with practised improvisers playing the guest parts and they made the scenes look too smooth.

Anyway, I guess we’ll see how it all develops over the next few weeks.

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