Norwich Improthon IV

Raised for Norwich Puppet Theatre

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We did it! Thanks to everyone who was part of an amazing 12 hours of improv on Saturday. Here's to the next 10 years of being silly with kind, generous and talented folk x

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Poet in Residence · Patrick Widdess

Ode to the Dogface Improthon 2026

We've gone from nothing to everything: From the kingdom of squirrels To the exotic dance of Butterkist popcorn, To ladies in waiting: The royal secret greeting (It's all about the curtsy.) In a little cabin in the woods Scrabble and a glass of merlot And new traditions Subbuteo Several involuntary snorts Every kind of cereal Riboflavin levels off the chart, Never bothering about football, just lettuce. We've been fence panels Teeshirts who should've gone to Primark, a golf ball that wants to go into retail, Filled our house with water for a budget beach holiday, Got doused in frozen peas. How do we get from building castles from humous, Sword fighting with Michael, an Arc de Triumph bookshelf, To the last one standing at a speed dating massacre Springs for our knees, raised by a mum with wooden arms? Is it because we were raised by Auntie Beeb, suckled from her teet? Maybe it's having lots of cupboards of nice things And nice people to unpack them who believe us when we say I love Fredrich almost as much as my other children, I became a pig because I ate too many Frazzles, I've lost my penguin. It's about connection whether you're on a desert island Or digging up treasure, having the courage to face David Attenborough the most evil ghost pirate you've ever known Absorbing the works of the great bard: I a top do go from side to side I saw some fool a walking on his hands This is Roman times, no Heimlich was there then Beware when the shrubberies come to your home What play is that from? We are united in our quest to push boundaries Venture into the castle stationery cupboard Hunt the elusive black radish Slide down the stairs on our our bums, Slide down the walls on our bums, Slide down the curtains on our bums, Get drunk at Cape Canaveral Suck up the spaghetti Get tickets for the Ting Tings in Tottenham Find new language: Uuh uuuh m m m m m m No one's used the word vagina in 10,000 years. Translate poetry on the jealousy of the cashew nut. We've been doing this for twelve hours We've been doing this for ten years Doing things we've never done before Seeking the secret to long life and health Discovering that skips are sexy Snails are rarely embraced There are plenty of beautiful people working in radio But we can't name them. We've sung new songs: Egg sandwich I've lost my pelican I really like hinges they're so beautiful Pedestrian blues The do ron ron ron, the do ron ron. And yes, there's always one more thing Another drop inside the bottle As I was saying You should have seen him with a squigee. How do I finish when there's always another scene, More characters in the wings waiting To exist before disappearing like clouds or mist. And you the audience calling for scenes On Jenga, watermelons, the sun, diamonds, shells, alien goop - has this happened to you? It will happen somehow, somewhere when someone demands it With cries of Jennifer! My laminator No, you can't put that there! Come and join me in the washing machine Marry me! So pucker up your mutt mug, put a smile on your canine visage Throw your paws in the air for Dogface!

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Dogface Improv · Norwich