Impromptunes - The Completely Improvised Musical Podcast

Title by Ryan Smedley, A collaboration with Off Book: The Improvised Musical Podcast. Zac and Jess improvise an opening number and then the cast of Impromptunes finishes the musical. Listen to Off Book Here: https://www.earwolf.com/show/off-book/ @offbookpod In a world where cereal has been outlawed by Big Stevia, a hidden secret is secretly hidden on the back of cardboard boxes. This is the story...

Title by Andrew Harrison   Sally a 16yo Aussie girl and her brother Justin are hosting an Australia Day BBQ, but Robbo and the gang have other plans. Can living in the past, love, and the secret power of movies stop the storm that comes with the BBQ Bandits.   Song List: "The Great Aussie BBQ", "It's 1996" , "We Gonna Grill Him" , "Right here, Right Now", "Let's Hit the Party", "I Need to Go to th...

Title by Claire Nichols   Gripping news: Two parents, stuck on a holiday in the Sahara Desert are forced to eat their own children to survive. Now they are raising money to help thirsty children. But not all is as it seems and there's only one journalist who can get to the bottom of these lies.   Song List: "Harder in the Sahara," "We're Not Diamonds; We're Rubble", "We Gotta Keep This Rep-Tale",...

Title by Kirsty Wigg   John is a tradie who dreams of living the high life, but all he's got is high building construction sites. Janelle is a fancy lady, trapped inside a tower until she can conquer her pottymouth. Their star-crossed meeting is about to knock the walls down on both their lives. Song List: "Where the Walls Unfall", "The Roodidoodidoos", "Free, Without Freedom of Speech", "Practica...

Title by Oh Dear Toast François wants to eat everything in the world, but thanks to the meat industry his gut wont tolerate it. If he want's to regain control of his diet he's going to have to discover that the true cure to gluten intolerance. Song List: "Baguette, Baguette, Baguette", "So Many Things Left Uneaten", "No More Gut Flora", "Feel Good on the Inside", "Open your Mind (The Cure to Glute...

Title by Lynda Nichols   After getting upset by an insensitive practical joke, Derek finds comfort in sharing his sadness with Rottnest's only melancholy quokka. Song list: "Off To An Island", "Now I've Got Good Mouth Hygiene", "If People Are Sad", "Being Sad Together Makes Me Happy Inside", "Take A Selfie With A Quokka"   Wanna show Impromptunes some financial love? Check out our Patreon here: ht...

Title by Chris Griswold   Richard Hamilton is out exploring the stars, but the King of Hollywood would really prefer it if he just came home.   Song List: "Everybody Wants to Go to the Next Level", "He had a Plan", "Hamilton, Come Back to Me", "The Feeling Called Proud", "Everybody's Gonna Be a Space Freak"   Wanna show Impromptunes some financial love? Check out our Patreon here: https://www.patr...

Title by Maureen Nichols   Western Australia has divorced from the rest of Australia just as Gary, the Prime Minister of Westralia, and his partner get divorced. Can he truly separate matters of country and matters of the heart?    Song List: "Westralia - We Can Cure What Ails Ya," "Use Your Sleeves," "Symbiosity," "I Wanna See The Rest," "The West and the Rest is How You Make Us Whole" Wanna show...

Title by Matt Eberhart   It takes a cool voice to get down on the dance floor. Jim has been taking vocal lessons for just that reason and now everything is going right for him. But he's about to learn just how expensive private voice lessons can be.    Song List: "Scream and Shout", "Yes I Will Marry You Baby", "We're the Life of the Party", "Gotta Get Out", "If You Wanna Find Your Voice"   Wanna...

Title by Lindsay McNab   Life's hard when you're a cop who bungles everything and it takes you 14 days just to get to work. But maybe if you bungle enough, you can bungle into greatness.   Song List: "Hush Hush", "Bungled Life", "We Got All That Stuff in Joondalup", "And Still You Drive", "Stop the Cops", "You Gotta Use Your Skill to Bungle". Cast list: Emmet Nichols, Hollie James, Brenton Gardine...

Title by Jess Lally   With Simon Taylor https://simontaylorfunnyboy.com/ insta: @simontaylorfunnyboy   Look out for Simon's new book: "One Night Stand" https://larrikinhouse.com/product/one-night-stand/   In Jacob's family, the highway is a place of pain, power and unhealthy parental patterns. After having all his large number of siblings left on the side of the road over the years, Jacob's in the...

Title by Heather Marie Vitale   A snail might be no-ones first choice to join a group of hot-shot, flying-ace insects. But even when you're not at the top of the awesome list, it's not cool to tell your friends they're not cool.   Song List: "We'll Take the Room", "Dragonfly Deserves to Fly", "You Gotta Be Bold, You Gotta Be Brave , You Gotta Be Strong", "Gotta Find His Wings", "Flying Makes Me Hi...

Title by Matt Fishwick   Silvia and Rog have a good thing going with their touring carnival. But Silvia's tortured her past haunts her, as does a repaired teddy bears. It's time for a fire sale!   Song List: "You Gotta Go Low", "It's Time to Show Them What They Lost", "Unbearable", "Explore the Pockets of My Coat", "Everyone Needs A Chance (To Win a New Pair of Pants)"   Wanna show Impromptunes so...

Title by Madeleine Shaw   The Terrible Twelve is an infamous group of bandits who hunt down evil men who wrong women. Fran is having trouble consolidating the twin loves of riding with her eleven sisters in arms and farming cacti. Meanwhile, a new group of thirteen awful men have set up near by.    Song List: "It's the Terrible Twelve", "A Cactus Farm", "Lust is My Thingy-Ding", "Sisters Riding in...

Title by Matt Fishwick   Welcome to woodwork class, where teenagers are encouraged to have accidents with dangerous equipment. But now that Francine has cut off both of her hands, the class is likely to get cancelled. It's going to take some real artistry to get woodwork class reinstated!   Song List: "You Can't Complain", "Hand On Hand", "Please Tony", "Convincing Song", "Grandma Ditty", "Christm...

Title by Rich Hilborn   With Simon Taylor https://simontaylorfunnyboy.com/ insta: @simontaylorfunnyboy   Look out for Simon's new book: "One Night Stand" https://larrikinhouse.com/product/one-night-stand/   Mario has been captured by Bowser which has had a disastrous effect on Super World's plumbing system. Now it's up to a bricklayer named Jeremy to step up and save Super Mario World.   Song List...

Title by Michalis Panaglotakis   With Kala Gare Find Kala on Spotify: Kala Gare  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ccDZyd92BLajGqYimUCk1 Instagram: @k.gare_   Can two dogs belong together? If they can't, what hope do humans have? A tale of fated dogs bringing people together at Birrarung Marr.   Song List: "Dogs for Dates (Puppy Love)" "Through It" "If She Could Love that Pet" "Let's Go to Birrarun...

Title by Aaron David Gilley   The world has long been divided into The Above, and The Below. But with the passing of the King, the woodland creatures and snakes are poised to turn things upside down...   Song List: "Today and Everyday", "He's Gone Now", "I Will Be and Embarrassing He", "Oh, Sir, We've Got Your Back", "Anything is Possible When You're King"   Get tickets to Impromptunes at Melbourn...

Title by Michael Ralph   Peter and Steph's relationship is so boring that it's dying... until Peter gifts Steph's a life-changing house plant.   Song List: "We're Moving House", "We're Just Too Bland", "You Need A Little Green In Your Life", "I'll Be A New Person", "So Good At Loving Each Other", "P-p-p-p-p-p-plants!"   Get tickets to Impromptunes at Melbourne International Comedy Festival https:/...

Title by Kennison Kyle   Lucinda's mum has big dreams for her daughter. Lucinda just wants to go to the disco. It's going to take a classic movie story device to make them see eye to eye.   Song List: "Think You're Going Uptown, But You're Going Downtown", "If I Was My Daughter", "Dress the Mannequin 80s style", "Sorry Mum: a Soliloquy", "I Wish I Was You"   Get tickets to Impromptunes at Melbourn...

Title by Cindy Pury   When a two scented calling card arrives at PI Mr Franklins office, unlikely ally John (recent murderer) Crystal D'more (Perfume expert) and the PI himself team up to solve the only case he was never able to solve. Where did his wife go??   Song List: The Element of Surprise' 'The Only Thing I Can't Solve' 'What Did She Say' 'No Place to Go' 'It Takes Two...or More'   Wanna sh...

Title by Jennifer Alice   What use is a cow except for food or entertainment? No one cares for bovine feelings, but maybe this week's episode of "Dancing with the Cows" will start changing some minds.   Song List: "The Animals are Doing a Big Boxstep", "They're People Too", "Move on Ferdinand", "Save Us, We are Talented", "Vegan Alternatives", "The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon"   Cast: Emmet Nicho...

Title by Callum Campbell   Set many years after the global pandemic, filmmaker Dan is determined to bring back television by making a high budget movie. With a huge cast and a million pigs and bats, everything doesn't go as smoothly as planned.   Song List: "It's Gonna Be Groovy" , "Remember T.V", "We're The Union" , "You'll Never Ever Find that Key" , "Come On and Take a Bite", "Animals as Actors...

Title by Amanda Buckley   Garett loves a clean kitchen but hates messy children, much to the ire of his wife Bernadette. But an unlikely encounter with an incredibly helpful child is about to rock his world.    Song List: "Scrub Your Morning Dishes", "I Don't Want a Family", "Stalks Got Your Name, Baby Will Come", "The Natures Children and Labour", "The Doubt Song", "All Love Each Other the Most"...

Title by OHM Unmongkolfhavang   In rehearsals for the upcoming pre-school musical, Patrick and Jemima are having a tricky time learning the lines and choreography and child prodigy, Tommy, is quick to call them out on it. The two friends decide that it's time to take advantage of Tommy's nut allergy so that they can play the leading roles. Meanwhile, Jemima's father and director is using the pre-s...