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Credit: Copy Media<\/p>\nA Liverpool actor is going to be creating 302 characters in 302 minutes for a charity improv show \u2026 straight after running the Liverpool Half Marathon!<\/p>\n
Trev Fleming, who\u2019s known for his voiceover work, especially on video games, will take quick-fire one-word audience suggestions to create a new character every 55 seconds.<\/p>\n
The event, at Arts Bar Hope Street on Sunday, March 15, will raise money for Safe In Our World, a cause that\u2019s close to Trev\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n
The main aim of Safe In Our World is to raise mental health awareness worldwide, especially within the gaming sector, promoting conversations so more people feel able to reach out for help if they need it.<\/p>\n
Trev is going to be supported in his challenge by guests from across the UK world of improv, including Liverpool Improv Festival organisers Dr Mark Smith and Jen Hardy, and Nana Funk herself, Angie Waller.<\/p>\n
The show will begin at 3pm, with six episodes of 50 minutes each starting on the hour, and a 10-minute break in between. The last episode kicks off at 8pm.<\/p>\n
With almost 20 years of improv experience, alongside a wide-ranging CV of voiceover work \u2013 he did one video game where he played 50 different characters -audiences can expect to see their words translated in all kinds of different ways.<\/p>\n
Trev said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be Whose Line Is It Anyway for six hours, it\u2019ll be character-based, that\u2019s the main thing,\u201d Trev explains. \u201cThere\u2019ll be some poignant moments and some sadder ones, but overall it\u2019ll be a funny experience with some outrageous scenarios.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the only person doing every single scene, but it\u2019s not a six-hour one-man show. I\u2019ll have scene partners there who\u2019ll help guide me away from repetition and they\u2019ll aid in the scenes and be characters I can bounce off to help me out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen people arrive, they\u2019ll find a pencil and paper on their seat so they can write down their words and put them in a hat.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen I\u2019ll come on stage, ask for the first word and the first scene will be inspired by that. After 55 seconds or so a bell dings, a new word gets read out and we do it again and again, 300 more times.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trev says most words are fair game \u2013 the main rule of the show is that he can\u2019t know any of them in advance.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople do generally come armed with plenty ideas because they like it when theirs gets read out and most of the time the audience wants to work with me, so they\u2019ll suggest interesting words for me.<\/p>\n
Credit: Copy Media<\/p>\n
\u201cHyphenated is fine, but usually just a single word, and I\u2019m OK with swear words but not slurs or anything offensive because it\u2019s a safe inclusive space. Ultimately, it\u2019s a silly show to raise money for a very good charity that I believe in, hopefully people will laugh at my pain and everyone has a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The improv marathon won\u2019t be Trev\u2019s first challenge of the day \u2013 in the morning, he\u2019ll be running the Liverpool Half Marathon, also for Safe In Our World, so he\u2019s got a pretty quick turnaround once he crosses the finish line at the Pier Head.<\/p>\n
He jokes he\u2019s \u201cnot one of nature\u2019s athletes\u201d, anticipating a time of just over 3hrs, so the Arts Bar stage will be much more in his comfort zone. Each session is ticketed individually, but Trev\u2019s hoping there will be some audience members who commit to the full 302 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Liverpool, we have a history of doing improv-athons and people would come for an episode in the afternoon, get hooked and end up there for the next 18 hours, so it would be wonderful if people stayed for this whole show.\u201d<\/p>\n
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