Meter Minute
New entertainment complex hosts first comedy battle
Meridith M. Miller
A&E Editor
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The Gateway Entertainment Complex located at 300 2nd Ave. in downtown Nashville plans to host the Clash of the Titans, the first improvisation comedy grudge match between the Tennessee Ideaprov Team based in Nashville and Let’s Try This!, the official improvisation team from Georgia Tech University.
The battle is expected to begin at 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15 at Icons, the comedy and karaoke theater located inside the five-floor entertainment complex. Friday night at the Entertainment Complex is college night and students get in free with college identification. The event will be organized in the format of the popular game show Whose line is it anyway? where the audience will have the opportunity to supply the comedy routine content and see the actors and comedians perform their ideas live and unscripted.
“The purpose of the comedy show is to give the people an opportunity to kick off their shoes, laugh and have a good time,” said Paul Bellos, artistic director for Ideaprov.
Ideaprov is a non-profit organization chartered in the state of Tennessee as an entertainment and improvisation training center that aims to teach its students the art of theatrical development as well as business development. Ideaprov currently has five ensemble players, one of whom is also a music director.
The five members of Ideaprov are expected to compete against five members from the Georgia Tech team. The teams will perform an array of skits, comedy routines and other improvisation speaking and acting pieces, and are expected to be judged by a panel of surprise celebrity guests.
“These comedy battles allow the troupes to display their talents in front of a live audience,” Bellos said. “(The comedy show) will be the perfect opportunity for audience members to see great acting routines that have never been done before, and will never be done again.”
Tickets are on sale for $8 which covers admission onto all five floors of the Entertainment Complex including the first floor restaurant, and the two-level dance club. For more information visit www.gatewaynightclub.com.•
