A musician with astonished eyes and wearing a feathered hat clutches an accordion and he is surrounded by arms holding a clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, flute and guitar.

Funky Fresh Improv

Comedy • Improv

South Australia • SA Premiere

Looking for a musical comedy spectacular where YOU choose the story? Plucked fresh from performers' circuits, this talented troupe of singing improvisers are ready to do your bidding. Jai and Courteney, our amazing multi-instrumentalist musicians, steer the cast through improvised melodic adventures that have never been seen before and will never be seen again! Want a pirate adventure? A spaghetti western? Romantic drama? You choose the subject and the title and we will perform your suggestion to live music!

Funky Fresh Improv are an evolution of The Immature Amateurs, who enjoyed sold out shows at last year's Adelaide Fringe and appeared at Clash of the Titans at Gluttony.

"You get to watch performance under pressure and that pressure turns carbon into diamonds." The Barefoot Review.

Presented by: Derek Tickner

Derek Tickner is a musical comedian, improviser, photographer and writer, and also has a sensible day job as a GIS Analyst. Under the stage name Eric Tinker he has performed at festivals, clubs and pubs around Australia and in his native England, as well as in Canada and Southeast Asia. His style is influenced by the likes of Spike Milligan, The Bonzo Dog Band, Wilson Dixon and Flight of the Conchords.
Derek is producing and performing in three shows this Fringe: 'The Eric Tinker Experience', 'Funky Fresh Improv' and 'Adelaide vs The World' – Clash of the Comics'.