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Improvizatsia is a Russian weekly television show produced by Comedy Club Production, aired on TNT since February 5, 2016.

The project is based on improvisational games that artists play without preparation, based only on the data they receive from the host or guests of the program. On August 14, 2018, the premiere of the film about the show "Improvisation" took place on the TNT channel.

Story
The initiator of the creation of the show was the producer of Comedy Club Production Vyacheslav Dusmukhametov. He invited a part of the Voronezh group "Controversial Question", joined the actors of the St. Petersburg Improvisation Theater "Sra3u" to it, and in this composition work began on the creation of a new project.

In 2013, a pilot episode was filmed with Olga Buzova as a guest, which was not aired.

The actors have been looking for the perfect format for the show for three years - about the same amount of time has passed from the moment they first met to the first broadcast on TNT. During this time, they learned to play more than thirty formats of improvisational games and repeatedly held training parties at venues with completely different audiences, where, by trial and error, right in front of the audience, they tried different formats. After that, 3 pilot releases of the program were filmed.

Format
4 actors-improvisers, host and guest star (or stars) take part in each issue. The presenter is on the left at the table of a large stage area, the guest star (stars) sits next to him. The actors are at the back of the stage on poufs and only come on stage during improvisations. Performers who do not participate in the game remain in their places. Also on the stage there are specially hidden decorations that appear at the time of some improvisations.

The main difference between "Improvisation" and similar programs is the lack of a script. In other television programs, numbers and jokes are first thought out, edited, rehearsed, edited again, and only then filmed. Actors do not know in advance what or whom they will have to play. The only scenario that exists is the rules of the games and tasks for improvisations that the author's group of the project comes up with.

Each series consists of 6-7 improvisational games, where most of the issue improvisations are attended by guest stars.

According to journalists and spectators who visited the filming of the first episodes, the program "breathed with novelty, freshness." Eyewitnesses confirmed the sensations from television broadcasts, so the program began to go on the air often. Since its release, the rating of the program has stably kept in the group of leaders in the age category from 14 to 44 years. Thanks to the program, the genre of improvised comedy in just a few years grew into a whole movement that captured the whole country.

At the end of each release, the presenter and actors say goodbye to the audience in improvisational images given by the host.

Cast
Permanent actors-improvisers are Arseniy Popov, Dmitry Pozov, Sergey Matvienko and Anton Shastun. Pavel Volya is also the presenter at the moment.

Reaction
According to journalists and spectators who visited the filming of the first episodes, the program "breathed with novelty, freshness." Eyewitnesses confirmed the sensations from television broadcasts, so the program began to go on the air often. Since its release, the rating of the program has stably kept in the group of leaders in the age category from 14 to 44 years. Thanks to the program, the genre of improvised comedy in just a few years grew into a whole movement that captured the whole country.

Links

 * Страница проекта на сайте канала ТНТ
 * Страница проекта на онлайн-платформе PREMIER
 * Страница проекта на сайте Comedy Club Production