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The Bovine Metropolis Theater (Bovine) is an improvisational performance venue in Denver, Colorado. The theater is located at 1527 Champa Street, just off the 16th Street pedestrian mall. In addition to presenting improv and sketch comedy shows most nights of the week, the Bovine offers improv training classes and is the home for the Denver Improv Festival. The Bovine has been in operation since 1998.

The theater seats an audience of 76 people, and has rehearsal and smaller performance spaces upstairs. Alcohol is not served in the theater, owing to the Bovine's generally family-friendly aesthetic.

Unlike Impulse Theater, Madcap Theater and other venues in the Denver Metro area that perform mainly shortform improvisational comedy and games, the Bovine has built its schedule around the performance of longform improv, which more closely resembles scripted theatrical pieces.

Shows
Monday nights at the Bovine are home to the Improv Hootenanny!, a show consisting of three local longform improvisational groups performing back-to-back. These groups perform improv structures such as the Harold, the Montage and the La Ronde.

Tuesday nights are home to Battle Royale, a cagematch-style competition between improv teams. Two teams perform back-to-back, and the audience votes on which team they felt had the more entertaining set. The winner goes on to compete in next week's Battle.

Thursday nights are home to the Bovine Metropolis Experience (BMX), a show consisting of one student/graduate group, one Bovine "house team" and one local improv group.

Friday nights are home to Hit and Run: Musical Improv (HNR), a group that performs the only regularly running improvised musical in Colorado. HNR has a companion group of the same name that also performs regularly in Los Angeles.

Saturday nights are home to On the Spot (OTS), a shortform improv show that is similar in style to Whose Line is it Anyway. A host/moderator gets suggestions from the audience, and a group of four performers use those suggestions to create short scenes, games and songs.

History
The Bovine was founded in 1998 by Eric Farone, who studied at i.O. and The Second City in Chicago, Illinois.