Improv, Strictly

An audience member's liveblog from @theimprovathon's 2018 50-hour improvathon. Totally unofficial

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Howdy, Pardners! Just a few hours until the start of @theimprovathon's 2019 adventure, and if you can't make it to the Wild Wild Whitechapel for all 50 hours, I've got you covered! Follow along for 50-hour highlights and photos from the #improvathon story.

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Thanks for following everything this year. I'll be back in the front row to do the same thing for the 2019 #improvathon, and I'll be over at @garethadams until then. 👋🏻

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Apologies to any names that were misspelled. I think I've got everyone except for the characters who only appeared in the family episode.

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Dan Starkey (@StanDarkley) appeared as Brian Bland, such a surreptitious presence that we didn't notice he was present for the first 46 hours of the show

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Suki Webster appeared as Frederica Faketann, world famous judge and idol to any man who knows who she is.

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Phil Whelans (@PhilWhelans) appeared as Barry Montego; and Lee Simpson (@lee_simpson1971) appeared as Austin Montego, two brothers aiming to become the newest, most successful talent agents in Blackpool

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Matt Cavendish (@mattturner90) appeared as Pastor Doble, a Blackpool vicar whose faith isn't as strong as he first imagined it was

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Lucy Trodd (@LucyTrodd) appeared as Kylie Meringue, another rival dancer hoping to take the title at the dance contest. Despite her accent she's come all the way from Manchester

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Philip Pellew (@pellewpep) appeared as Inspector Ken Feckle, Blackpool inspector hired to investigate rumours of murder and corruption at the Blackpool Tower ballroom

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Sean McCann appeared as synth-pop superstar Gary Numan, passing through Blackpool briefly

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Joseph Chance (@JosephChance2) appeared as Bruce Tango, champion dancer, fiery personality, and rival only to the Titsov siblings

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Cariad Lloyd (@ladycariad) appeared as Pauline, an abandoned girl from Rhyl, on the search for her birth mother to deliver some vital medical information

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Will Ewart appeared as Peter Piper, a maintenance man at the Blackpool Tower ballroom with bigger ambitions

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Darren Ormandy (@Darren_Ormandy) appeared as Barry Jumanji ("Mr Entertainment"), a working mens club comedian trying to navigate the ever changing comedy landscape

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Rachel Parris (@rachelparris) appeared as Sandrine, an amateur dancer who arrives in Blackpool to (and I quote) "fuck shit up", but ends up just wanting to win.

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Lauren Shearing (@laurenshearing) appeared as Penny Arrabiata, noted costume designer; and Shellie Ballast, new dance judge at the Blackpool dance contest

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Briony Redman (@brionyred) appeared as Tina Dancer, friend to Kelsey Kennedy from Melborne, and pregnant with the sea's baby

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Dave Hearn (@DaveHearn2) appeared as Drex McMurphy, a competitive talent agent with a great smell – his father was a bowl of pot pourri

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Richard Vranch (@richardvranch) appeared as Maurice Huggit, Morris dancer aiming to bring traditional dancing back to the mainstream

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Julie Clare (@julieclare1) appeared as Flavia Mancaccia, world-respected make up artist and a significant player in Gianni Bon Jovi's earlier life