Ottawa improv comedy as seen at the Vintage Improv Festival, Capital Pride Festival, IMPride Festival, Baltimore Improv Festival, Ottawa Fringe Festival, Halifax Fringe Festival, Fresh Meat Festival, and LuminaTO
“All Request Radio meshes music and comedy with fabulous results” Read the rest of the fantastic interview
“Velvet kept the audience in the palm of their hand from the moment the first track played until the roaring applause that closed out the show” Read the apt613 review
| “Laugh out loud for the better part of an hour” | “Very entertaining to watch” |
| “All Request Radio is the Ottawa Fringe Festival’s first Black Out Night“ | “…A fantastic performer…” |
Rave Festival Reviews and Interviews (2023)
Read the apt613 review: “Velvet kept the audience in the palm of their hand from the moment the first track played until the roaring applause that closed out the show”
Read The Charlatan interview: “Velvet mesmerizes their audience”
Watch the Rogers TV Daytime Ottawa interview: “…A fantastic performer…”
Listen to the CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning interview: All Request Radio as the Fringe Festival’s first Black Out Night
Read the TWISI review: “Not only does The Velvet Duke have to improvise the lyrics, but they also have to make the song work somehow with the track! This was very entertaining to watch”
Read the Broadway World interview: What we can expect at the show, and what the future may hold
Frequently Asked Questions
Velvet Wells built the All Request Radio Live on Location format (ARRLOL) for any combination of musical improvisers (one to many, of any experience level) to come together and enjoy performing musically. If you’ve sung in the shower, you’re ready to try this format!
Is the show truly improvised?
Short answer: Yes! Three proofs for the non-believers:
- The audience makes up the song titles at the beginning of each show. Programming randomly selects the suggestions
- Song titles are revealed one at a time. Song lyrics are freestyle sung off the top of the performers head
- The musicians are randomly creating music from across dozens of different genres without sharing information with the singers ahead of time
Is this family-friendly?
Families have come together to be entertained and this show has performed in public schools. At evening performances, content is kept PG-13 even with the unplannable and unknowable nature of adult audience suggestions
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