Improvável
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Improvável is a popular Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

ian improvisational theater show, as well as a web series based on the same show. It is produced by Cia. Barbixas de Humor and features Anderson Bizzocchi, Daniel Nascimento and Elidio Sanna, along with varying invited guests.

The show is influenced by the television series Whose Line is it Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...

 (both British and American versions). It is structured with games presented by an emcee, that introduces the games and rules, selects suggestions from the audience and controls the flow of the game. The remaining four "players" then act based on the rules of each game.

Each show presents two guests to complete the structure of one emcee and four players. Recurring guests include Marcio Ballas, Marcelo Tas
Marcelo Tas
Marcelo Tristão Athayde de Souza , better known as Marcelo Tas, is a Brazilian director, writer, actor and television host.He is the current host of the Brazilian version of Caiga Quien Caiga, and has been since 2008....

 and Rafinha Bastos
Rafinha Bastos
Rafael Bastos Hocsman, better known as Rafinha Bastos , his stage name, is a Brazilian comedian, journalist and television personality.Rafinha Bastos was a former host of "CQC" a popular TV show in Brazil...

, among others.

"Improvável" started monthly in 2008. Since February 2009, it is presented weekly in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

, with extra weekend sessions in several Brazilian cities.

Some shows are also recorded and broadcast on Youtube. The Youtube channel videosimprovaveis is the mostly watched channel in Brazil, totaling more than one hundred and forty million views.
Some of the games are:
  • Improbable scenes (Cenas improváveis): At the beginning of the show the audience writes a scene suggestion on a piece of paper, and the players have to make a small makeshift scene on the topic written on paper.
  • Exchange (Troca): The audience suggests a place or situation. Players begin to improvise a scene with what the audience suggested, and when the MC (master of ceremony) says 'exchange', they have to change the last thing they said or done.
  • Only questions (Só perguntas): The game where players have to talk through questions. Lose those who do not respond with a question.

Example: Now is the cement?
- Is this bag here?
-You know that and a bag of cement?
and so on ...
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