jim fishvvick

I don't have an outlet for cryptic crossŵords at the moment so y'all must endure my clues:

Well well well, young person is The Boss (11)

Would I enjoy a guided tour of Pompeii? Remains to be seen

do you think the nyt puzzles people saw the only connect wall about them

I am merely aiding the police in their inquiries, it is simply a way of passing the time for me, and the constables, they are gracious enough to accept my assistance, all unpaid, of course. If you, too, will humor me by joining the other guests in the parlor I would like to share some of my findings

A sign reading "I have not read this Katamari book, and also I don't remember 100% what I told to L.E. Hall in the interviews. But I would recommend this book irresponsibly." -Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy

The cover of Katamari Damacy by L.E. Hall, from Boss Fight Books. It shows a penguin being menaced by a giant sticky ball of tape

Still the greatest endorsement of all time

a bottle of urine-off.

yeah, i *am* enough 🥰

the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist

Text: A computer can never be horny, therefore a computer can never make art

The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young.

Nine stickers, reading: Lawful good: Make your partner look good Neutral good: Take care of your own shit first Chaotic good: You can't break improv Lawful neutral: Be obvious True neutral: I am a tree Chaotic neutral: It's what my character would do Lawful evil: Play to the top of your intelligence Neutral evil: It's all about status Chaotic evil: I have a gun.

Bonus: we created mix-and-match stickers of improv quotes by D&D alignment, tag urself etc x

Nine stickers, reading: Lawful good: Make your partner look good Neutral good: Take care of your own shit first Chaotic good: You can't break improv Lawful neutral: Be obvious True neutral: I am a tree Chaotic neutral: It's what my character would do Lawful evil: Play to the top of your intelligence Neutral evil: It's all about status Chaotic evil: I have a gun.

Bonus: we created mix-and-match stickers of improv quotes by D&D alignment, tag urself etc x

Jim & Matt in front of a wall of NZIF posters.

And finally, to Matt Powell, my co-director, co-conspirator, and dear friend. Thank you for sharing this journey with me, for every Monday night meeting, for buoying me when I was down, for caring so much about this festival and what it represents. I can't imagine having done this with anybody else.

Thank you also the community around the festival — every year my favourite day of the festival was the first one, where people trickled into the foyer at BATS Theatre and it all went from being a series of spreadsheets and emails into a real thing that people would lift, carry, and enjoy.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s worked on the festival in those years, the immediate team, and all the musos, tech operators, volunteers, and the staff at BATS. Plus all the teachers, performers and directors who’ve come to share their mahi, and the Trust who’ve made it all possible.

This Festival was my third as artistic co-director, and also my last. This gig has been joyous, challenging, phenomenally rewarding, at times all-consuming, and a career highlight.

A black stage with a little bit of white paint on it.

The same stage absolutely covered in SO MUCH colourful paint.

SAPPY POST INCOMING

Last Saturday we closed the 2025 NZ Improv Festival with Scene Painting, where we literally put paint on the stage at BATS (and then spent 4 hours repainting it black).

gender is a performance.

and baby? this is improv.

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A screenshot of an episode of only connect. The clues are: 1/2 = T 2/3 = H 3/4 = U and a question mark in place of the fourth clue.

Only Connect is back on BBC2 on Mondays! Here's one of mine from a recent episode – can you work out what comes fourth in this sequence?

My first novel is now out in paperback in the UK and it has a cute fresh cover. If you like your books more compact and purple then this is the edition for you!

There were two Australian citizens on this ship, Tan Safi and Robert Martin. @senatorwong.bsky.social where are you? Where is anyone from our government? A foreign army has abducted Australians trying to deliver aid and it’s radio silence.

Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return

Colour Me Cecily- Tamaki Makaurau Boosted is Aotearoa New Zealand’s only arts crowdfunding platform. We’re here to bring creatives and supporters together to grow creativity. With our mentored approach to crowdfunding, we have one of ...

absolutely hate crowdfunding but a show i'm working on is going to auckland in a month's time and our boosted closes in 5 days and we're only halfway

boosted is all or nothing too for funding so we lose it if we don't get to 100%

www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/projects/colour-me-cecily-tamaki-makaurau

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It's made very easy by having a great team!!

If you or someone you know is into improv and would like to be in Wellington for up to a week with a hundred beautiful improv nerds, please do check out the programme.

First round of registrations close Aug 3, and they're already half-booked, so get on it!

All the details are at my.improvfest.nz

Hello! This is my third and FINAL year of co-directing the New Zealand Improv Festival (alongside my dear friend @fauxparse).

We've assembled a tremendously cool and exciting lineup of improv shows and workshops, including one of the biggest show concepts in my improv career.

Hello! I worked with MacGyver Models on a show recently and they were great.

macgyvermodels.com.au