This year residents at three Wellington retirement villages have been piloting a new improv theatre programme. Voice Arts pitched the idea of the Third Act classes to Ryman Healthcare. The group works with the elderly to help promote mobility, mental stimulation and sheer joy through improvisation and performances. Those involved in the programme have already performed for their peers, and there's talk of putting on a show for the public in a future Wellington Fringe Festival. Lynn Freeman visited Kerryn Palmer and Nicola Pauling from Voice Arts, as well as some of their keen troupe of improvisors at the Bob Scott village in Petone.