Welcome to the feature which we are going to feature ever so often as part of Improv Corner. Ever so often. we are going to talk to improv acts about some of their favourite things about the comedy form. Today I speak to Minna Taylor about the very exciting show Slide Slam: World Championship of PowerPoint Karaoke. The only competitive destination for improvised PowerPoint presentation enthusiasts. On the 27th September the show is heading to Boom Chicago in Amsterdam for the third round of qualifiers. I spoke to Minna to find out the best things about Improv.

What is your Favourite:

Improv style:

 Short form

Short form game:

“What’s in the box?”

Improv act:

 Trike

Film or television show:

 Wheel of Fortune

Venue to perform at:

Boom Chicago

Way to wind down:

 Beer and a good sunset

Way to warm up: 

Voice body Shakeout

Suggestion:

Pickle

Show by another improv act:

 Mic Drop

Memory of a show:

 when I first watched “Whose line is it anyway?” with the original cast. I had never seen anything like it. It changed me.

Part of rehearsing a show:

Happy accidents

Thing about performing:

The space of play – the unpredictability and aliveness

Quote 

[Our] task, therefore, is to communicate directly from one inward world to another, in such a way that an actual shock of experience will have been rendered: not a mere statement for the information or persuasion of a brain, but an effective communication across the void of space and time from one center of consciousness to another. – Joseph Campbell

Thing about the improv  industry at the moment ?

That the community is becoming global and more connected through this shared love of a ridiculous activity

Thing about this year so far? 

Launching our show in London