There is no right or wrong way to form an improv troupe – in fact there is every possibility under the sun as to how you can form one. I have heard of groups forming off of the back of 8 week courses, through social media or with […]
It has been nearly three years since I started doing improv (really how on earth did that come so quickly!?) and as you can probably tell by the comment in brackets, it has gone really fast. I initially started improv to meet new people in Newcastle as I […]
When we talk about improv or comedy on this site we always talk about how fun it is and how great it is. What if though you go to a group / lesson and you aren’t finding it fun? This could be for a number of reasons and […]
There is a conversation that lingers around the world of improv and it is something that I have had many discussions on a number of times. Should you be working for your laughs or should you go for the cheap laugh that you know is going to get […]
People who know me will probably read this article will laugh at the even suggestion of it but it is 100% true – I am shy. Any one who has known me for a long time of seen me in a work environment or on the stage will […]
One thing that I have learnt being in the improv Troupe Punderstandably is that rehearsals can go really fast even when you do have three hours! When we first all got together a lot of the time was spent deciding what to play, what games to do as […]
Sometimes in improv you have to be an animal – whether it’s a tiger, frog, elephant or rabbit sometimes it is vital to be an animal to get the best out of a character or to understand a scene. There are many warm up exercises that you can […]
When you read the title of this article you are probably wondering how is this relevant to Improv well actually it is a lot closer then you think. From time to time at work I have to work alongside a Director who is a stand up comedian in […]
The other day I was just checking my social media feeds before I went to bed and I went onto the Instagram stories just to be nosy at what people were posting and stumbled across a live feed by actor Zachary Levi (Chuck, Thor: The Dark World, Tangled) […]
Yes you read that correctly above – you can use dance moves to create warm up games to get used to making scenes. This was a technique that I was taught by Shem part of C3? and it is something that makes scene work very different and lots […]
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