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 […]
Numbers are good fun – especially in improv. You can use them to create some really fun mini warm up exercises to get used to talking in scenes or limiting what you say in them. The first way in which you can bring numbers to a warm up […]
If there is one thing that is important in improv – especially in short form improv, then it is the use of emotion. With any sort of improv, you have a very short moment to make a story strong and intriguing for the audience and the use of […]
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