One of the hardest things to do in improv is not to break character and laugh in the middle of a scene. Sometimes you are put into a scene where you are being something so silly that it is really hard to not laugh – but if you […]
Sometimes when you do improv, especially long form, we focus on building up the narrative, painting a picture, creating an environment bot you and the audience can enjoy. In short form, you have only on average 2 minutes to create an environment and really try and reel the […]
Sometimes in a show, you can be presented with bad suggestions from the audience – if you are lucky enough, you will get more then one suggestion so that you can do a scene with the one that sounds better or you feel is a better option, however, […]
One of the main traps that people fall into when doing Short Form is that every single part of a scene needs-to-have-lots-and-lots-or-talking-and-there-is-no-gap-to-breath-so-the-audience-have-to-focus-on-everything-that-is-being-said-and-it’s-so-much-to-take-in-that-it can-feel-very-clogged-up-and-everything-in-between – OK!! I think you get the point. Sometimes in scenes we can all talk too much. It is so easy to do, especially because […]
There is a saying in improv that if you put a bunch of improvisers in a car then they are not going to go anywhere – and this can happen in scenes. What this means to people who do not improvise is that sometimes when you do a […]
One thing that is important about improv is that you have to have trust in your scene partners. If you are part of a improv troupe this is a vitally important part of working well as a group because you need to constantly look after the person you […]
One of the most useful lessons I was ever given in improv was about how to get the most out of the stage. When you first start performing improv and you haven’t been professionally trained as an actor or actress, you don’t really focus or really think about […]
When I first started doing improv this was something that completely and utterly scared the pants off of me and doing your first one of these will be a really big leap i will warn you. When I was training up in Newcastle it was part of the […]
Sometimes in Improv you have to get physical to create comedy and that is when things can get really fun. Just watch things like Mr Bean and Charlie Chaplin – simple movements and actions and even the ultimate extreme can create a huge amount of humour for an […]
Sometimes in improv you don’t have to say anything for it to be effective and stand out to an audience – sometimes actions can speak a lot more to an audience then words. This sort of scene work predominantly happens in long form but it can spiral into […]
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