If there is one thing that I have learnt in Improv is that painting a scene is very important – it is very vital for both the audience and the players. It is importance for your audience because you are creating a scene and location for them to […]
We’re back to my favourite week of the year! This week I’ll talk about the philosophy Will Hines centred his classes around during his week in London back in September. Looking at everything you do in improv with the Voice of Reason/Unusual Person dichotomy in mind is super […]
It was announced last week that the improv show Suki Webster Guest Speaker is going on hiatus for a while and the show that is happening this Friday at The Miller will be the last one for a while. I caught up with Suki Webster herself to reflect […]
This week was all about getting ready for our final show of the year – it was our last rehearsal of the year as well so everyone was in very high spirits and full of festive cheer! We started off the practice by doing energy based warm ups. […]
It is that time of the year when everyone is getting into the festive Chrsitmas Spirit and all comedy shows take on a jolly holiday twist. This weeks Show of the week is The Parentheticals’ Bracket Racket Holiday Special which is is at The Nursery Theatre on Tuesday 12th […]
Every week we like to talk to members of the Improv community about why they got into improv and how it changed their life. Today we speak to Ian of Nerd Salad who has A Dave Grohl with broken bones to thank for the life changing moment improv […]
There are many games in improv that rely on a secret – now this isn’t like a ground breaking secret that you need to declare to the world, but there are games where one member or more of the scene will not be able to know what the […]
We’ve arrived to what was probably the best week of my year! Maybe not in general, but almost definitely in my comedic life. I’d have to exclude moments like co-creating a whole women’s team, co-creating a show I’m super proud of, writing and performing stand-up for the first […]
With Christmas around the corner it’s only right that Newcastle based Improv Troupe, Spontaneous Wrecks show this month is Christmas themed. As the group head into their fourth Christmas show on the 6th December, I caught up with the group to find out about this years extravaganza. […]
Are you at home and wanting to do something that is improv based that doesn’t take too much work and is a fun to play with all the family? Then these games are going to be great for you! There are so many mini games that when you […]
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