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 […]
Rounding these classes up and figuring out what I took from each class and each teacher is proving to be way more useful than I originally thought it would when I first suggested doing it! Next up is Rick Andrews, head instructor from the Magnet Theatre in New […]
When you start to focus on characters in improv, there is one thing very early on that you learn – that status is key to creating succesful creations. When you look at society, you will notice that there is a hierachy of people, whether this is by their […]