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 […]
At the beginning of September we had Keith Horvath visiting from America. Keith is one of the 70 worldwide alumni of The Second City Directing program, a former Class Administrator and director at The Annoyance and he has taught improv and sketch at Columbia College in Chicago. We […]
This weeks show of the week is a much loved show that is returning for the first time this improv season. This Wednesday, Story Kitchen host Theatresports this time with a Star Wars theme so it is actually called Theatresports: Return of the Impro Jedi. The doors open […]
Instead of just telling you about how improv changed my life, I thought it would be a good to do a feature looking at different areas of the comedy art form.Now, I am not a teacher of improv and I have only been doing it for just over […]