Yes this may seem a very weird thing to connect to improv but it is a really important topic and we did not realise how important it was until a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago one of our members was really get into a scene and […]
See this photograph on the left hand side? This is one of my notebooks. This is not just any notebook, this is one of my many notebooks I have for Improv. One of the improv pads I have is to write down planning for everything relating to Punderstandably, […]
So you have an improv troupe and you are ready to jump on stage and show the world what you have as a team! Hooray! That is great, it is always an exciting and nerve wracking moment when you decide it is time to do a show but […]
The other day I was watching a few Simpson episodes that I had recorded off the television to watch at a later date. When I was a kid, I used to watch every season of The Simpsons religiously but as I have grown older, it has been hard […]
We have a very special treat for you! With Camden Fringe starting this week it is only right that we bring you a very special article written by a member of an improv troupe that are performing at the festival. Meet Carla Keen, she is an improviser that […]
Doing the same routine can be boring or even get you stuck in a rut. When I write this site I tend to try and change themes of articles or introduce new ones every six months so that the reader becomes more engaged with what we are talking […]
It has been nearly three years since I started doing improv (really how on earth did that come so quickly!?) and as you can probably tell by the comment in brackets, it has gone really fast. I initially started improv to meet new people in Newcastle as I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
