This week I wasn't feeling 100% as I had a dreaded cold which made my voice go very croaky and made me feel pretty rough. For Punders rehearsal we were at a different location Final rehearsals and in some ways it is good to mix up locations as you get a new venue to really … Continue reading Improv Diaries – New Locations, Steve Roe and Directors… [Case Study: Kal Squared and Paper Mache Man]
This week it has been a very busy one again for improv as there has been lots to prepare for our main show that we have in a few weeks. The main thing for this week was to make sure that we knew what games that we were going to play at Improv Towers and … Continue reading Improv Diaries – Physicality, Broccoli and Lots of Laughter… [Case Study: Pixar]
This week was a very exciting one at Punders HQ as we got to have some coaching from the wonderful Suki Webster. With the show just around the corner we really wanted to get a professionals perspective of how we can improv some of the games that we have created and get some sort of … Continue reading Improv Diaries – Coaching, Status and Singing A Song… [Case Study: Suki Webster]
This week has been a really busy one in the world of improv - we are being coached by the every so talented Suki Webster on the weekend so we have spent a lot of the week getting ready for that. Also I have started a new eight week course but more about that later. … Continue reading Improv Diaries – Decisions, Characters and Hitchhikers [Case Study: Ian McLaughlin]
This week has been a very musical based one at Punders HQ as we wanted to start testing out short form music game ideas that we have had. It is something that is still very new to us but we want to start incorporating music based games to our shows as they are different and … Continue reading Improv Diaries – New Punders and Our First Musical Set! [Case Study: Bartolo Creations ]
This week in rehearsals we were all about getting 'physical' and really getting used to using the stage more and focussing on our character work. JBB was in charge of leading the lesson this week and I can honestly say it was SO much fun and made my rubbish week a hell of a lot … Continue reading Improv Diaries – Let’s Get Physical with Carrots, Kangeroo’s and Bubblewrap [Case Study: Nigel Havers and Denis Lawson]
Whilst last week there was no improv, this week it was the complete opposite and it was all about shows, shows, SHOWS! We had not one but TWO shows and then me and a fellow Punder had a mate date on Valentines Day to another show but more about everything later lets start with show … Continue reading Improv Diaries – Pickled Plastic & Being A Naughty Improviser! James Acaster and Stupid Comedy Emotions… [Case Studies: YesLand and Jake Clements ]
