Sunday Book Club – A Funny Life, Michael McIntyre
Today we look at the follow up autobiography by Michael McIntyre
Improv Corner – Improv In The Media – The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
How chat shows can make you look at improv differently..
Show Of The Week – Michael McIntyre, Big World Tour, 02 Arena
He is one of the biggest names on the United Kingdom comedy circuit and this year he has been travelling around the world on his World tour. This week Michael McIntyre brings his tour to London and the 02 arena. Whilst he has already played his extra dates […]
Improv Diaries – Countdowns, Objects and Energy… [Case Study – Michael McIntyre Chat Show]
This week we were rehearsing for our set at the Hoopla Pre-Party, it is our last set before or main show so the main thing is to make sure that everything works in two of the games that we haven’t played yet in front of an audience. Also […]
Love To Laugh Month – Some Of The Best Jokes About Love Part 2
If there is one thing that is a common trend in stand up comedy then it is peoples experiences in the world of love and relationships. Some stand up comedians core source of comedy comes from the world of well, their own and usually exaggerated stories of past […]
Yes And… Part 19 – Paprika and Homer Simpsons Brain
This weeks lesson I found a really important one for improv is don’t do improv when you are completely and utterly shattered. You brain doesn’t work right and you end up feeling like an idiot (not the right type of idiot) in scenes. Saying that, no matter how […]
A Little Thing Called Comedy – Stand Up Live
So last week, I was talking about how ComComedy had opened up my eyes to a new acts in the industry, however, whilst it introduced me to new acts my interest in stand up was sort of developing when i was University. At University, I didn’t go to […]
A Little Thing Called Stories – Autobiographies galore
I never used to really be a fan of factual books as I used to relate them to school work and believed that books that you read for fun should be fiction. I remember in school my friend Leigham loved reading autobiographies and always was reading them or […]
The Improv Diaries – Part 21 – Theatre vs TV (case study Mcintyre)
The May sessions of Improv start tomorrow and was going to wait until later in the week to re-start writing again. However something I read this morning opened up a whole can of worms in my brain and opened up a great discussion that links nicely into our […]
Comedians Vs The World Records
This week there was an announcement that some brave comedians are going to brave the tall dangerous trek of Everest to perform the worlds highest stand up gig. Alan Davies, Tommy Tiernan, Craig Campbell, Dom Joly and Glenn Wool were among those who had originally planned to be […]
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