Who is your favourite improvisers? They can be famous or unknown – they can be your friend! Think about it now who your favourites are and I Will list mine. Ryan Styles – I remember watching Ryan from a very young age and laughing a lot at his physical […]
Welcome to a brand new feature on the Phoenix Remix which is going to replace its sister feature for a while. Comedians may be huge in the world of travel but they are also huge at being casted as the hosts of gameshows. So welcome to a feature […]
This week was all about focussing on the future and reading through the first draft of our setting and script for Improv Towers. We are extending a 10 minute set into a two hour night with special guests throughout the evening – so we are using the time […]
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 […]
This week is the Third opening night for the show Slattery Night Fever, which welcomes back the legendary improviser Tony Slattery to the scene. The shows are taking place at London Improv Theatre and this weeks show (Saturday 28th) is set to have a spooky Halloween theme. I […]
There has been a viral list going around on Facebook this week about telling the world 10 gigs you have been to and one of them is a lie. Well, we here at Phoenix are going to do ONE better! We are not going to tell you just […]
One of the worst thing about seeing a great stand up, or attending a great comedy show is when the show is over and the laughter suddenly stops. You spend the night laughing and filling your body with all this positive energy and laughter and then it suddenly […]
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 […]
This week in improv it was the last one of the year so instead of learning new tricks of the trade Ian and Bev felt it was time to have some fun and play some of the improv games that they play online and it was really good […]
This week with the improv there was one thing on everyones mind and in focus – status. The status of a person in society can make a big difference as to how we play them as part of a scene of scenario. For example – if we saw […]