Sometimes we feel frantic in scenes when we feel the “need to be funny,” as if the success of the show rests on our shoulders. The reality is that you just need to throw all yourself into the small percentage of the show you have power over. The other 90%
Very often in improv we perform in studio theatre stages, with just the front of the stage open to the audience, with the performers enclosed on the other three sides. It’s not the only kind of performance space though, arena stages and theatres in the round place the audience all
This week is a very special musical drop-in led by Sam Marshall and Jack from Rhymes Against Humanity. The best improv happens when we feel vulnerable, and simultaneously have an absolute mega-ton of support from the other players working with us. Musical improv can seem like wizardry and make us
Throw a ball into a group of young children and they will kick it, throw it and bounce it without hesitation. Throw a ball into a group of adults and they will look to you for instruction or permission. Have they forgotten how to play? No! Of course not! Play
Heads up – we’re back at the Malt Cross! Like the life of the person who walks on four legs in morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening, our improv scenes have different phases. By being aware of these different phases and applying relevant skills at
This week’s drop-in: All By Myself – Soloprov Made Easy! Brought to you by Emily. We all know improv is a team sport, but what happens on those rare occasions when you find yourself completely alone on stage? Do you panic? Freeze up? Flee? NO! You take a deep breath
This week’s drop-in: Super Agreement Brought to you by Richard. So there is an improviser named Katy Schutte (author of a great book called The Improviser’s Way: A Longform Workbook) who wrote about the improv phenomenon of pimping as follows: “When we ask someone to ‘read that poem you’ve been
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